feedback page: strip the seat claim, keep it a plain feedback form with a visible portal link

The owner asked for a plain feedback form: no Upwork name, no seat claim, and the
freelancer-portal link visible on the page. The seat-claim layer is removed whole.

- remove the GET /webhook/feedback seat-count read, its parsing and the four states
  it drove (available / claimed / full / count-unavailable) — one state now, the form
- remove the claim POST, the 1-hour hold and its clock-time copy, the leftKeys
  contract, the count-retry button and the cohort-full branch
- no capacity wording: seat/spot/claim/hold/cohort/full are gone, and "unlimited"
  is not written either — the page says nothing about capacity
- the form posts the answers only: no upwork, no email, no identifier
- progress bar is two steps (1 Sign up - 2 Give feedback); step 1 stays current
  because the page cannot honestly detect that the portal link was used
- the freelancer-portal link is visible next to the intro and again in step 1's copy,
  new window with rel=noopener noreferrer and it says so in its accessible name

Nothing on load is fetched: 0 requests to the webhook until a real submit.

feedback/index.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
     <title>Freelancer signup feedback — ODOO4projects</title>
-    <meta name="description" content="Claim a seat in the ODOO4projects freelancer signup and tell us how it went. The link goes to a named group of freelancers, not to search." />
+    <meta name="description" content="Tell us how the ODOO4projects freelancer signup went — every answer helps us improve the process before the directory opens." />
 
     <!-- Private utility page. It is reached ONLY by the link we send, never by search.
          noindex+nofollow here, absent from sitemap.xml and llms.txt, and linked from nowhere
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <link rel="canonical" href="https://odoo4projects.com/feedback/" />
     <meta property="og:url" content="https://odoo4projects.com/feedback/" />
     <meta property="og:title" content="Freelancer signup feedback — ODOO4projects" />
-    <meta property="og:description" content="Claim a seat in the ODOO4projects freelancer signup and tell us how it went." />
+    <meta property="og:description" content="Tell us how the ODOO4projects freelancer signup went — every answer helps us improve the process." />
     <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/images/favicon.ico" />
     <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         letter-spacing: 0.02em;
         margin: 0 0 0.4rem;
       }
-      .lede { color: var(--ink-soft); margin: 0 0 1.5rem; }
+      .lede { color: var(--ink-soft); margin: 0 0 1rem; }
       .panel {
         background: var(--ivory);
         border: 1px solid var(--line);
@@ -81,13 +81,6 @@
       .state-warn, .state-err { color: var(--brass-deep); }
       .state-ok { color: var(--success); }
       .detail { margin: 0.5rem 0 0; font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--ink-soft); }
-      .seat {
-        font-family: Marcellus, Georgia, serif;
-        font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 5vw, 2.4rem);
-        letter-spacing: 0.02em;
-        margin: 0 0 0.35rem;
-      }
-      .seat strong { color: var(--brass-deep); font-weight: 400; }
 
       /* ---- Forms ---- */
       .field { margin: 0 0 1.1rem; }
@@ -135,17 +128,7 @@
       .status.state-warn, .status.state-err { color: var(--brass-deep); }
       .status.state-ok { color: var(--success); }
 
