From 603eb84d3414b2ea60eb3dc3e569101bce12917d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ramforth <ramforth@noreply.localhost>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:54:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Implement static login page and fix server errors.
 Attempt 2

---
 README.md |  3 +++
 main.py   | 12 +++++++++---
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3676849..faa2b70 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ This project follows a professional development workflow. Gitea is our single so
 For the project we are using Discord 💬 and Nextcloud ☁️ for communications.
   * ☁️ [Nextcloud](https://cloud9.ramforth.net/)
   * 💬 [Discord](https://discord.gg/Zaxp6ch9hs)
+  * 🌐 [Public website](https://multichat.ramforth.net/)
+
+##
 
   👨‍💻 - Coded on and for Linux - 2025
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diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 26fbaec..aed260b 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from starlette.middleware.sessions import SessionMiddleware
 from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
@@ -8,6 +9,11 @@ from database import engine
 import auth # Import the new auth module
 from config import settings # Import settings to get the secret key
 
+# --- Absolute Path Configuration ---
+# Get the absolute path of the directory where this file is located
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
+
 # This line tells SQLAlchemy to create all the tables based on the models
 # we defined. It will create the `multichat_overlay.db` file with the
 # 'users' and 'settings' tables if they don't exist.
@@ -15,8 +21,8 @@ models.Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
-# Mount the 'static' directory to serve files like login.html
-app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="static"), name="static")
+# Mount the 'static' directory using an absolute path for reliability
+app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=STATIC_DIR), name="static")
 
 # Add the authentication router
 app.include_router(auth.router)
@@ -27,4 +33,4 @@ app.add_middleware(SessionMiddleware, secret_key=settings.ENCRYPTION_KEY)
 
 @app.get("/")
 async def read_root():
-    return FileResponse("static/login.html")
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+    return FileResponse(os.path.join(STATIC_DIR, "login.html"))
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