chore: bump backend version to 1.0.56

feat: update English email templates to match German quality and content
- Enhanced all English email templates with proper HTML styling - Added conditional content blocks (Handlebars {{#if}} syntax) - Added styled alert boxes for warnings and success messages - Added action buttons with proper styling - Added emoji icons for better visual communication - Added missing variables: support_email, support_phone, archive_date, photo_count - Matched professional tone and formatting from German templates - Improved visual hierarchy with background colors and borders - All templates now have equal or better quality scores
2025-07-16 15:22:56 +00:00 · 2025-07-16 17:18:19 +02:00 · 2025-07-16 14:52:07 +00:00 · 2025-07-16 16:47:04 +02:00 · 2025-07-16 14:44:54 +00:00 · 2025-07-16 16:39:56 +02:00
45 changed files with 2668 additions and 235 deletions
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Allow manual triggering

 jobs:
  mirror:
@@ -19,11 +20,22 @@ jobs:
          git config --global user.name "the-luap"
          git config --global user.email "paul-nothaft@hotmail.de"

+      - name: Debug - Show current branch and status
+        run: |
+          echo "Current branch:"
+          git branch -a
+          echo "Git status:"
+          git status
+          echo "Remote info:"
+          git remote -v
+
      - name: Create filtered branch
        run: |
-        
+          # Clean up any existing github-mirror branch
+          git branch -D github-mirror || true
+          
          # Create a new branch for GitHub
-          git checkout --orphan -b github-mirror
+          git checkout --orphan github-mirror
          
          # Remove sensitive files/directories
          # Example: Remove .env files, private configs, etc.
@@ -43,17 +55,45 @@ jobs:
          git rm -r --cached CLAUDE.md || true
          git rm -r --cached PRODUCTION_DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md || true
          git rm -r --cached logs/ || true
+          git rm -r --cached frontend/.claudedocs/ || true
+          git rm -r --cached test-maintenance.sh || true
+          git rm -r --cached storage/ || true

        
          # Commit the changes
          git commit -m "Remove sensitive files for GitHub mirror" || true

+      - name: Check GitHub token
+        env:
+          GITHUBTOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUBTOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "$GITHUBTOKEN" ]; then
+            echo "ERROR: GITHUBTOKEN secret is not set!"
+            exit 1
+          else
+            echo "GitHub token is available (length: ${#GITHUBTOKEN})"
+          fi
+
      - name: Push to GitHub
        env:
          GITHUBTOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUBTOKEN }}
        run: |
+          # Remove existing github remote if it exists
+          git remote remove github || true
+          
          # Add GitHub remote
          git remote add github https://x-access-token:${GITHUBTOKEN}@github.com/the-luap/picpeak.git
          
+          # Verify remote was added
+          echo "GitHub remote added:"
+          git remote -v
+          
          # Force push the filtered branch to GitHub main
-          git push github github-mirror:main --force
+          echo "Pushing to GitHub..."
+          git push github github-mirror:main --force
+          echo "Push completed successfully!"
+
+      - name: Workflow completed
+        run: |
+          echo "✅ Mirror to GitHub workflow completed successfully!"
+          echo "Check https://github.com/the-luap/picpeak to verify the mirror."
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
    outputs:
      new_version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}
      version_changed: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version_changed }}
+      component_changed: ${{ steps.version.outputs.component_changed }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
@@ -30,15 +31,104 @@ jobs:
          git config --global user.name 'Gitea Actions Bot'
          git config --global user.email 'actions@gitea.local'
      
-      - name: Bump version
+      - name: Detect changes and bump version
        id: version
        run: |
-          # Get current version from backend package.json
-          CURRENT_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./backend/package.json').version")
-          echo "Current version: $CURRENT_VERSION"
+          set -e  # Exit on error
          
