Refactor: Recover middleware now uses RenderError + add full notifications view

- Replaced http.Error with helpers.RenderError in Recover middleware
- Custom 500.html now rendered with layout and topbar on panic
- RenderError gracefully checks template existence and falls back to plain response
- Added /account/notifications full view page (index)
- Linked "Back to notifications" from notification read view
- Fixed typo in template path for notifications/index.html
- Improved layout consistency across error and account pages

handlers/notifications.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func NotificationsHandler(db *sql.DB) http.HandlerFunc {
 		data := BuildTemplateData(db, w, r)
 		context := helpers.TemplateContext(w, r, data)
 
-		tmpl := helpers.LoadTemplateFiles("notifications.html", "templates/account/notifications.html")
+		tmpl := helpers.LoadTemplateFiles("index.html", "templates/account/notifications/index.html")
 
 		err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "layout", context)
 		if err != nil {

helpers/pages.go

@@ -1,24 +1,40 @@
 package helpers
 
-// ToDo should be a handler?
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
-
+	"os"
 	"synlotto-website/models"
 )
 
 func RenderError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, statusCode int) {
+	log.Printf("⚙️ RenderError called with status: %d", statusCode)
+
 	context := TemplateContext(w, r, models.TemplateData{})
 
-	page := fmt.Sprintf("templates/error/%d.html", statusCode)
-	tmpl := LoadTemplateFiles(fmt.Sprintf("%d.html", statusCode), page)
+	pagePath := fmt.Sprintf("templates/error/%d.html", statusCode)
+	log.Printf("📄 Checking for template file: %s", pagePath)
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(pagePath); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("🚫 Template file missing: %s", err)
+		http.Error(w, http.StatusText(statusCode), statusCode)
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Println("✅ Template file found, loading...")
+
+	tmpl := LoadTemplateFiles(fmt.Sprintf("%d.html", statusCode), pagePath)
 
 	w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
 	err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "layout", context)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("❌ Failed to render error page for %d: %v", statusCode, err)
+		log.Printf("❌ Failed to render error page layout: %v", err)
 		http.Error(w, http.StatusText(statusCode), statusCode)
+		return
 	}
+
+	log.Println("✅ Successfully rendered 500 page")
 }
+
+//ToDo Pages.go /template.go to be merged?

helpers/template.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package helpers
 
 import (
 	"html/template"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func LoadTemplateFiles(name string, files ...string) *template.Template {
 	}
 	all := append(shared, files...)
 
+	log.Printf("📄 Loading templates: %v", all)
 	return template.Must(template.New(name).Funcs(TemplateFuncs()).ParseFiles(all...))
 }
 

main.go

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func setupAccountRoutes(mux *http.ServeMux, db *sql.DB) {
 	mux.HandleFunc("/signup", middleware.Auth(false)(handlers.Signup))
 	mux.HandleFunc("/account/tickets/add_ticket", handlers.AddTicket(db))
 	mux.HandleFunc("/account/tickets/my_tickets", handlers.GetMyTickets(db))
+	mux.HandleFunc("/account/notifications", middleware.Auth(true)(handlers.NotificationsHandler(db)))
 	mux.HandleFunc("/account/notifications/read", middleware.Auth(true)(handlers.MarkNotificationReadHandler(db)))
 }
 

middleware/recover.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"runtime/debug"
+	"synlotto-website/helpers"
 )
 
 func Recover(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ func Recover(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			if rec := recover(); rec != nil {
 				log.Printf("🔥 Recovered from panic: %v\n%s", rec, debug.Stack())
 
-				http.Error(w, "Internal server error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				// ✅ Call your custom template-based fallback
+				helpers.RenderError(w, r, http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			}
 		}()
 		next.ServeHTTP(w, r)

templates/account/notifications/index.html

@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
-{{ define "notifications" }}
+{{ define "content" }}
 <div class="container py-4">
-  <h2 class="mb-4">Notifications</h2>
+  <h2 class="mb-4">Your Notifications</h2>
 
   {{ if .Notifications }}
-  <ul class="list-group">
-    {{ range .Notifications }}
-    <li class="list-group-item d-flex justify-content-between align-items-start {{ if not .IsRead }}fw-bold{{ end }}">
-      <div class="ms-2 me-auto">
-        <div class="fw-semibold">{{ .Title }}</div>
-        <small class="text-muted">{{ .Message }}</small>
-      </div>
-      {{ if not .IsRead }}
-      <a href="/account/notifications/read?id={{ .ID }}" class="badge bg-primary text-decoration-none">Mark as read</a>
+    <ul class="list-group">
+      {{ range .Notifications }}
+        <li class="list-group-item d-flex justify-content-between align-items-start {{ if not .IsRead }}bg-light{{ end }}">
+          <div class="ms-2 me-auto">
+            <div class="fw-bold">
+              <a href="/account/notifications/read?id={{ .ID }}" class="{{ if not .IsRead }}text-primary fw-bold{{ end }}">
+                {{ .Subject }}
+              </a>
+            </div>
+            <small class="text-muted">{{ .CreatedAt.Format "Jan 2, 2006 15:04" }}</small>
+          </div>
+          {{ if not .IsRead }}
+            <span class="badge bg-warning text-dark">New</span>
+          {{ end }}
+        </li>
       {{ end }}
-    </li>
-    {{ end }}
-  </ul>
+    </ul>
   {{ else }}
-  <div class="alert alert-info">You have no notifications.</div>
+    <div class="alert alert-info text-center">
+      You don’t have any notifications.
+    </div>
   {{ end }}
 </div>
 {{ end }}