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252 lines
7.0 KiB
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# Contact Page Structured Fields - Implementation Complete
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## ✅ Problem Solved
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**Issue**: When editing the contact page in admin panel with the rich text editor, the entire organized layout was replaced with whatever the user typed (e.g., just "5").
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**Solution**: Implemented structured fields where each section of the contact page has its own input field. The layout remains fixed and beautiful, while only the data within each section updates.
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## 🎯 How It Works
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### Admin Panel Experience
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When editing the **Contact** page, instead of seeing a single Quill rich text editor, you now see:
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1. **Header Section Card**
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- Title input field
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- Subtitle input field
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2. **Contact Information Card**
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- Phone number input field
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- Email address input field
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- Physical address input field
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3. **Business Hours Card**
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- Multiple time slots (Days + Hours)
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- Add/Remove buttons for time slots
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### What Happens When You Save
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1. JavaScript collects all field values
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2. Generates beautifully formatted HTML using the fixed layout template
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3. Saves structured data in `pagedata` JSON column
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4. Saves generated HTML in `pagecontent` column
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5. Frontend displays the organized HTML
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### Result
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✅ **Layout stays organized** - Gradient cards, icons, styling all preserved
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✅ **Data updates correctly** - Phone, email, address change without breaking layout
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✅ **Business hours flexible** - Add/remove time slots as needed
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✅ **No user errors** - Can't accidentally break the layout by typing wrong HTML
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## 📊 Database Structure
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### New Column Added
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```sql
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ALTER TABLE pages
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ADD COLUMN pagedata JSONB DEFAULT '{}'::jsonb;
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```
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### Contact Page Data Structure
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```json
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{
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"header": {
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"title": "Our Contact Information",
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"subtitle": "Reach out to us through any of these channels"
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},
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"contactInfo": {
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"phone": "+1 (555) 123-4567",
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"email": "contact@skyartshop.com",
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"address": "123 Art Street, Creative City, CC 12345"
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},
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"businessHours": [
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{
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"days": "Monday - Friday",
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"hours": "9:00 AM - 6:00 PM"
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},
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{
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"days": "Saturday",
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"hours": "10:00 AM - 4:00 PM"
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},
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{
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"days": "Sunday",
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"hours": "Closed"
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}
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]
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}
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```
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## 🔧 Technical Implementation
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### Files Modified
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#### Frontend Admin
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- **`website/admin/pages.html`**
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- Added `contactStructuredFields` div with input cards
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- Added `businessHoursList` for dynamic time slots
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- Kept `regularContentEditor` for other pages
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- **`website/admin/js/pages.js`**
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- `editPage()` - Detects contact page, shows structured fields
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- `showContactStructuredFields()` - Populates field values
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- `renderBusinessHours()` - Renders time slot inputs
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- `addBusinessHour()` / `removeBusinessHour()` - Manage time slots
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- `savePage()` - Collects structured data, generates HTML
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- `generateContactHTML()` - Creates organized HTML from data
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#### Backend API
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- **`backend/routes/admin.js`**
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- `POST /pages` - Accepts `pagedata` field
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- `PUT /pages/:id` - Updates `pagedata` field
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- Both routes save pagedata as JSONB
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#### Database
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- **`backend/migrations/005-add-pagedata-column.sql`**
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- Added pagedata JSONB column
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- Populated contact page with initial structured data
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- **`backend/add-pagedata-column.js`**
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- Node script to add column and populate data
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- Ran once to set up structure
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- **`backend/restore-contact-layout.js`**
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- Emergency script to restore organized layout
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- Used to revert the "5" edit
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### Frontend (Public)
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- **`website/public/contact.html`**
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- Loads HTML from `/api/pages/contact`
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- No changes needed - displays generated HTML
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## 🚀 Usage Guide
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### Editing Contact Information
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1. **Login** to admin panel
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2. Go to **Custom Pages**
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3. Click **Edit** on "Contact" page
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4. You'll see structured fields (not Quill editor)
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5. Update any fields:
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- Change phone number
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- Update email
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- Modify address
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- Edit header title/subtitle
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6. **Business Hours**:
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- Click fields to edit days/hours
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- Click **+ Add Time Slot** for new hours
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- Click trash icon to remove slots
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7. Click **Save Page**
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8. Refresh contact page to see changes
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### Result
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- ✅ Layout stays beautiful with gradient cards
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- ✅ Icons remain in place
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- ✅ Colors and styling preserved
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- ✅ Only your data changes
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## 🎨 Layout Features Preserved
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The generated HTML maintains:
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- **Header Section**
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- Centered text
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- Large title font (2rem)
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- Subtle subtitle
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- Proper spacing
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- **Contact Cards (3-column grid)**
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- Phone Card: Purple-violet gradient (#667eea → #764ba2)
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- Email Card: Pink-red gradient (#f093fb → #f5576c)
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- Location Card: Blue gradient (#4facfe → #00f2fe)
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- Bootstrap Icons (phone, envelope, location)
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- Box shadows for depth
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- Rounded corners (16px)
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- **Business Hours Card**
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- Gradient background (#fa709a → #fee140)
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- Auto-fit grid layout (responsive)
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- Centered content
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- Bold day labels
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- Clean hours display
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## 📋 For Other Pages (About, Privacy)
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Other pages continue to use the **Quill rich text editor** because:
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1. They don't have a fixed layout requirement
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2. Content structure varies (paragraphs, lists, headers)
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3. Editors need full formatting control
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The admin panel automatically detects:
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- **Contact page** → Show structured fields
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- **Other pages** → Show Quill editor
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## 🔒 Data Safety
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### Permanent Solution Features
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1. **Validation**: Can't save empty required fields
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2. **Escaping**: All user input is HTML-escaped in `generateContactHTML()`
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3. **Template**: HTML structure is hardcoded in JavaScript, not editable
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4. **Separation**: Structure (template) separated from data (user input)
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5. **Backup**: Original layout preserved in `restore-contact-layout.js`
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### No More Issues With
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- ❌ User typing random text that breaks layout
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- ❌ Missing closing tags
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- ❌ Broken CSS inline styles
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- ❌ Lost gradient colors
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- ❌ Misaligned sections
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## 🧪 Testing
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### Test Editing Contact Page
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1. Admin panel → Edit Contact page
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2. Change phone to "+1 (999) 888-7777"
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3. Save
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4. Visit `/contact.html`
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5. **Expected**: New phone number in purple gradient card
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6. **Layout**: Still organized, icons present, gradients intact
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### Test Adding Business Hour
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1. Admin panel → Edit Contact page
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2. Scroll to Business Hours
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3. Click "+ Add Time Slot"
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4. Enter "Holiday" / "Closed"
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5. Save
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6. Visit `/contact.html`
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7. **Expected**: New time slot in gradient card
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8. **Layout**: Grid adjusts, still responsive
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## 📝 Notes
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- **Extendable**: Can add more structured pages (e.g., FAQ, Team)
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- **Reusable**: `generateHTML()` pattern can be applied to other pages
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- **Maintainable**: Layout changes happen in one place (JavaScript template)
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- **User-Friendly**: Non-technical users can't break the design
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## ✅ Status
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- [x] Layout restored to organized version
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- [x] Database column added (pagedata JSONB)
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- [x] Structured fields UI created
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- [x] JavaScript functions implemented
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- [x] Backend API updated (POST/PUT)
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- [x] HTML generation function created
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- [x] Server restarted
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- [x] Ready for testing
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**Next Step**: Test the edit flow in admin panel to verify everything works!
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