Feature: Full notification read view with conditional mark-as-read logic

- Added dedicated route and view for reading individual notifications (/account/notifications/read)
- Ensured notification is only marked as read if it hasn't already been
- Updated Notification model to use Subject and Body fields
- Fixed field references in templates (Title → Subject, Message → Body)
- Updated topbar dropdown to use correct field names and display logic
- Gracefully handle "notification not found" cases in template output
- Ensured consistent template parsing with layout and topbar inclusion
- Improved error logging for better diagnosis

handlers/notifications.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package handlers
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"text/template"
@@ -20,11 +21,12 @@ func NotificationsHandler(db *sql.DB) http.HandlerFunc {
 			ParseFiles(
 				"templates/layout.html",
 				"templates/topbar.html",
-				"templates/account/notifications/index.html",
+				"templates/account/notifications.html",
 			))
 
 		err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "layout", context)
 		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("❌ Template render error:", err)
 			http.Error(w, "Error rendering notifications page", http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		}
 	}
@@ -46,12 +48,33 @@ func MarkNotificationReadHandler(db *sql.DB) http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		err = storage.MarkNotificationAsRead(db, userID, notificationID)
+		notification, err := storage.GetNotificationByID(db, userID, notificationID)
 		if err != nil {
-			http.Error(w, "Failed to update", http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			return
+			log.Printf("❌ Notification not found or belongs to another user: %v", err)
+			notification = nil
+		} else if !notification.IsRead {
+			err = storage.MarkNotificationAsRead(db, userID, notificationID)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("⚠️ Failed to mark as read: %v", err)
+			}
 		}
 
-		http.Redirect(w, r, "/account/notifications", http.StatusSeeOther)
+		data := BuildTemplateData(db, w, r)
+		context := helpers.TemplateContext(w, r, data)
+		context["Notification"] = notification
+
+		tmpl := template.Must(template.New("read.html").
+			Funcs(helpers.TemplateFuncs()).
+			ParseFiles(
+				"templates/layout.html",
+				"templates/topbar.html",
+				"templates/account/notifications/read.html",
+			))
+
+		err = tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(w, "layout", context)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("❌ Template render error: %v", err)
+			http.Error(w, "Template render error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
 	}
 }