Add arbitrary pages feature design spec

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# Arbitrary Pages Feature Design
+
+## Overview
+
+Allow users to create arbitrary pages for their site. Each page has a title, user-editable slug, markdown body, page type, nav visibility flag, and sort order. Pages are a separate entity from posts with their own admin section and generated site template. Pages rendered at conflicting slugs silently override auto-generated content.
+
+## Data Layer
+
+### New `pages` table
+
+```sql
+CREATE TABLE pages (
+    id          INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    site_id     INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    guid        TEXT NOT NULL,
+    title       TEXT NOT NULL,
+    slug        TEXT NOT NULL,
+    body        TEXT NOT NULL,
+    page_type   INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    show_in_nav INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    sort_order  INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+    created_at  INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    updated_at  INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    FOREIGN KEY (site_id) REFERENCES sites (id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+);
+CREATE INDEX idx_pages_site ON pages (site_id);
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_pages_guid ON pages (guid);
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_pages_site_slug ON pages (site_id, slug);
+```
+
+### Model
+
+```go
+type Page struct {
+    ID        int64
+    SiteID    int64
+    GUID      string
+    Title     string
+    Slug      string
+    Body      string
+    PageType  int
+    ShowInNav bool
+    SortOrder int
+    CreatedAt time.Time
+    UpdatedAt time.Time
+}
+```
+
+Page type constants: `PageTypeNormal = 0` (extensible later for archive, search, etc.).
+
+### SQL queries
+
+- `SelectPagesOfSite(siteID)` — all pages for a site, ordered by `sort_order ASC`
+- `SelectPage(id)` — single page by ID
+- `SelectPageByGUID(guid)` — single page by GUID
+- `InsertPage` — create new page, returns ID
+- `UpdatePage` — update page fields
+- `DeletePage(id)` — delete page
+- `UpdatePageSortOrder(id, sortOrder)` — update sort order for a single page
+
+## Admin Section
+
+### Navigation
+
+Add "Pages" item to the admin nav bar (`views/_common/nav.html`), linking to `/sites/:siteID/pages`.
+
+### Routes
+
+```
+GET    /sites/:siteID/pages              - List pages
+GET    /sites/:siteID/pages/new          - New page form
+GET    /sites/:siteID/pages/:pageID      - Edit page form
+POST   /sites/:siteID/pages              - Create/update page
+DELETE /sites/:siteID/pages/:pageID      - Delete page
+POST   /sites/:siteID/pages/reorder      - Update sort order (AJAX)
+```
+
+### Page list view (`views/pages/index.html`)
+
+- Lists pages ordered by `sort_order`
+- Each row shows title, slug, and nav visibility indicator
+- Drag-and-drop reordering via Stimulus + HTML drag API
+- On drop, sends new order to `POST /pages/reorder` via AJAX
+- "New Page" button
+
+### Page edit form (`views/pages/edit.html`)
+
+Two-column layout mirroring the post edit form:
+
+**Main area (left):**
+- Title input
+- Body textarea (markdown)
+
+**Sidebar (right):**
+- Slug (editable text input, auto-derived from title via client-side JS, user can override)
+- Page Type (select dropdown, just "Normal" for now)
+- Show in Nav (checkbox)
+
+Save button below.
+
+### Service layer (`services/pages/`)
+
+- `Service` struct with DB provider dependency
+- `CreatePage(ctx, params)` — generates GUID, derives slug from title if not provided, sets timestamps
+- `UpdatePage(ctx, params)` — updates fields, sets `updated_at`
+- `DeletePage(ctx, pageID)` — deletes page
+- `ListPages(ctx)` — returns all pages for the site from context, ordered by `sort_order`
+- `GetPage(ctx, pageID)` — returns single page
+- `ReorderPages(ctx, pageIDs []int64)` — accepts ordered list of page IDs, updates `sort_order` for each (sort_order = index in list)
+
+### Handler (`handlers/pages.go`)
+
+- `PagesHandler` struct with `PageService`
+- Standard CRUD handlers following the existing posts handler pattern
+- `Reorder` handler accepts JSON array of page IDs, calls `ReorderPages`
+
+## Generated Site
+
+### Template
+
+New template `pages_single.html` — receives rendered page HTML, rendered inside `layout_main.html` (same wrapping as posts).
+
+Template data:
+```go
+type pageSingleData struct {
+    commonData
+    Page *models.Page
+    HTML template.HTML
+}
+```
+
+### Builder changes
+
+New method `renderPages` on the builder:
+- Iterates all pages from `pubmodel.Site.Pages`
+- For each page, renders markdown body and writes to the page's slug path using `createAtPath`
+- Pages are rendered **after** all other content (posts, post lists, categories, feeds, uploads, static assets)
+- This ensures pages at conflicting slugs silently overwrite auto-generated content
+- Implementation: `renderPages` runs as a sequential step after `eg.Wait()` returns in `BuildSite`
+
+### Publisher changes
+
+- `pubmodel.Site` gets a new `Pages []models.Page` field
+- The publisher fetches all pages for the site via `SelectPagesOfSite` and populates this field
+
+## Approach
+
+Pages are a separate entity from posts with their own table, service, handler, and templates. The override mechanism is file-system-based: the site builder renders pages last, so any page slug that conflicts with an auto-generated path wins by overwriting the file. The `show_in_nav` field is stored and editable in admin but not yet consumed by the generated site layout — that integration is deferred for a future change.