diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f22cae..b27c591 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ For your own web-push tests, change the 'vapid' URL in App.vue, and install apps
 - Create a new identity as prompted. Go to "Your Identity" screen and copy the ID to the clipboard.
 
 - Go back to /start and import test User `did:ethr:0x000Ee5654b9742f6Fe18ea970e32b97ee2247B51` with this this seed phrase:
-  `seminar accuse mystery assist delay law thing deal image undo guard initial shallow wrestle list fragile borrow velvet tomorrow awake explain test offer control`
+  `rigid shrug mobile smart veteran half all pond toilet brave review universe ship congress found yard skate elite apology jar uniform subway slender luggage`
   (Other test users are found [here](https://github.com/trentlarson/endorser-ch/blob/master/test/util.js).)
 
 - Go to "Your Contacts" screen and add the ID you copied to the clipboard, and hit "+" to add them.
diff --git a/project.task.yaml b/project.task.yaml
index 9b56584..f36b06f 100644
--- a/project.task.yaml
+++ b/project.task.yaml
@@ -1,51 +1,40 @@
 
 tasks:
 
-- remove hard-coded anomalistlabs.com
-
-- don't show "Give" & "Offer" on project screen if they don't have an identifier
-- allow some gives even if they aren't registered
-
-- in endorser-push-server - mount folder for persistent sqlite DB outside of container
-- extract private_key_hex in webpush.py
 - 40 notifications :
   - push, where we trigger a ServiceWorker(?) in the app to reach out and check for new data assignee:matthew
+  - extract private_key_hex in py-push-server webpush.py
+  - lock down regenerate_vapid endpoint (so only we admins can do it on demand)
+  - remove sleep in py-push-server app.py
 
-- .2 change the "claims" verbiage in feeds (eg. safari-notifications.js)
-- .5 allow to manage their notifications even without an identity
-- 01 Ensure each action sent to the server has a confirmation - eg registration (ie a toast something that dismisses after 5-10s)
 - .3 fix the Project-location-selection map display to not show on top of bottom icons (and any other UI tweaks on the map flow) assignee-group:ui
 
 - .5 Add infinite scroll to gifts on the home page
-- .5 bug - search for "Safari" does not find the project, but if already on the "Anywhere" tab it shows all
-- .2 figure out why endorser-mobile search doesn't find recently created PlanAction
-- .1 when creating a plan, select location and then make sure you can deselect on Android
-- .5 fix where user 0 sees no txns from user 1 on contacts page but sees them on list page
-- .1 remove the logic to exclude beforeId in list of plans after server has commit 26b25af605e715600d4f12b6416ed9fd7142d164 assignee:trent
-- .2 in SeedBackupView, don't load the mnemonic and keep it in memory; only load it when they click "show"
-- fix cert generation (since it didn't happen automatically for Nov 30)
 
 - Discuss whether the remaining tasks are worthwhile before MVP release.
 
+- .1 Add units or different icon to the coins (to distinguish $, BTC, hours, etc)
+- .5 make a VC details page, or link to endorser.ch (including confirmations)
+- 01 allow download of each VC (& confirmations, to show that they actually own their data)
+- .3 check that Android shows "back" buttons on screens without bottom tray
 - .1 Make give description text box into something that expands as they type?
 - 04 allow user to download claims, mine + ones I can see about me from others
 - .5 customize favicon assignee-group:ui
 - .2 Show a warning if both giver and recipient are the same (but still allow?)
 - 01 Would it look better to shrink the buttons on many pages so they don't expand to the width of the screen? assignee-group:ui
 - .5 Display a more appealing confirmation on the map when erasing the marker
-- .5 make a VC details page, or link to endorser.ch
-- .1 Add units or different icon to the coins (to distinguish $, BTC, hours, etc)
 - .5 include the hash of the latest commit on help page next to version (maybe Trent's git-hash branch)
 - .5 remove references to localStorage for projectId (now that it's pulling from the path)
 - bug (that is hard to reproduce) - on the second 'give' recorded on prod it showed me as the agent
 - make identicons for contacts into more-memorable faces (and maybe change project identicons, too)
-- allow download of each VC (to show that they can actually own their data)
-
+- allow some gives even if they aren't registered
+- switch some checks for activeDid to check for isRegistered
+- .2 in SeedBackupView, don't load the mnemonic and keep it in memory; only load it when they click "show"
+- .5 fix cert generation on server (since it didn't happen automatically for Nov 30)
 - contacts v+ :
   - 01 Import all the non-sensitive data (ie. contacts & settings).
   - .2 show error to user when adding a duplicate contact
   - 01 parse input more robustly (with CSV lib and not commas)
-
 - stats v1 :
   - 01 show numeric stats
   - 04 show different graphic for projects vs people (gnome?) on world
@@ -69,6 +58,7 @@ tasks:
 