-      /* ---- Claimed ---- */
+      /* ---- Progress bar (two steps) ---- */
-      .deadline {
-        font-family: Marcellus, Georgia, serif;
-        font-size: 1.35rem;
-        margin: 0 0 0.3rem;
-      }
-      .deadline strong { color: var(--brass-deep); font-weight: 400; }
-      .steps { margin: 0.4rem 0 0; padding-left: 1.2rem; font-size: 0.92rem; }
-      .steps li { margin: 0 0 0.3rem; }
-
-      /* ---- Progress bar (three steps) ---- */
       .progress { margin: 0 0 1.15rem; }
       .steps-bar {
         list-style: none;
@@ -171,11 +154,10 @@
         font-size: 0.8rem;
         line-height: 1;
       }
-      /* The current step is the brass pill; a done step carries the ✓ mark (see the script) —
+      /* The current step is the brass pill and the bolder label, and it is said out loud
-         the tick is the non-colour cue, so a done step is never colour alone. */
+         ("(current step)", .vh below) — weight and a word, so it is never colour alone. */
       .steps-bar .step-current { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 600; }
       .steps-bar .step-current .step-mark { background: var(--brass); border-color: var(--brass); color: var(--midnight); }
-      .steps-bar .step-done .step-mark { background: var(--success); border-color: var(--success); color: #fff; }
       .link-signup { color: var(--brass-deep); font-weight: 600; }
       /* Visually hidden, still read aloud. */
       .vh {
@@ -189,57 +171,20 @@
         white-space: nowrap;
         border: 0;
       }
-
-      /* ---- Cohort full (no feedback is ever rendered) ---- */
-      .who {
-        font-size: 0.8rem;
-        letter-spacing: 0.06em;
-        text-transform: uppercase;
-        color: var(--brass-deep);
-        margin: 0 0 1rem;
-      }
     </style>
 
-    <!-- Every wire name and shape lives here, in ONE place. Two constants, one per verb:
+    <!-- The one wire name and shape this page uses, in ONE place. POST only — the page reads
-         GET reads the free-seat count and the collected feedback; POST claims a seat, and posts
+         nothing on load. SHAPE (match this in the n8n workflow):
-         the feedback form. SHAPES (this is the contract to match in the n8n workflow):
 
-         GET  statusUrl            (no query string)
+         POST submitUrl  { "form": "feedback", <one key per question, the answer> }
-           -> 200 { "seats_left": 7, "seats_total": 10 }        <- the intended shape
-              or  { "free": 9 }                                 <- what the live route answers today
-              or  { "free": 0, "feedback": [ ... ] }
-              A count arrives under the documented names first, then the live route's
-              "Free"/"free"; a count must be a whole number >= 0 or it is not on the wire
-              (so "free": "" is skipped and the next key is read). A "feedback" array in the
-              reply is NOT consumed by this page and nothing from it is ever rendered — the
-              page reads the count only. With no seats, the cohort-full state shows the
-              closed-cohort line alone: no quotes, no excerpts, no paraphrases.
-
-         POST submitUrl  { "form": "claim", "upwork": "<their Upwork name>" }
-           -> 200 { "seats_left": 6, "seats_total": 10, "held_until": "2026-11-03T18:40:00Z" }
-
-         POST submitUrl  { "form": "feedback", "upwork": "<their claimed Upwork name>",
-                           "finalized": "yes", ... }
-              "upwork" is present ONLY when a seat was claimed this visit — the claimed Upwork
-              name, held in memory, sent to this route and nowhere else. With no claim the
-              submission carries no name and is anonymous.
            -> any 2xx = receipt shown; a non-2xx is reported as a failure, never as success.
 
-         An unexpected shape is named, never guessed: a count that did not come off the wire is
+         The body carries the answers and nothing else: no name, no email, no identifier of any
-         not printed. -->
+         kind. An unexpected shape is named, never guessed. -->
     <script>
       window.O4F = {
-        // The one route that answers the count + feedback (read-only).
+        // The one route that receives the feedback form.
-        statusUrl: "https://n8n.odoo4projects.com/webhook/feedback",
+        submitUrl: "https://n8n.odoo4projects.com/webhook/feedback"
-        // The one route that receives a claim and the feedback form.
-        submitUrl: "https://n8n.odoo4projects.com/webhook/feedback",
-        // GET reply keys, in the order they are read. A key not listed here is never read.
-        // "Free"/"free" are the live route's names today; they come last so the documented
-        // shape still wins if it ever arrives. "free": "" is skipped by pick() below.
-        leftKeys: ["seats_left", "seatsLeft", "Free", "free"],
-        totalKeys: ["seats_total", "seatsTotal"],
-        // The POST reply key that carries the seat deadline (ISO 8601).
-        heldUntilKeys: ["held_until", "heldUntil", "deadline"]
       };
     </script>
 
