cypress/integration/onboarding/onboarding.spec.js

+import generateRandomId from "../../support/utilities";
+
 context('Onboarding', () => {
 
-  const remindText = 'remind test text';
+  const username = generateRandomId();
+  const password = `${generateRandomId()}0oA!`;
+  const email = 'test@minds.com';
+
+  const usernameField = 'minds-form-register #username';
+  const emailField = 'minds-form-register #email';
+  const passwordField = 'minds-form-register #password';
+  const password2Field = 'minds-form-register #password2';
+  const checkbox = '[data-cy=data-minds-accept-tos-input]';
+  const submitButton = 'minds-form-register .mdl-card__actions button';
 
   before(() => {
-    cy.getCookie('minds_sess')
-      .then((sessionCookie) => {
-        if (sessionCookie === null) {
-          return cy.login(true);
+    cy.visit('/register');
+    cy.location('pathname').should('eq', '/register');
+    cy.server();
+    cy.route("POST", "**/api/v1/register").as("register");
+
+    cy.get(usernameField)
+      .focus()
+      .type(username);
+
+    cy.get(emailField)
+      .focus()
+      .type(email);
+
+    cy.get(passwordField)
+      .focus()
+      .type(password);
+
+    cy.wait(500);
+
+    cy.get(password2Field)
+      .focus()
+      .type(password);
+
+    cy.get(checkbox)
+      .click({ force: true });
+
+    //submit
+    cy.get(submitButton)
+      .click()
+      .wait('@register')
+      .then((xhr) => {
+          expect(xhr.status).to.equal(200);
         }
-      });
-    cy.visit(`/onboarding`);
+      );
+
+    cy.wait(500);
+    cy.location('pathname').should('eq', '/onboarding/notice');
+  });
 
-    // create two test groups
+  after(() => {
+    cy.deleteUser(username, password);
+    cy.clearCookies();
   });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -21,7 +65,7 @@ context('Onboarding', () => {
   it('should go through the process of onboarding', () => {
     // notice should appear
     cy.get('h1.m-onboarding__noticeTitle').contains('Welcome to the Minds Community');
-    cy.get('h2.m-onboarding__noticeTitle').contains(`@${Cypress.env().username}`);
+    cy.get('h2.m-onboarding__noticeTitle').contains(username);
 
     // should redirect to /hashtags
     cy.get('.m-onboarding__form button.mf-button').contains("Let's Get Setup").click();

cypress/integration/registration.spec.js

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ context('Registration', () => {
       });
 
     cy.wait(500);
-    cy.location('pathname').should('eq', '/newsfeed/subscriptions');
+    cy.location('pathname').should('eq', '/onboarding/notice');
   });
 
   it('should display an error if passwords do not match', () => {

src/app/common/components/date-dropdowns/date-dropdowns.component.scss

@@ -2,27 +2,32 @@ m-date__dropdowns {
   display: flex;
   justify-content: space-between;
 
-  select {
-    display: inline-block;
-    background-color: #fff;
-    box-sizing: border-box;
-    margin: 0 10px 0 0;
-    padding: 8px 10px;
-    height: 36px;
+  .m-dateDropdowns__selectWrapper {
+    position: relative;
+    overflow: hidden;
     min-width: 80px;
     max-width: 90px;
-
-    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
-    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-    font-family: 'Roboto', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
-    font-size: 16px;
-    line-height: 21px;
-    border-radius: 2px;
+    border-radius: 3px;
+    margin: 0 10px 0 0;
 
     @include m-theme() {
-      color: themed($m-grey-800);
       background-color: themed($m-white);
-      border: 1px solid #e2e2e2;
+      box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+    }
+
+    &::after {
+      content: '\25bc';
+      font-size: 10px;
+      padding: 10px;
+      position: absolute;
+      right: 0;
+      top: 0;
+      text-align: center;
+      pointer-events: none;
+
+      @include m-theme() {
+        color: themed($m-grey-200);
+      }
     }
 
     // month
@@ -40,4 +45,28 @@ m-date__dropdowns {
       min-width: 77px;
     }
   }
+
+  select {
+    display: inline-block;
+    background-color: #fff;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    padding: 8px 10px;
+    height: 36px;
+    width: 100%;
+
+    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
+    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+    font-family: 'Roboto', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
+    font-size: 16px;
+    line-height: 21px;
+    border-radius: 2px;
+
+    appearance: none;
+
+    @include m-theme() {
+      color: themed($m-grey-800);
+      background-color: themed($m-white);
+      border: 1px solid #e2e2e2;
+    }
+  }
 }