 - .5 show seed phrase in a QR code for transfer to another device
 - .5 on DiscoverView, switch to a filter UI (eg. just from friend
+- .5 don't show "Offer" on project screen if they aren't registered
 
 - 24 Move to Vite
 - 32 accept images for projects
diff --git a/src/views/ContactQRScanShowView.vue b/src/views/ContactQRScanShowView.vue
index 7b42337..15870ea 100644
--- a/src/views/ContactQRScanShowView.vue
+++ b/src/views/ContactQRScanShowView.vue
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       </h1>
     </div>
 
-    <div @click="onCopyToClipboard()">
+    <div @click="onCopyToClipboard()" v-if="activeDid">
       <!--
         Play with display options: https://qr-code-styling.com/
         See docs: https://www.npmjs.com/package/qr-code-generator-vue3
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@
         class="flex justify-center"
       />
     </div>
+    <div class="text-center" v-else>
+      You have no identitifiers yet, so
+      <router-link :to="{ name: 'start' }" class="text-blue-500">
+        create your identifier.
+      </router-link>
+      <br />
+      We recommend you do that first; otherwise, these contacts won't see your
+      activity.
+    </div>
 
     <h1 class="text-4xl text-center font-light pt-4">Scan Contact Info</h1>
     <qrcode-stream @detect="onScanDetect" @error="onScanError" />
@@ -91,7 +100,7 @@ export default class ContactQRScanShow extends Vue {
 
     if (!identity) {
       throw new Error(
-        "Attempted to load Give records with no identity available.",
+        "Attempted to show contact info with no identity available.",
       );
     }
     return identity;
@@ -106,17 +115,7 @@ export default class ContactQRScanShow extends Vue {
     await accountsDB.open();
     const accounts = await accountsDB.accounts.toArray();
     const account = R.find((acc) => acc.did === this.activeDid, accounts);
-    if (!account) {
-      this.$notify(
-        {
-          group: "alert",
-          type: "warning",
-          title: "",
-          text: "You have no identity yet.",
-        },
-        -1,
-      );
-    } else {
+    if (account) {
       const identity = await this.getIdentity(this.activeDid);
       const publicKeyHex = identity.keys[0].publicKeyHex;
       const publicEncKey = Buffer.from(publicKeyHex, "hex").toString("base64");
diff --git a/src/views/ContactsView.vue b/src/views/ContactsView.vue
index c7ca1df..7502599 100644
--- a/src/views/ContactsView.vue
+++ b/src/views/ContactsView.vue
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       </span>
       <input
         type="text"
-        placeholder="DID, Name, Public Key"
+        placeholder="DID, Name, Public Key (base 16 or 64)"
         class="block w-full rounded-l border border-r-0 border-slate-400 px-3 py-2"
         v-model="contactInput"
       />
@@ -110,48 +110,50 @@
           </div>
 