@@ -262,18 +207,31 @@
         <div class="card-wrap">
           <h1>Freelancer signup feedback</h1>
           <p class="lede">
-            We opened a free freelancer portal on ODOO4projects.com. Claim a seat here, then finish
+            We opened a free freelancer portal on ODOO4projects.com. Sign up there, then tell us how
-            the signup and tell us how it went — every answer helps us improve the process.
+            it went — every answer helps us improve the process.
+          </p>
+          <!-- The portal link, visible next to the intro and not buried in step copy. It opens in
+               a new window and says so. It is a plain link, not the page's primary action —
+               the feedback form still is. -->
+          <p class="detail">
+            The directory opens on <strong>1 December</strong>. Signing up is free for freelancers
+            and clients, and the feedback you give here is what we fix before then.
+            <a
+              class="link-signup"
+              href="https://odoo4projects.com/odoo-community-developers/#apply"
+              target="_blank"
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            >Sign up on the freelancer portal (opens in a new window)</a>.
           </p>
 
           <!-- Filled by the script at the foot of the page. Empty on purpose: with JavaScript off
-               there is no way to read the seat count or to claim, so an empty container plus the
+               there is no form to render, so an empty container plus the noscript note below is
-               noscript note below is the honest picture. -->
+               the honest picture. -->
           <div id="app"></div>
 
           <noscript>
             <div class="panel">
-              <p class="state state-warn">This page needs JavaScript to read the seat count and to claim a seat.</p>
+              <p class="state state-warn">This page needs JavaScript to show the feedback form.</p>
               <p class="detail">
                 Turn JavaScript on in your browser and open this page again — or reply to the message
                 that brought you here.
@@ -288,10 +246,9 @@
       (function () {
         var C = window.O4F;
         var app = document.getElementById("app");
-        var claimedUpwork = ""; // the seat claim: an identifier, kept in memory, never in the URL
         // The application form on the directory page — the anchor the page's own "Get listed"
         // triggers use. There is no separate login or account page, so this is the one target.
-        var SIGNUP_URL = "https://odoo4projects.com/odoo-community-developers/#apply";
+        var PORTAL_URL = "https://odoo4projects.com/odoo-community-developers/#apply";
 
         function el(tag, cls, text) {
           var n = document.createElement(tag);
@@ -304,35 +261,12 @@
           for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) app.appendChild(nodes[i]);
           return nodes;
         }
-        function panel(children) {
-          var box = el("div", "panel");
-          for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
-            if (children[i]) box.appendChild(children[i]);
-          }
-          return box;
-        }
         function status(text, kind) {
           var p = el("p", "status" + (kind ? " state-" + kind : ""), text);
           p.setAttribute("role", "status");
           p.setAttribute("aria-live", "polite");
           return p;
         }
-        // Read one value by its list of accepted keys. A key not listed is never read.
-        function pick(obj, keys) {
-          if (!obj || typeof obj !== "object") return undefined;
-          for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
-            var v = obj[keys[i]];
-            if (v !== undefined && v !== null && v !== "") return v;
-          }
-          return undefined;
-        }
-        // A count must come off the wire as a whole number >= 0. Anything else is "not on the wire".
-        function count(obj, keys) {
-          var v = pick(obj, keys);
-          if (typeof v === "number" && isFinite(v) && v >= 0) return Math.floor(v);
-          if (typeof v === "string" && /^\s*\d+\s*$/.test(v)) return parseInt(v, 10);
-          return null;
-        }
         function fetchJson(url, opts) {
           return fetch(url, opts).then(function (r) {
             return r.text().then(function (t) {
@@ -347,40 +281,41 @@
           var m = body.message || body.error || body.detail;
           return typeof m === "string" ? m : "";
         }
-        function retryButton(label, fn) {
+        // A link to the freelancer portal. Opens in a new window and says so, so a screen-reader
-          var b = el("button", "btn", label);
+        // user is not surprised by a new tab.
-          b.type = "button";
+        function portalLink() {
-          b.addEventListener("click", fn);
+          var p = el("p", "detail");
-          return b;
+          var a = el("a", "link-signup");
+          a.href = PORTAL_URL;
+          a.target = "_blank";
+          a.rel = "noopener noreferrer";
+          a.textContent = "Sign up on the freelancer portal (opens in a new window)";
+          p.appendChild(a);
+          return p;
         }
 
