Create an installer script for this project that will setup the database structure automatically.

Upgrade project to the latest version of Smarty template engine and make use of composer to reference it in the project.

Finish the application error reporting feature.

This project currently doesn't use any type of MVC framework, most of the logic and presentation logic is mixed together. Recommend using Laravel, Symfony, or CakePHP.

The banning feature appears to be incomplete. I can't recall if I intended this for IP bans or something else, but I'm going to assume IP based bans.

Move away from storing username and password in a cookie for authentication and use an authentication token with a set expiration time.

Various pages within the control panel appear to have no input sanitation at all, and are passing unsantized values directly into various queries.

Migrate this project to use composer for dependency management and remove any manually included dependencies from the project.

• Standardize error logging across the application and remove any instances of printing out any information on the front-end.
• Remove instances of die() and create standardized error pages.