src/app/common/components/date-dropdowns/date-dropdowns.component.ts

@@ -3,27 +3,33 @@ import { Component, EventEmitter, OnInit, Output } from '@angular/core';
 @Component({
   selector: 'm-date__dropdowns',
   template: `
-    <select
-      data-minds="monthDropdown"
-      [ngModel]="selectedMonth"
-      (ngModelChange)="selectMonth($event)"
-    >
-      <option *ngFor="let month of monthNames">{{ month }}</option>
-    </select>
-    <select
-      data-minds="dayDropdown"
-      [ngModel]="selectedDay"
-      (ngModelChange)="selectDay($event)"
-    >
-      <option *ngFor="let day of days">{{ day }}</option>
-    </select>
-    <select
-      data-minds="yearDropdown"
-      [ngModel]="selectedYear"
-      (ngModelChange)="selectYear($event)"
-    >
-      <option *ngFor="let year of years">{{ year }}</option>
-    </select>
+    <div class="m-dateDropdowns__selectWrapper">
+      <select
+        data-minds="monthDropdown"
+        [ngModel]="selectedMonth"
+        (ngModelChange)="selectMonth($event)"
+      >
+        <option *ngFor="let month of monthNames">{{ month }}</option>
+      </select>
+    </div>
+    <div class="m-dateDropdowns__selectWrapper">
+      <select
+        data-minds="dayDropdown"
+        [ngModel]="selectedDay"
+        (ngModelChange)="selectDay($event)"
+      >
+        <option *ngFor="let day of days">{{ day }}</option>
+      </select>
+    </div>
+    <div class="m-dateDropdowns__selectWrapper">
+      <select
+        data-minds="yearDropdown"
+        [ngModel]="selectedYear"
+        (ngModelChange)="selectYear($event)"
+      >
+        <option *ngFor="let year of years">{{ year }}</option>
+      </select>
+    </div>
   `,
 })
 export class DateDropdownsComponent implements OnInit {
@@ -56,30 +62,42 @@ export class DateDropdownsComponent implements OnInit {
   ngOnInit() {
     this.years = this.range(100, this.selectedYear, false);
     this.selectedYear = this.years[0];
-    this.selectMonth('January');
+    this.selectMonth('January', false);
   }
 
-  selectMonth(month: string) {
+  selectMonth(month: string, emit: boolean = true) {
     this.selectedMonth = month;
 
     this.populateDays(
       this.getDaysInMonth(this.getMonthNumber(month), this.selectedYear)
     );
-    this.selectedDateChange.emit(this.buildDate());
+
+    if (emit) {
+      this.emitChanges();
+    }
   }
 
-  selectDay(day: string) {
+  selectDay(day: string, emit: boolean = true) {
     this.selectedDay = day;
 
-    this.selectedDateChange.emit(this.buildDate());
+    if (emit) {
+      this.emitChanges();
+    }
   }
 
-  selectYear(year) {
+  selectYear(year, emit: boolean = true) {
     this.selectedYear = year;
 
     this.populateDays(
       this.getDaysInMonth(this.getMonthNumber(this.selectedMonth), year)
     );
+
+    if (emit) {
+      this.emitChanges();
+    }
+  }
+
+  emitChanges() {
     this.selectedDateChange.emit(this.buildDate());
   }
 

src/app/common/layout/v2-topbar/v2-topbar.component.scss

@@ -135,16 +135,12 @@
   justify-content: space-between;
   width: 100%;
   height: 52px;
-  max-width: 1296px;
+  max-width: 1084px;
   margin: 0 auto;
-  padding: 0 8px;
+  padding: 15px 0 15px;
   //padding-right: 46px;
   box-sizing: border-box;
 
-  @media screen and (min-width: 1296px) {
-    padding: 0 46px 0 0;
-  }
-
   @media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
     .m-v2-topbarNav__RouterNav {
       display: none;
@@ -297,6 +293,7 @@
   }
 
   > a {
+    margin-right: 40px;
     text-decoration: none;
     height: 32px;
     border-radius: 18px;

src/app/modules/groups/sidebar-markers/sidebar-markers.component.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import {
   ViewChild,
   ChangeDetectorRef,
   HostListener,
+  OnInit,
+  OnDestroy,
   Inject,
   PLATFORM_ID,
 } from '@angular/core';
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ import { GroupsService } from '../groups-service';
   selector: 'm-group--sidebar-markers',
   templateUrl: 'sidebar-markers.component.html',
 })
-export class GroupsSidebarMarkersComponent {
+export class GroupsSidebarMarkersComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   inProgress: boolean = false;
   $updateMarker;
   markers = [];
@@ -58,6 +60,10 @@ export class GroupsSidebarMarkersComponent {
         return;
       }
       if (update.show) {
+        // if the group already exists in the list, don't re-add it
+        if (this.groups.findIndex(g => g.guid == update.guid) !== -1) {
+          return;
+        }
         this.groupsService.load(update.guid).then(group => {
           this.groups.unshift(group);
         });

src/app/modules/onboarding-v2/page/onboarding.component.scss

@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ m-onboarding {
             line-height: 21px;
             padding-left: 8px;
             margin-bottom: 8px;
+            box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
 
             @include m-theme() {
               color: themed($m-grey-800);
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ m-onboarding {
               flex-grow: 1;
               display: flex;
               margin-bottom: 8px;
+              box-shadow: 0px 1px 4px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
 