-        // ---- Progress bar (three steps) ---------------------------------------------------------
+        // ---- Progress bar (two steps) ---------------------------------------------------------
-        // Which step is current follows the page state — it is not decoration. It renders only
+        // Step 1 is the signup on the portal, step 2 is this form. The page has no honest way to
-        // where there is something to do: seats available (step 1 current) and seat claimed
+        // know the visitor has used the portal link, so step 1 stays current and nothing is
-        // (step 1 done, step 2 current, step 3 visible as what comes next). The cohort-full and
+        // guessed: the number, the bolder label and the spoken "(current step)" say which one is
-        // count-unavailable states render no bar at all. The bar states no count and no deadline:
+        // current, so it is never colour alone.
-        // both come from the wire and are printed elsewhere, from the wire alone.
+        var STEP_LABELS = ["Sign up", "Give feedback"];
-        var STEP_LABELS = ["Claim seat", "Sign up", "Fill out feedback"];
         function progressBar(current) {
           var nav = el("nav", "progress");
-          nav.setAttribute("aria-label", "Signup progress");
+          nav.setAttribute("aria-label", "Progress");
           var ol = el("ol", "steps-bar");
           STEP_LABELS.forEach(function (label, i) {
             var n = i + 1;
             var li = el("li", "step");
             var mark = el("span", "step-mark");
             mark.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
-            // A done step shows the ✓ mark; the current and upcoming steps show their number.
+            mark.textContent = String(n);
-            mark.textContent = n < current ? "\u2713" : String(n);
             li.appendChild(mark);
             li.appendChild(el("span", "step-label", label));
             if (n === current) {
               li.className = "step step-current";
               li.setAttribute("aria-current", "step");
-            } else if (n < current) {
+              li.appendChild(el("span", "vh", " (current step)"));
-              // Done is the ✓ mark AND a word for screen readers — never colour alone.
-              li.className = "step step-done";
-              li.appendChild(el("span", "vh", " (completed)"));
             } else {
               li.className = "step step-next";
             }
@@ -390,176 +325,19 @@
           return nav;
         }
 
