Overview
Ficonz is a CMS-backed icon library and showcase platform where developers and designers can browse, search, and inspect detailed icon specifications through an interactive interface. Built on Next.js and backed by Nextly CMS for schema-driven site data, blog categories, and pricing management, Ficonz combines high-performance discovery with clean, theme-aware visual presentation.
The Problem & Challenges
To scale from an early prototype into a production-grade library, the platform required architectural modernization and UI stabilization:
- Structural Codebase Sprawl: The application needed a clean, root-level App Router structure so pages, shared components, and CMS schemas could expand without technical debt.
- Interactive Icon Inspection: Shoppers and developers needed an intuitive browsing experience with detailed modal popups for inspecting icon SVGs, tags, and usage specifications.
- Theme-Aware Branding Glitches: A persistent visual bug caused brand logos and icons to render incorrectly when switching between dark and light theme modes.
- Authentication & Legal Infrastructure: The platform required secure user authentication for account workflows, alongside standard legal documentation (Terms & Conditions) and form validation polish.
Solution & Architecture
I executed a root-level architectural migration combined with CMS schema standardization and interactive UI development:
- App Router Architectural Migration: Re-architected the application into a clean root-level Next.js App Router structure, consolidating app shells, shared UI components, and utility modules for long-term maintainability.
- Nextly CMS Schema Standardization: Developed and executed schema migrations within Nextly CMS to manage site data, pricing tiers, and blog categories dynamically without hardcoding.
- Interactive Icon Modal Experience: Engineered the core icon browsing and management interface, featuring interactive popup modals for instant SVG inspection, copying, and download.
- Theme-Aware Branding Engineering: Re-engineered logo and icon rendering logic to guarantee seamless visual consistency and proper contrast across both dark and light theme modes.
- Authentication & Legal Funnels: Implemented a secure user authentication system and built standardized Terms & Conditions legal pages.
- Form Validation & UI Polish: Resolved lingering form validation bugs and delivered responsive design polish across mobile and desktop viewports, alongside setting up an automated GitHub Actions CI/CD deployment pipeline.
Key Features & Contributions
- Interactive Icon Browsing: High-performance icon search and discovery with detailed popup inspection modals.
- CMS Schema Architecture: Dynamic Nextly CMS collections managing site data, pricing tiers, and blog categories.
- Authentication System: Secure user authentication enabling personalized features and account workflows.
- Theme-Aware Branding: Re-engineered logo rendering for flawless visual presentation across dark and light themes.
- App Router Standardization: Complete structural refactor consolidating app shells and shared components.
- Automated CI/CD Pipeline: Reliable deployment workflow powered by GitHub Actions.
Tech Stack
- Framework: Next.js (App Router)
- Language: TypeScript, SCSS
- CMS: Nextly CMS (Schema-driven content)
- UI & Styling: Tailwind CSS, Modal Popups
- DevOps: GitHub Actions
Outcome & Impact
The App Router migration and Nextly CMS schema integration established a clean, maintainable foundation that supported rapid catalog expansion. The interactive modal browsing experience became the platform's signature interaction model, delighting users with instant icon inspection. Fixing theme-aware branding eliminated visual artifacts across theme modes, while automated CI/CD streamlined continuous updates.