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Privacy-preserving aggregate referral reporting for Capell sites.

dev-main / 1.x-dev 2026-09-15 06:33 UTC

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Last update: 2026-09-15 06:39:26 UTC


README

What This Plugin Adds

Referers is a Preview Capell package in the Capell Marketing & Growth product group. It is intended to be a free acquisition, but is not yet enabled for stable distribution. It ships as capell-app/referer and extends these surfaces: admin, frontend, console.

Referers adds privacy-preserving aggregate referral reporting to Capell. It keeps daily and lifetime counters for finite source keys without storing raw URLs or request identifiers.

Administrators review site-scoped referral counts in a cached Referrers report and a small dashboard widget, while origin frontend renders record successful HTML responses best-effort.

Evidence: src/Actions/ResolveReferralSourceAction.php, src/Actions/RecordRefererCountAction.php, database/migrations/2026_09_14_000001_create_referer_counts_tables.php, src/Filament/Pages/RefererPage.php, src/Filament/Widgets/TopRefererSourcesFilamentWidget.php, src/Http/Middleware/RecordRefererMiddleware.php.

Status details:

  • Status: Preview — not distribution-ready
  • Tier: premium; acquisition: free
  • Bundle: marketing-growth
  • Composer package: capell-app/referer
  • Namespace: Capell\Referer
  • Theme key: not applicable

Why It Matters

For developers: Typed Actions, bounded validation, atomic upserts, and focused tests keep the privacy contract explicit at each boundary.

For teams: Site teams can see which configured external sources contribute successful page requests without receiving a browsing-event log.

Evidence: src/Actions/BuildRefererReportAction.php, src/Actions/PruneRefererCountsAction.php, tests/Feature/RefererActionsTest.php, docs/admin-guide.md, resources/views/filament/pages/referer.blade.php.

Screens And Workflow

Docs gap: add docs/screenshots.json before promoting this package with visual workflow claims.

  • Admin index screen if the package has a Filament resource.
  • Create/edit screen if editors create records.
  • Settings/configuration screen when settings exist.
  • Frontend output when the package renders public pages.
  • Package detail or install intent screen when marketplace-owned.

Technical Shape

Service providers

  • Capell\Referer\Providers\RefererServiceProvider
  • Capell\Referer\Providers\AdminServiceProvider

Config files

  • packages/referer/config/capell-referer.php

Migrations

  • packages/referer/database/migrations/2026_09_14_000001_create_referer_counts_tables.php

Models

  • RefererDailyCount
  • RefererSourceTotal

Filament classes

  • RefererPage
  • TopRefererSourcesFilamentWidget

Actions

  • BuildRefererReportAction
  • PruneRefererCountsAction
  • RecordRefererCountAction
  • RefererHealthSignal
  • ResolveRefererWindowAction
  • ResolveReferralSourceAction

Data objects

  • RefererReportData
  • RefererReportRowData
  • RefererWindowData
  • ReferralSourceData

Command signatures

  • capell:referer:prune

Scheduled commands

  • capell:referer:prune (daily; package registered)

Console command classes

  • PruneRefererCountsCommand

Manifest contributions

  • admin-page: Capell\Referer\Manifest\RefererAdminPageContribution
  • console-command: Capell\Referer\Manifest\RefererConsoleCommandsContribution
  • dashboard-widget: Capell\Referer\Manifest\RefererDashboardFilamentWidgetsContribution
  • health-check: Capell\Referer\Manifest\RefererHealthContribution
  • migration: Capell\Referer\Manifest\RefererMigrationsContribution
  • model: Capell\Referer\Manifest\RefererModelsContribution
  • permission: Capell\Referer\Manifest\RefererPermissionsContribution
  • scheduled-job: Capell\Referer\Manifest\RefererRetentionScheduleContribution

Health checks

  • Capell\Referer\Health\RefererHealthCheck

Blade views

  • packages/referer/resources/views/filament/pages/referer.blade.php

Cache tags

  • referer

Data Model

  • Required tables: referer_daily_counts, referer_source_totals, referer_retention_state.
  • Models: RefererDailyCount, RefererSourceTotal.
  • Core record references in migrations: sites via site_id.
  • Migration files: 2026_09_14_000001_create_referer_counts_tables.php.
  • Migration impact: run host migrations through the package install flow before opening package surfaces.
  • Deletion/retention behaviour: migrations declare cascade-on-delete relationships; retention is scheduled through capell:referer:prune (daily; registered by the package provider).

Install Impact

  • Required packages: capell-app/admin, capell-app/core, capell-app/frontend.
  • Admin navigation: declares admin-page: RefererAdminPageContribution; each Filament page or resource controls its own navigation visibility.
  • Admin/editor extensions: dashboard-widget: RefererDashboardFilamentWidgetsContribution.
  • Permissions: View:RefererPage; Shield-generated page permissions for Capell\Referer\Filament\Pages\RefererPage (names and grants depend on host Shield configuration).
  • Public routes: none declared.
  • Database changes: package migrations are declared.
  • Config: config/capell-referer.php.
  • Settings: no package settings declared.
  • Queues or schedules: scheduled commands capell:referer:prune (daily; package registered).
  • Cache tags: referer.
  • Commands: capell:referer:prune.

Common Pitfalls

  • Keep required Capell packages on compatible v4 releases: capell-app/admin, capell-app/core, capell-app/frontend.
  • Run migrations before opening package resources or public routes.
  • Review package configuration before production-like verification: config/capell-referer.php.
  • Keep the host Laravel scheduler running so package-registered schedules can execute: capell:referer:prune (daily; package registered).
  • Keep public Blade and cached HTML free of authoring markers, model IDs, permissions, signed editor URLs, and lazy database queries.
  • Custom write integrations must preserve invalidation for referer cache tags.

Troubleshooting

Symptom Likely cause Check Fix
Package surface is missing after install Provider or manifest is not loaded Confirm capell.json, package composer.json, and provider registration Reinstall the package, refresh Composer autoload, and clear host caches
Admin screen or command fails on missing table Package migrations have not run Check the tables listed in Data Model Run host migrations and rerun the focused package test
Background work does not run Queue worker or declared schedule is not active Check the jobs and scheduled commands listed in Technical Shape Start the queue worker or host scheduler, then run the focused command or package test
Public output leaks unexpected state Render data, cache variation, or authoring boundary has regressed Check public Blade, cache tags, and public-output safety tests Move data loading out of Blade and rerun the package public-output tests

Quick Start

  1. For development evaluation only, install the moving development branch: composer require capell-app/referer:dev-main.
  2. Do not use this development listing as a stable production dependency. A tagged release remains gated on installed-App/cache-hit integration and the package's release evidence.

Next Steps