SkyArtShop/docs/FROZEN_PAGE_FIX.md

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:

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 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

// 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