           <div id="ContactActions" class="flex gap-1.5 mt-2">
-            <button
-              v-if="contact.seesMe"
-              class="text-sm uppercase bg-slate-500 text-white px-2 py-1.5 rounded-md"
-              @click="setVisibility(contact, false, true)"
-              title="They can see you"
-            >
-              <fa icon="eye" class="fa-fw" />
-            </button>
-            <button
-              v-else
-              class="text-sm uppercase bg-slate-500 text-white px-2 py-1.5 rounded-md"
-              @click="setVisibility(contact, true, true)"
-              title="They cannot see you"
-            >
-              <fa icon="eye-slash" class="fa-fw" />
-            </button>
-
-            <button
-              class="text-sm uppercase bg-slate-500 text-white px-2 py-1.5 rounded-md"
-              @click="checkVisibility(contact)"
-              title="Check Visibility"
-            >
-              <fa icon="rotate" class="fa-fw" />
-            </button>
-
-            <button
-              @click="register(contact)"
-              class="text-sm uppercase bg-slate-500 text-white ml-6 px-2 py-1.5 rounded-md"
-            >
-              <fa
-                v-if="contact.registered"
-                icon="person-circle-check"
-                class="fa-fw"
-                title="Registered"
-              />
-              <fa
+            <div v-if="activeDid">
+              <button
+                v-if="contact.seesMe"
+                class="text-sm uppercase bg-slate-500 text-white px-2 py-1.5 rounded-md"
+                @click="setVisibility(contact, false, true)"
+                title="They can see you"
+              >
+                <fa icon="eye" class="fa-fw" />
+              </button>
+              <button
                 v-else
-                icon="person-circle-question"
-                class="fa-fw"
-                title="Registration Unknown"
-              />
-            </button>
+                class="text-sm uppercase bg-slate-500 text-white px-2 py-1.5 rounded-md"
+                @click="setVisibility(contact, true, true)"
+                title="They cannot see you"
+              >
+                <fa icon="eye-slash" class="fa-fw" />
+              </button>
+              <button
+                class="text-sm uppercase bg-slate-500 text-white px-2 py-1.5 rounded-md"
+                @click="checkVisibility(contact)"
+                title="Check Visibility"
+                v-if="activeDid"
+              >
+                <fa icon="rotate" class="fa-fw" />
+              </button>
+              <button
+                @click="register(contact)"
+                class="text-sm uppercase bg-slate-500 text-white ml-6 px-2 py-1.5 rounded-md"
+                v-if="activeDid"
+              >
+                <fa
+                  v-if="contact.registered"
+                  icon="person-circle-check"
+                  class="fa-fw"
+                  title="Registered"
+                />
+                <fa
+                  v-else
+                  icon="person-circle-question"
+                  class="fa-fw"
+                  title="Registration Unknown"
+                />
+              </button>
+            </div>
 
             <button
               @click="deleteContact(contact)"
@@ -263,6 +265,7 @@ import {
   SimpleSigner,
 } from "@/libs/crypto";
 import {
+  CONTACT_URL_PREFIX,
   GiveServerRecord,
   GiveVerifiableCredential,
   RegisterVerifiableCredential,
@@ -303,6 +306,7 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
   givenToMeUnconfirmed: Record<string, number> = {};
   hourDescriptionInput = "";
   hourInput = "0";
+  isRegistered = false;
   showGiveNumbers = false;
   showGiveTotals = true;
   showGiveConfirmed = true;
@@ -312,6 +316,7 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
     const settings = (await db.settings.get(MASTER_SETTINGS_KEY)) as Settings;
     this.activeDid = settings?.activeDid || "";
     this.apiServer = settings?.apiServer || "";
+    this.isRegistered = !!settings?.isRegistered;
 
     this.showGiveNumbers = !!settings?.showContactGivesInline;
     if (this.showGiveNumbers) {
@@ -475,6 +480,12 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
       );
       return;
     }
+
+    if (this.contactInput.startsWith(CONTACT_URL_PREFIX)) {
+      await this.newContactFromScan(this.contactInput);
+      return;
+    }
+
     let did = this.contactInput;
     let name, publicKeyBase64;
     const commaPos1 = this.contactInput.indexOf(",");
@@ -493,7 +504,7 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
       publicKeyBase64 = Buffer.from(publicKeyBase64, "hex").toString("base64");
     }
     const newContact = { did, name, publicKeyBase64 };
-    return this.addContact(newContact);
+    await this.addContact(newContact);
   }
 