-        // ---- The four states -----------------------------------------------------------------
+        // ---- Step 1 — the portal link, again, in the step's own copy -------------------------
-        // 1. Seats available. The number is read from the wire; a cap is not a remaining count.
+        function signupPanel() {
-        function stateAvailable(seats, total) {
+          var box = el("div", "panel");
-          var h = el("p", "seat");
+          box.appendChild(el("h2", "", "Step 1 — sign up on the freelancer portal"));
-          h.appendChild(el("strong", "", String(seats)));
+          box.appendChild(el("p", "detail",
-          h.appendChild(document.createTextNode(
+            "Create your free freelancer account and add your profile. The directory opens on 1 December."));
-            total != null ? " of " + total + " seats left" : (seats === 1 ? " seat left" : " seats left")
+          box.appendChild(portalLink());
-          ));
+          return box;
-
-          var form = el("form");
-          form.setAttribute("novalidate", "novalidate");
-          var field = el("div", "field");
-          var label = el("label", "", "Your Upwork name");
-          label.setAttribute("for", "fbUpwork");
-          var input = el("input");
-          input.type = "text";
-          input.id = "fbUpwork";
-          input.name = "upwork";
-          input.autocomplete = "off";
-          input.required = true;
-          var hint = el("p", "hint", "Exactly as it appears on your Upwork profile — this is how we match your seat to your signup.");
-          field.appendChild(label);
-          field.appendChild(input);
-          field.appendChild(hint);
-          var err = el("p", "err", "");
-          err.hidden = true;
-          field.appendChild(err);
-          form.appendChild(field);
-
-          var line = status("", "");
-          var btn = el("button", "btn", "Claim a seat");
-          btn.type = "submit";
-          form.appendChild(btn);
-          form.appendChild(line);
-
-          form.addEventListener("submit", function (ev) {
-            ev.preventDefault();
-            var name = input.value.trim();
-            if (!name) {
-              field.setAttribute("data-bad", "1");
-              err.textContent = "Enter your Upwork name to claim a seat.";
-              err.hidden = false;
-              input.focus();
-              return;
-            }
-            field.setAttribute("data-bad", "0");
-            err.hidden = true;
-            btn.disabled = true;
-            line.className = "status";
-            line.textContent = "Claiming your seat…";
-            // The claim. The Upwork name is an identifier: it goes to our workflow and nowhere
-            // else — never into the address and never into an analytics payload.
-            fetchJson(C.submitUrl, {
-              method: "POST",
-              headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-              body: JSON.stringify({ form: "claim", upwork: name })
-            }).then(function (res) {
-              if (!res.ok) {
-                btn.disabled = false;
-                line.className = "status state-warn";
-                line.textContent = "We could not claim your seat — the service answered " + res.status +
-                  (msgOf(res.body) ? " — " + msgOf(res.body) : "") + ". Try again.";
-                return;
-              }
-              claimedUpwork = name;
-              stateClaimed(count(res.body, C.leftKeys), pick(res.body, C.heldUntilKeys));
-            }).catch(function () {
-              btn.disabled = false;
-              line.className = "status state-warn";
-              line.textContent = "We could not reach the service to claim your seat. Check your connection and try again.";
-            });
-          });
-
-          show([
-            progressBar(1),
-            panel([h, el("p", "detail", "One seat per freelancer, and there is a fixed number for this cohort.")]),
-            panel([el("h2", "", "Claim your seat"), form])
-          ]);
-        }
-
-        // 2. Seat claimed — held for one hour. The deadline is shown as a clock time when the
-        //    workflow tells us when it started; the hour is the workflow's, not this page's.
-        function stateClaimed(seats, heldUntil) {
-          var dl = el("p", "deadline");
-          var t = clockTime(heldUntil);
-          if (t) {
-            dl.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Your seat is held until "));
-            dl.appendChild(el("strong", "", t));
-            dl.appendChild(document.createTextNode("."));
-          } else {
-            dl.textContent = "Your seat is held.";
-          }
-          var steps = el("ul", "steps");
-          steps.appendChild(el("li", "", "Create your account on the ODOO4projects freelancer portal."));
-          steps.appendChild(el("li", "", "Add the links to your profiles (Upwork, LinkedIn, Fiverr)."));
-          steps.appendChild(el("li", "", "Fill in your focus, about you and the 15-point skill profile."));
-          steps.appendChild(el("li", "", "Submit the application. We match your signup to the Upwork name you just gave."));
-
-          var claimed = el("div", "panel");
-          claimed.appendChild(el("h2", "", "Seat claimed"));
-          claimed.appendChild(dl);
-          claimed.appendChild(el("p", "detail",
-            "The one hour to finish your signup comes from our signup workflow, not from this page."));
-          if (seats != null) {
-            claimed.appendChild(el("p", "who", (seats === 1 ? "1 seat left" : seats + " seats left") + " after your claim"));
-          }
-          claimed.appendChild(steps);
-
-          // The one thing to do while a seat is held: go and finish the signup. A link, never a
-          // second button — the page keeps one primary action at a time, and the target is the
-          // application form the page's own "Get listed" triggers use.
-          var signup = el("p", "detail");
-          var up = el("a", "link-signup");
-          up.href = SIGNUP_URL;
-          up.target = "_blank";
-          up.rel = "noopener noreferrer";
-          up.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Sign up here"));
-          // Say it opens a new window, so a screen-reader user is not surprised by a new tab.
-          up.appendChild(el("span", "", " (opens in a new window)"));
-          signup.appendChild(up);
-          claimed.appendChild(signup);
-
-          show([progressBar(2), claimed, feedbackPanel()]);
-        }
-
-        function clockTime(iso) {
-          if (!iso) return "";
-          var d = new Date(iso);
-          if (isNaN(d.getTime())) return "";
-          try {
-            return d.toLocaleTimeString([], { hour: "2-digit", minute: "2-digit" });
-          } catch (e) {
-            return "";
-          }
-        }
-
-        // 3. Cohort full — the closed-cohort line only. No feedback is rendered: the consent
-        //    question (the old "publish" field) is gone, so there is no record of anyone agreeing
-        //    to have their words shown in public, and anonymous words are still the author's
-        //    words. This state names no quotes, no excerpts and no paraphrases.
-        function stateFull() {
-          var box = panel([el("h2", "", "This cohort is full")]);
-          box.appendChild(el("p", "detail", "All seats for this cohort have been claimed, so it is closed. We are not accepting new freelancers into this group."));
-          show([box]);
-        }
-
-        // 4. Count unavailable — today's real state. No number, no claim button that cannot work.
-        function stateUnavailable(httpStatus, msg) {
-          var nodes = [
-            status("We cannot read the seat count right now.", "warn"),
-            el("p", "detail", "The seat count could not be read from our service, so we are not showing a number and we are not offering a claim that cannot work. Please try again shortly.")
-          ];
-          if (httpStatus) {
-            nodes.push(el("p", "detail", "The service answered " + httpStatus + (msg ? " — " + msg : "") + "."));
-          }
-          nodes.push(retryButton("Try again", load));
-          show([panel(nodes)]);
-        }
-        function stateLoadFailed(httpStatus, msg) {
-          var nodes = [
-            status("We could not reach the service.", "warn"),
-            el("p", "detail", "The seat count could not be read, so no number is shown and no seat is offered right now.")
-          ];
-          if (httpStatus) nodes.push(el("p", "detail", "The service answered " + httpStatus + (msg ? " — " + msg : "") + "."));
-          nodes.push(retryButton("Try again", load));
-          show([panel(nodes)]);
         }
 
