# Frozen Page Fix - RESOLVED ✅

## 🐛 Issue

When navigating to the home page (or any page), the entire page became unresponsive:

- ❌ Navigation bar not clickable
- ❌ Featured products not clickable
- ❌ Footer links not clickable
- ❌ Page appeared frozen

## 🔍 Root Cause

The `page-transitions.js` script was adding a CSS class `page-transitioning` that sets:

```css
body.page-transitioning {
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;  /* ← THIS CAUSED THE FREEZE */
}
```

The class was being added during navigation transitions but **never removed** when the page loaded, leaving `pointer-events: none` active and blocking all clicks.

## ✅ Solution

Updated `initPageTransition()` function in [page-transitions.js](../website/assets/js/page-transitions.js) to:

1. **Always remove** the `page-transitioning` class when page loads
2. **Ensure opacity is set to 1** so page is visible
3. **Clean up** sessionStorage flag properly

### Code Changes

```javascript
// BEFORE (Broken)
function initPageTransition() {
  const isTransitioning = sessionStorage.getItem("page-transitioning");
  if (isTransitioning === "true") {
    document.body.style.opacity = "0";
    sessionStorage.removeItem("page-transitioning");
    // ... fade in
  }
  // ❌ Class never removed!
}

// AFTER (Fixed)
function initPageTransition() {
  // CRITICAL: Always remove the transitioning class
  document.body.classList.remove("page-transitioning");
  
  const isTransitioning = sessionStorage.getItem("page-transitioning");
  if (isTransitioning === "true") {
    document.body.style.opacity = "0";
    sessionStorage.removeItem("page-transitioning");
    // ... fade in
  } else {
    // Ensure page is visible if not transitioning
    document.body.style.opacity = "1";
  }
  // ✅ Class always removed, page always visible!
}
```

## 📦 Files Updated

- `/website/assets/js/page-transitions.js` - Fixed the bug
- All HTML pages updated with cache-busting: `?v=1766709557`
  - home.html
  - shop.html
  - portfolio.html
  - blog.html
  - about.html
  - contact.html
  - product.html
  - page.html

## 🧪 Testing

**Steps to verify:**

1. Close ALL browser tabs with localhost:5000
2. Clear cache: `Ctrl+Shift+Delete` → Clear cached files
3. Open fresh: <http://localhost:5000/home.html>
4. Test clicking:
   - ✅ Navigation bar links (Shop, Portfolio, Blog, About, Contact)
   - ✅ Featured products on home page
   - ✅ Footer links
   - ✅ Any other interactive elements

**Expected Result:**
✅ All elements clickable and responsive  
✅ Navigation works smoothly  
✅ Page transitions still work (fade effects)  
✅ No frozen/unresponsive behavior

## 🎯 Impact

- **Before:** Pages became frozen and unresponsive after navigation
- **After:** All pages fully functional, smooth transitions maintained

## 🔒 Prevention

The fix ensures that even if the class is accidentally added, it will always be removed when the page loads, preventing any future freeze issues.

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**Status:** ✅ RESOLVED  
**Date:** December 25, 2025  
**Version:** v1766709557