Website Consolidation Complete - December 14, 2025

Problem Identified

You were seeing TWO DIFFERENT websites:

localhost → Was serving from /var/www/html/ (default nginx, old site)
skyarts.ddns.net → Was serving from /var/www/skyartshop/public/ (your new site)

Root Cause

The nginx configuration only had server_name skyarts.ddns.net; which meant:

Requests to skyarts.ddns.net went to the skyartshop config
Requests to localhost fell back to the default nginx config at /var/www/html/

Solution Implemented

Updated nginx configuration to handle BOTH localhost and skyarts.ddns.net:

Changed Config

# Before - only handled skyarts.ddns.net
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name skyarts.ddns.net;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

# After - handles both localhost and skyarts.ddns.net
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost skyarts.ddns.net;
    
    # Redirect to HTTPS only for skyarts.ddns.net
    if ($host = skyarts.ddns.net) {
        return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
    }
    
    # For localhost, serve the site over HTTP
    root /var/www/skyartshop/public;
    # ... rest of config
}

Result

✅ BOTH URLs now serve THE SAME SITE from /var/www/skyartshop/public/

✅ localhost → Serves over HTTP (no redirect)
✅ skyarts.ddns.net → Redirects to HTTPS, then serves same content
✅ Same navbar, same layout, same pages
✅ All your new modifications preserved
✅ Admin panel accessible on both URLs

Verification

# Both show identical content
curl http://localhost/home.html
curl https://skyarts.ddns.net/home.html

# Both show: <title>Home - Sky Art Shop</title>
# Both show: <nav class="modern-navbar">
# Both show: same hero section

Files Modified

/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/skyartshop - Updated to handle localhost
/etc/nginx/sites-available/skyartshop - Same update
Created: /media/pts/Website/SkyArtShop/nginx-skyartshop-localhost.conf - Source config file

What Happens Now

localhost - Serves your site over HTTP (port 80)
skyarts.ddns.net - Redirects to HTTPS (port 443), serves same site
No more dual sites - One codebase at /var/www/skyartshop/public/
All modifications preserved - Your new admin panel, authentication, everything

Next Steps

Clear browser cache - Press Ctrl+Shift+Delete and clear cache
Test localhost - Should show your modern site now
Test skyarts.ddns.net - Should show identical site
Confirm admin panel - Should work on both URLs

Old Site Location (For Reference)

The old site was at /var/www/html/ (default nginx). You can:

Delete it if you don't need it: sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/*
Or keep it as a backup

Status: ✅ COMPLETE - Both URLs now serve the same unified site

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