# RC-021C — Couple Dashboard Refinement (Planning Integration)

Act as Senior Product Designer, Senior UX Designer, Senior Wedding Planning Consultant, and Senior PHP Engineer.

This release is RC-021C.

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OBJECTIVE
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Refine the Couple Dashboard after the Planning Experience redesign.

The dashboard should become the central workspace of the Couple Portal.

Do NOT introduce new features.

Only improve presentation, information hierarchy, and navigation consistency.

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SECTION 1
Planning Integration
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The Dashboard must now reflect the new Planning philosophy.

Planning consists of:

- Budget Planner
- Timeline Planner
- Wedding Insights

Vendor is no longer treated as a primary module.

Vendor information should appear only through:

- Budget Summary
- Upcoming Payments
- Recent Payments

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SECTION 2
Hero Section
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Reduce unnecessary whitespace.

Keep the hero compact.

Display:

Bride & Groom

Wedding Date

Countdown

Current Plan

Quick Buttons

- Preview Invitation

- Budget Planner

- Timeline Planner

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SECTION 3
Today's Focus
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Display only actionable items.

Examples:

Pay Decoration DP

Meet Photographer

Finalize Guest List

Food Tasting

Publish Invitation

If there are no tasks,

display a friendly empty state.

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SECTION 4
Budget Command Center
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This becomes the largest dashboard section.

Display:

Total Budget

Total Deal

Paid

Remaining

Overall Difference

Then display every budget category.

Each category displays:

Category Name

Planned Budget

Deal Price

Paid

Remaining

Difference

Use progress bars instead of accounting tables wherever possible.

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SECTION 5
Upcoming Payments
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Sort by nearest payment date.

Display

Vendor

Category

Remaining

Due Date

Next Payment

Clicking should open the Budget Planner detail.

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SECTION 6
Timeline Summary
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Display

Completed

Remaining

Due Today

Due This Week

Overdue

Quick button

Open Timeline Planner

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SECTION 7
Guest Summary
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Display

Guests

Invitation Sent

Confirmed

Declined

Need Follow Up

Quick button

Open Guest Workspace

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SECTION 8
Recent Activities
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Display only the latest 10 activities.

Merge

Guest

Budget

Timeline

RSVP

Wedding Day

Sort chronologically.

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SECTION 9
Quick Access
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Simplify Quick Access.

Only display:

Invitation

Guests

Budget

Timeline

Wedding Day

Settings

Use compact cards.

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SECTION 10
Sidebar Cleanup
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Completely remove

Upcoming Features

Coming Soon

Future Features

Placeholder navigation

Any menu that is no longer relevant.

Planning should contain only:

Budget Planner

Timeline Planner

Wedding Insights

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SECTION 11
Responsive Improvements
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Desktop

Laptop

Tablet

Mobile

Use available screen width efficiently.

Reduce oversized empty spaces.

Improve card proportions.

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SECTION 12
Performance
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Reuse existing calculations.

No duplicated queries.

No duplicated widgets.

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SECTION 13
Verification
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Verify

Dashboard Layout

Sidebar

Planning Navigation

Budget Summary

Timeline Summary

Guest Summary

Recent Activities

Upcoming Payments

Responsive

Browser Runtime

PHP Syntax

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DELIVERABLES
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Provide

Architecture

Updated Dashboard Layout

Updated Sidebar

Controllers

Views

Responsive verification

Browser screenshots

PHP syntax validation

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IMPORTANT
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This release is a Dashboard refinement only.

Do NOT create new modules.

Do NOT expand product scope.

Focus on making the Couple Dashboard feel like a premium Wedding Planning Command Center.