# news.folx.tv - Blog Platform

## Overview
A clean, modern blog/news platform for Folx Music Television (news.folx.tv). Dark-themed, content-first design inspired by Medium and The Verge, with support for video embeds from bunny.net, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

## 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
- Article listing with featured carousel, grid layout, and popular sidebar
- Individual article pages with full HTML content rendering
- Category filtering (News, Star-News)
- HTML content supports embedded iframes (bunny.net, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok)
- DOMPurify sanitization for safe HTML rendering
- Image upload endpoint (multer) for article images
- Responsive design with mobile navigation
- SEO meta tags

## 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

## File Structure
- `shared/schema.ts` - Drizzle schema + Zod validation
- `server/db.ts` - Database connection (pg Pool)
- `server/storage.ts` - Storage interface + DatabaseStorage implementation
- `server/routes.ts` - API routes + file upload (multer)
- `server/seed.ts` - Seed data for initial articles
- `client/src/pages/home.tsx` - Homepage
- `client/src/pages/article.tsx` - Article detail page
- `client/src/pages/category.tsx` - Category listing page
- `client/src/components/header.tsx` - Site header with nav
- `client/src/components/footer.tsx` - Site footer

## Video Embeds
Article content (HTML) supports iframe embeds. Allowed domains:
- iframe.mediadelivery.net / video.bunny.net (Bunny.net)
- www.facebook.com, www.instagram.com, www.tiktok.com
- www.youtube.com, player.vimeo.com

## Branding
- Dark theme by default (class="dark" on html)
- Primary color: crimson/red (hsl 342 85% 53% light, hsl 9 75% 61% dark)
- Font: Poppins
- Logo: Folx TV branding image in header