   async newContactFromScan(url: string): Promise<void> {
@@ -540,31 +551,39 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
           (a: Contact, b) => (a.name || "").localeCompare(b.name || ""),
           allContacts,
         );
-        this.setVisibility(newContact, true, false);
+        let addedMessage;
+        if (this.activeDid) {
+          this.setVisibility(newContact, true, false);
+          addedMessage =
+            newContact.name +
+            " was added, and your activity is visible to them.";
+        } else {
+          addedMessage = newContact.name + " was added.";
+        }
         this.$notify(
           {
             group: "alert",
             type: "success",
             title: "Contact Added",
-            text:
-              newContact.name +
-              " was added, and your activity is visible to them.",
+            text: addedMessage,
           },
-          -1,
-        );
-        // putting this last so that it shows on the top
-        this.$notify(
-          {
-            group: "alert",
-            type: "info",
-            title: "New User?",
-            text:
-              "If " +
-              newContact.name +
-              " is a new user, be sure to register them.",
-          },
-          -1,
+          5000,
         );
+        if (this.isRegistered) {
+          // putting this last so that it shows on the top
+          this.$notify(
+            {
+              group: "alert",
+              type: "info",
+              title: "New User?",
+              text:
+                "If " +
+                newContact.name +
+                " is a new user, be sure to register them.",
+            },
+            -1,
+          );
+        }
       })
       .catch((err) => {
         console.error("Error when adding contact to storage:", err);
diff --git a/src/views/DiscoverView.vue b/src/views/DiscoverView.vue
index c770440..14ff1a2 100644
--- a/src/views/DiscoverView.vue
+++ b/src/views/DiscoverView.vue
@@ -358,9 +358,7 @@ export default class DiscoverView extends Vue {
           const plans: ProjectData[] = results.data;
           for (const plan of plans) {
             const { name, description, handleId = plan.handleId, rowid } = plan;
-            if (beforeId !== plan["rowid"]) {
-              this.projects.push({ name, description, handleId, rowid });
-            }
+            this.projects.push({ name, description, handleId, rowid });
           }
         } else {
           this.projects = results.data;
diff --git a/src/views/HomeView.vue b/src/views/HomeView.vue
index af00edc..8db8c24 100644
--- a/src/views/HomeView.vue
+++ b/src/views/HomeView.vue
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
             class="border-b border-dashed border-slate-400 text-orange-400 pb-2 mb-2 font-bold uppercase text-sm"
             v-if="record.jwtId == feedLastViewedId"
           >
-            You've seen all the following before
+            You've seen all the following
           </div>
           <div class="flex">
             <fa icon="gift" class="pt-1 pr-2 text-slate-500"></fa>
@@ -171,13 +171,7 @@ export default class HomeView extends Vue {
       .equals(activeDid)
       .first()) as Account;
     const identity = JSON.parse(account?.identity || "null");
-
-    if (!identity) {
-      throw new Error(
-        "Attempted to load Give records with no identity available.",
-      );
-    }
-    return identity;
+    return identity; // may be null
   }
 
   public async getHeaders(identity: IIdentifier) {
diff --git a/src/views/NewEditProjectView.vue b/src/views/NewEditProjectView.vue
index e02427a..62d5c71 100644
--- a/src/views/NewEditProjectView.vue
+++ b/src/views/NewEditProjectView.vue
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
           class="text-lg text-center px-2 py-1 absolute -left-2 -top-1"
           ><fa icon="chevron-left" class="fa-fw"></fa
         ></router-link>
-        [New/Edit] Plan
+        Edit Idea
       </h1>
     </div>
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
     <input
       type="text"
-      placeholder="Project Name"
+      placeholder="Idea Name"
       class="block w-full rounded border border-slate-400 mb-4 px-3 py-2"
       v-model="projectName"
     />
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
       class="block w-full rounded border border-slate-400 mb-4 px-3 py-2"
       rows="5"
       v-model="description"
-      maxlength="500"
+      maxlength="5000"
     ></textarea>
     <div class="text-xs text-slate-500 italic -mt-3 mb-4">
-      {{ description.length }}/500 max. characters
+      {{ description.length }}/5000 max. characters
     </div>
 
     <div class="flex items-center mb-4">
@@ -293,6 +293,20 @@ export default class NewEditProjectView extends Vue {
             2000,
             this,
           );
+        } else {
+          console.log(
+            "Got unexpected 'data' inside response from server",
+            resp,
+          );
+          this.$notify(
+            {
+              group: "alert",
+              type: "danger",
+              title: "Error Saving Idea",
+              text: "Server did not save the idea. Try again.",
+            },
+            -1,
+          );
         }
       } catch (error) {
         let userMessage = "There was an error saving the project.";
diff --git a/src/views/ProjectViewView.vue b/src/views/ProjectViewView.vue
index 0bd1471..b58f754 100644
--- a/src/views/ProjectViewView.vue
+++ b/src/views/ProjectViewView.vue
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         >
           <fa icon="chevron-left" class="fa-fw"></fa>
         </button>
-        View Plan
+        Idea
       </h1>
     </div>
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     <div class="grid items-start grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-3 gap-4">
       <div class="bg-slate-100 px-4 py-3 rounded-md">
         <h3 class="text-sm uppercase font-semibold mb-3">
-          Offered To This Project
+          Offered To This Idea
         </h3>
 