         // ---- The feedback form ----------------------------------------------------------------
-        // The n8n form's questions, with the copy corrected, plus the fields the owner asked for.
+        // The n8n form's questions, with the copy corrected. The identity block (name, email,
+        // anonymous tick) and the publish-consent question are gone — do not bring them back.
         var FIELDS = [
           { id: "finalized", label: "Did you finalize the signup?", type: "select", options: [["yes", "Yes"], ["no", "No"]], required: true },
           { id: "difficulty", label: "How hard was the signup?", type: "select", options: [["easy", "Easy"], ["ok", "OK"], ["hard", "Hard"]], required: true },
@@ -672,11 +450,8 @@
               return;
             }
 
-            // Build the body. The claimed Upwork name rides along ONLY when a seat was claimed
+            // Build the body. The answers and nothing else — no name, no email, no identifier.
-            // this visit — state the page already holds. With no claim the submission carries no
-            // name and is anonymous (nothing is invented).
             var body = { form: "feedback" };
-            if (claimedUpwork) body.upwork = claimedUpwork;
             FIELDS.forEach(function (spec) {
               if (spec.type === "radio") {
                 var checked = form.querySelector('input[name="' + spec.id + '"]:checked');
@@ -719,33 +494,9 @@
           return box;
         }
 
-        // ---- Load -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // ---- Render ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-        function load() {
+        // One state, always: the form. Nothing is read on load, so there is no fetch here.
-          show([panel([status("Reading the seat count…", "")])]);
+        show([progressBar(1), signupPanel(), feedbackPanel()]);
-          fetchJson(C.statusUrl, { method: "GET", cache: "no-store" }).then(function (res) {
-            if (!res.ok) {
-              // A workflow that throws is our problem, and it must not look like a closed cohort.
-              stateUnavailable(res.status, msgOf(res.body));
-              return;
-            }
-            var seats = count(res.body, C.leftKeys);
-            var total = count(res.body, C.totalKeys);
-            if (seats === null) {
-              // No count came off the wire: print no number.
-              stateUnavailable(null, "the reply carried no seat count");
-              return;
-            }
-            if (seats === 0) {
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