               .m-phone-input--wrapper {
                 justify-content: flex-start;
@@ -421,6 +423,7 @@ m-onboarding {
 
                   font-size: 16px;
                   line-height: 21px;
+                  box-shadow: none;
 
                   @include m-theme() {
                     color: themed($m-grey-800);

src/app/modules/onboarding-v2/steps/channels/channels.component.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ export class ChannelsStepComponent {
   constructor(private router: Router) {}
 
   finish() {
-    this.router.navigate(['/newsfeed']);
+    this.router.navigate(['/newsfeed/global/top']);
   }
 }

src/app/modules/onboarding-v2/steps/channels/list/list.component.scss

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ m-onboarding__channelList {
 
   .m-onboarding__channelList {
     display: flex;
+    position: relative;
+
     h3 {
       margin: 0;
       font-size: 13px;
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ m-onboarding__channelList {
     padding: 0;
     list-style: none;
     width: 100%;
+    max-height: 245px;
+    overflow-y: auto;
   }
 
   .m-channelList__item {
@@ -43,6 +47,27 @@ m-onboarding__channelList {
       border-bottom: 0;
     }
 
+    &:nth-child(4) {
+      & ~ :last-child {
+        position: relative;
+        z-index: 1;
+      }
+
+      & ~ :nth-last-child(2):after {
+        content: '';
+        position: absolute;
+        left: 0;
+        right: 0;
+        bottom: 0;
+        background: linear-gradient(
+          to bottom,
+          rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 0%,
+          #fff 100%
+        );
+        height: 65px;
+      }
+    }
+
     a {
       display: flex;
       text-decoration: none;

src/app/modules/onboarding-v2/steps/channels/list/list.component.ts

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class ChannelListComponent implements OnInit {
           query,
           nsfw,
         })
-        .setLimit(3)
+        .setLimit(12)
         .setExportUserCounts(true)
         .fetch();
     } catch (e) {

src/app/modules/onboarding-v2/steps/groups/list/list.component.scss

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ m-onboarding__groupList {
 
   .m-onboarding__groupList {
     display: flex;
+    position: relative;
+
     h3 {
       margin: 0;
       font-size: 13px;
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ m-onboarding__groupList {
     padding: 0;
     list-style: none;
     width: 100%;
+    max-height: 245px;
+    overflow-y: auto;
   }
 
   .m-groupList__item {
@@ -43,6 +47,27 @@ m-onboarding__groupList {
       border-bottom: 0;
     }
 
+    &:nth-child(4) {
+      & ~ :last-child {
+        position: relative;
+        z-index: 1;
+      }
+
+      & ~ :nth-last-child(2):after {
+        content: '';
+        position: absolute;
+        left: 0;
+        right: 0;
+        bottom: 0;
+        background: linear-gradient(
+          to bottom,
+          rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 0%,
+          #fff 100%
+        );
+        height: 65px;
+      }
+    }
+
     a {
       display: flex;
       flex-grow: 1;

src/app/modules/onboarding-v2/steps/groups/list/list.component.ts

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class GroupListComponent implements OnInit {
           query,
           nsfw,
         })
-        .setLimit(3)
+        .setLimit(12)
         .setCastToActivities(true)
         .fetch();
     } catch (e) {

src/app/modules/onboarding-v2/steps/hashtags/hashtags.component.ts

 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { TopbarHashtagsService } from '../../../hashtags/service/topbar.service';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { Storage } from '../../../../services/storage';
 
 type Hashtag = {
   value: string;
@@ -16,9 +17,14 @@ export class HashtagsStepComponent implements OnInit {
   error: string;
   inProgress: boolean;
 
-  constructor(private service: TopbarHashtagsService, private router: Router) {}
+  constructor(
+    private service: TopbarHashtagsService,
+    private storage: Storage,
+    private router: Router
+  ) {}
 
   ngOnInit() {
+    this.storage.set('preferred_hashtag_state', '1'); // turn on preferred hashtags for discovery
     this.load();
   }
 

src/app/modules/onboarding-v2/steps/info/info.component.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class InfoStepComponent {
   locationError: string;
   date: string;
   dateOfBirthError: string;
+  dateOfBirthChanged: boolean = false;
 
   cities: Array<any> = [];
 
@@ -86,6 +87,9 @@ export class InfoStepComponent {
   }
 
   async updateDateOfBirth() {
+    if (!this.dateOfBirthChanged) {
+      return true;
+    }
     this.dateOfBirthError = null;
 
     try {
@@ -102,6 +106,7 @@ export class InfoStepComponent {
 
   selectedDateChange(date: string) {
     this.date = date;
+    this.dateOfBirthChanged = true;
   }
 
   cancel() {

src/app/modules/onboarding-v2/steps/notice/notice.component.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class NoticeStepComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   skip() {
-    this.router.navigate(['/newsfeed']);
+    this.router.navigate(['/newsfeed/global/top']);
   }
 
   isMobile() {