         <div v-if="offersToThis.length === 0">
@@ -180,9 +180,7 @@
       </div>
 
       <div class="bg-slate-100 px-4 py-3 rounded-md">
-        <h3 class="text-sm uppercase font-semibold mb-3">
-          Given To This Project
-        </h3>
+        <h3 class="text-sm uppercase font-semibold mb-3">Given To This Idea</h3>
 
         <div v-if="givesToThis.length === 0">(None yet. Record one above.)</div>
 
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@
           class="bg-slate-100 px-4 py-3 rounded-md"
         >
           <h3 class="text-sm uppercase font-semibold mb-3">
-            Contributions To This Project
+            Contributions To This Idea
           </h3>
           <ul>
             <li v-for="plan in fulfillersToThis" :key="plan.handleId">
@@ -232,7 +230,7 @@
 
         <div v-if="fulfilledByThis" class="bg-slate-100 px-4 py-3 rounded-md">
           <h3 class="text-sm uppercase font-semibold mb-3">
-            Contributions By This Project
+            Contributions By This Idea
           </h3>
           <button
             @click="onClickLoadProject(fulfilledByThis.handleId)"
diff --git a/sw_scripts/additional-scripts.js b/sw_scripts/additional-scripts.js
index e39c527..76aad46 100644
--- a/sw_scripts/additional-scripts.js
+++ b/sw_scripts/additional-scripts.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ importScripts(
 );
 
 self.addEventListener("install", (event) => {
-  console.error(event);
+  console.error("Adding event listener for:", event);
   importScripts(
     "safari-notifications.js",
     "nacl.js",
@@ -23,16 +23,20 @@ self.addEventListener("push", function (event) {
           payload = JSON.parse(event.data.text());
         }
         const message = await self.getNotificationCount();
-        console.error(message);
-        const title = payload ? payload.title : "Custom Title";
-        const options = {
-          body: message,
-          icon: payload ? payload.icon : "icon.png",
-          badge: payload ? payload.badge : "badge.png",
-        };
-        await self.registration.showNotification(title, options);
+        if (message) {
+          console.log("Will notify user:", message);
+          const title = payload ? payload.title : "Custom Title";
+          const options = {
+            body: message,
+            icon: payload ? payload.icon : "icon.png",
+            badge: payload ? payload.badge : "badge.png",
+          };
+          await self.registration.showNotification(title, options);
+        } else {
+          console.log("No notification message, so will not tell the user.");
+        }
       } catch (error) {
-        console.error("Error in processing the push event:", error);
+        console.error("Error processing the push event:", error);
       }
     })(),
   );
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ self.addEventListener("activate", (event) => {
 });
 
 self.addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
-  console.log(event.request);
+  console.log("Got fetch event", event.request);
 });
 
 self.addEventListener("error", (event) => {
diff --git a/sw_scripts/safari-notifications.js b/sw_scripts/safari-notifications.js
index f0baf83..fb31f18 100644
--- a/sw_scripts/safari-notifications.js
+++ b/sw_scripts/safari-notifications.js
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ async function getNotificationCount() {
   if ("secret" in self) {
     secret = self.secret;
     const secretUint8Array = self.decodeBase64(secret);
+    // 1 is our master settings ID; see MASTER_SETTINGS_KEY
     const settings = await getSettingById(1);
     let lastNotifiedClaimId = null;
     if ("lastNotifiedClaimId" in settings) {
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ async function getNotificationCount() {
         headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer " + (await accessToken(identifier));
 
         let response = await fetch(
-          "https://test-api.endorser.ch/api/v2/report/claims",
+          settings["apiServer"] + "/api/v2/report/claims",
           {
             method: "GET",
             headers: headers,
@@ -513,15 +514,13 @@ async function getNotificationCount() {
             }
             newClaims++;
           }
-          if (newClaims === 0) {
-            result = "You have no new claims today.";
-          } else {
-            result = `${newClaims} have been shared with you`;
+          if (newClaims > 0) {
+            result = `There are ${newClaims} new activities on TimeSafari`;
           }
           const most_recent_notified = claims[0]["id"];
           await setMostRecentNotified(most_recent_notified);
         } else {
-          console.error(response.status);
+          console.error("The service worker got a bad response status when fetching claims:", response.status, response);
         }
         break;
       }