From 31f93f559d301a6d35a1fc3e83807a347f713403 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: venus <git@riverrooks.art>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:25:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: new posts were not rendering css properly

---
 entrypoint.sh              |  5 +++++
 server.js                  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/posts/posts.json       |  3 +++
 test/ingestion-api.test.js |  1 +
 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/posts/posts.json

diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index f360da8..188b8cd 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
 	exec "$@"
 fi
 
+# Ensure posts directory data file exists for layout inheritance
+if [ ! -f src/posts/posts.json ]; then
+	echo '{"layout": "layouts/post.njk"}' > src/posts/posts.json
+fi
+
 # Build static site from mounted or packaged markdown posts
 echo "[blog-engine] Compiling static site with Eleventy..."
 npm run build || exit 1
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 2c73133..1fdc76b 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ export function normalizeObsidianMarkdown(content) {
     normalized = normalized.replace(/^(---\r?\n)/, `$1date: ${createdMatch[1].trim()}\n`);
   }
 
+  // Bridge layout -> layouts/post.njk so Obsidian notes render with the blog theme and CSS
+  const hasLayout = /^layout:\s*.+$/m.test(normalized);
+  if (!hasLayout) {
+    normalized = normalized.replace(/^(---\r?\n)/, "$1layout: layouts/post.njk\n");
+  }
+
   // 1. Convert internal attachments: ![[image.png|alt]] or ![[image.png]]
   normalized = normalized.replace(/!\[\[([^|\]]+)(?:\|([^\]]+))?\]\]/g, (match, filename, alt) => {
     const cleanFilename = path.basename(filename.trim());
@@ -130,6 +136,19 @@ export function createServer(customSiteDir, customPostsDir, customAssetsDir) {
   const assetsDir = path.resolve(customAssetsDir || path.join(process.cwd(), "src/assets/images/posts"));
   const isCustomEnv = Boolean(customSiteDir || customPostsDir || customAssetsDir);
 
+  // Ensure default directory data file exists for layout inheritance
+  try {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(postsDir)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(postsDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+    const postsJsonPath = path.join(postsDir, "posts.json");
+    if (!fs.existsSync(postsJsonPath)) {
+      fs.writeFileSync(postsJsonPath, JSON.stringify({ layout: "layouts/post.njk" }, null, 2));
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.warn("[Server] Could not initialize posts.json directory data file:", err.message);
+  }
+
   return http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
     // Standard security headers
     res.setHeader("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff");
diff --git a/src/posts/posts.json b/src/posts/posts.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0428c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/posts/posts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "layout": "layouts/post.njk"
+}
diff --git a/test/ingestion-api.test.js b/test/ingestion-api.test.js
index 554d578..b8608f8 100644
--- a/test/ingestion-api.test.js
+++ b/test/ingestion-api.test.js
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ Here is an image: ![[camera-board.png]]
     assert.ok(fs.existsSync(writtenPath), "Post markdown file must be written to disk");
 
     const writtenContent = fs.readFileSync(writtenPath, "utf-8");
+    assert.match(writtenContent, /^layout:\s*layouts\/post\.njk$/m, "Layout must be injected into frontmatter when missing");
     assert.match(writtenContent, /\[Other Post\]\(\/posts\/other-post\/\)/, "Wikilink with alias must be translated");
     assert.match(writtenContent, /\[simple-link\]\(\/posts\/simple-link\/\)/, "Simple wikilink must be translated");
     assert.match(writtenContent, /!\[camera-board\.png\]\(\/assets\/images\/posts\/camera-board\.png\)/, "Attachment wikilink must be translated");