# news.folx.tv - MSN-Style News Portal

## Overview
A professional MSN-style news portal for Folx Music Television (news.folx.tv). Dark-themed bento grid layout with content for folk music (Volksmusik/Schlager) fans. Features articles, videos, photo gallery, horoscope widget, recipe widget, Google News feed, and integrated AdSense ads. All content is hardcoded in seed for production deployments.

## Architecture
- **Frontend**: React + Vite + TailwindCSS + shadcn/ui (dark mode)
- **Backend**: Express.js + Node.js
- **Database**: PostgreSQL with Drizzle ORM
- **Routing**: wouter (frontend), Express (backend API)

## Key Features
- MSN-style bento grid homepage with FeaturedCarousel, HeroCard, MediumCard, TopStoriesList
- Photo gallery widget (156 Dropbox images) with fullscreen lightbox carousel
- Horoscope widget (12 zodiac signs, daily rotating texts)
- Recipe widget (6 Austrian/Slovenian recipes with modal)
- Google News RSS widget (Volksmusik/Schlager news)
- Google AdSense integration (ca-pub-4465464714854276)
- Article listing with featured carousel and category filtering
- HTML content supports embedded iframes (bunny.net, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok)
- DOMPurify sanitization for safe HTML rendering
- Responsive design with mobile navigation

## Data Model
- `articles`: id (serial), title, slug (unique), excerpt, content (HTML), coverImage, category, author, featured, views, publishedAt

## API Endpoints
- `GET /api/articles` - All articles
- `GET /api/articles/featured` - Featured articles
- `GET /api/articles/popular` - Popular articles by views
- `GET /api/articles/category/:category` - Filter by category
- `GET /api/articles/:slug` - Single article (increments views)
- `POST /api/articles` - Create article
- `PATCH /api/articles/:id` - Update article
- `DELETE /api/articles/:id` - Delete article
- `POST /api/upload` - Upload image file
- `GET /api/gallery` - Shuffled Dropbox gallery images
- `GET /api/news-feed` - Google News RSS feed for Volksmusik/Schlager

## File Structure
- `shared/schema.ts` - Drizzle schema + Zod validation
- `server/db.ts` - Database connection
- `server/storage.ts` - Storage interface + DatabaseStorage
- `server/routes.ts` - API routes + gallery + news feed
- `server/seed.ts` - Hardcoded seed data (7 articles)
- `server/gallery-data.json` - 156 Dropbox gallery images
- `client/src/pages/home.tsx` - MSN-style bento grid homepage
- `client/src/pages/article.tsx` - Article detail page
- `client/src/pages/category.tsx` - Category listing page
- `client/src/pages/videos.tsx` - Videos page
- `client/src/pages/gallery.tsx` - Full gallery page
- `client/src/components/header.tsx` - Header with nav (Start, News, Video, Galerie)
- `client/src/components/footer.tsx` - Footer with links
- `client/src/components/photo-gallery.tsx` - Gallery widget + lightbox carousel
- `client/src/components/horoscope-widget.tsx` - Horoscope widget
- `client/src/components/recipe-widget.tsx` - Recipe widget
- `client/src/components/news-widget.tsx` - Google News RSS widget
- `client/src/components/adsense.tsx` - AdSense ad components

## Branding
- Dark theme (class="dark" on html)
- Primary/brand color: crimson/red (RGB 218,35,77)
- Background: 0 0% 5%, Card: 0 0% 9%
- Font: Poppins
- Logo: folx_MT_poz_b_1772296729169.png

## External Services
- Bunny.net: Library 476412, CDN vz-7982dfc4-cc8.b-cdn.net (NO autoplay)
- Google AdSense: ca-pub-4465464714854276
- Dropbox: Gallery image thumbnails
- Google News RSS: Volksmusik/Schlager news feed