-          # Split version into parts
-          IFS='.' read -r -a version_parts <<< "$CURRENT_VERSION"
+          echo "=== Debug Info ==="
+          echo "GitHub event before: ${{ github.event.before }}"
+          echo "GitHub SHA: ${{ github.sha }}"
+          echo "Current directory: $(pwd)"
+          echo "Git log (last 5): $(git log --oneline -5)"
+          
+          # Get the commit range for changed files
+          if [ "${{ github.event.before }}" != "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" ] && [ "${{ github.event.before }}" != "" ]; then
+            COMMIT_RANGE="${{ github.event.before }}..${{ github.sha }}"
+            echo "Using commit range: $COMMIT_RANGE"
+            CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $COMMIT_RANGE || echo "")
+          else
+            # First commit or no previous commit, check against HEAD~1 if it exists
+            if git rev-parse HEAD~1 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              COMMIT_RANGE="HEAD~1..HEAD"
+              echo "Using commit range: $COMMIT_RANGE"
+              CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $COMMIT_RANGE || echo "")
+            else
+              echo "First commit detected, checking all files"
+              CHANGED_FILES=$(git ls-files)
+            fi
+          fi
+          
+          echo "Changed files:"
+          echo "$CHANGED_FILES"
+          
+          # Check what changed (using echo to pipe to grep to avoid grep exit codes)
+          BACKEND_CHANGED=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -c '^backend/' || echo "0")
+          FRONTEND_CHANGED=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -c '^frontend/' || echo "0")
+          ROOT_CHANGED=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -c -E '^(package\.json|docker-compose|Dockerfile|scripts/)' || echo "0")
+          
+          echo "Backend files changed: $BACKEND_CHANGED"
+          echo "Frontend files changed: $FRONTEND_CHANGED"
+          echo "Root files changed: $ROOT_CHANGED"
+          
+          # Get current versions
+          BACKEND_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./backend/package.json').version" 2>/dev/null || echo "1.0.0")
+          FRONTEND_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./frontend/package.json').version" 2>/dev/null || echo "1.0.0")
+          
+          echo "Current backend version: $BACKEND_VERSION"
+          echo "Current frontend version: $FRONTEND_VERSION"
+          
+          # Determine what to update based on changes
+          BACKEND_UPDATE=false
+          FRONTEND_UPDATE=false
+          COMPONENT_CHANGED="none"
+          
+          if [ "$ROOT_CHANGED" -gt 0 ]; then
+            # Root changes affect both components
+            BACKEND_UPDATE=true
+            FRONTEND_UPDATE=true
+            COMPONENT_CHANGED="both"
+            SOURCE_VERSION=$BACKEND_VERSION
+            echo "Root changes detected - updating both components"
+          elif [ "$BACKEND_CHANGED" -gt 0 ] && [ "$FRONTEND_CHANGED" -gt 0 ]; then
+            # Both components changed
+            BACKEND_UPDATE=true
+            FRONTEND_UPDATE=true
+            COMPONENT_CHANGED="both"
+            # Use the higher version as source
+            if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$BACKEND_VERSION" "$FRONTEND_VERSION" | sort -V | tail -n1)" = "$BACKEND_VERSION" ]; then
+              SOURCE_VERSION=$BACKEND_VERSION
+            else
+              SOURCE_VERSION=$FRONTEND_VERSION
+            fi
+            echo "Both backend and frontend changed - updating both"
+          elif [ "$BACKEND_CHANGED" -gt 0 ]; then
+            # Only backend changed
+            BACKEND_UPDATE=true
+            COMPONENT_CHANGED="backend"
+            SOURCE_VERSION=$BACKEND_VERSION
+            echo "Only backend changed - updating backend"
+          elif [ "$FRONTEND_CHANGED" -gt 0 ]; then
+            # Only frontend changed
+            FRONTEND_UPDATE=true
+            COMPONENT_CHANGED="frontend"
+            SOURCE_VERSION=$FRONTEND_VERSION
+            echo "Only frontend changed - updating frontend"
+          else
+            echo "No relevant changes detected"
+            echo "version_changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "component_changed=none" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "new_version=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          
+          echo "Component changed: $COMPONENT_CHANGED"
+          echo "Source version: $SOURCE_VERSION"
+          echo "Backend update: $BACKEND_UPDATE"
+          echo "Frontend update: $FRONTEND_UPDATE"
+          
+          # Calculate new version
+          IFS='.' read -r -a version_parts <<< "$SOURCE_VERSION"
          MAJOR="${version_parts[0]}"
          MINOR="${version_parts[1]}"
          PATCH="${version_parts[2]}"
@@ -49,14 +139,23 @@ jobs:
          
          echo "New version: $NEW_VERSION"
          echo "new_version=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "component_changed=$COMPONENT_CHANGED" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          
-          # Update version in package.json files
-          cd backend && npm version $NEW_VERSION --no-git-tag-version
-          cd ../frontend && npm version $NEW_VERSION --no-git-tag-version
-          cd ..
+          # Update versions in package.json files
+          if [ "$BACKEND_UPDATE" = true ]; then
+            echo "Updating backend version to $NEW_VERSION"
+            cd backend && npm version $NEW_VERSION --no-git-tag-version
+            cd ..
+          fi
          
-          # Check if there are changes
-          if [[ -n $(git status -s) ]]; then
+          if [ "$FRONTEND_UPDATE" = true ]; then
+            echo "Updating frontend version to $NEW_VERSION"
+            cd frontend && npm version $NEW_VERSION --no-git-tag-version
+            cd ..
+          fi
+          
+          # Check if there are changes to commit
+          if [[ -n $(git status --porcelain) ]]; then
            echo "version_changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          else
            echo "version_changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -65,15 +164,36 @@ jobs:
      - name: Commit version bump
        if: steps.version.outputs.version_changed == 'true'
        run: |
-          git add backend/package.json backend/package-lock.json
-          git add frontend/package.json frontend/package-lock.json
-          git commit -m "chore: bump version to ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
+          COMPONENT="${{ steps.version.outputs.component_changed }}"
+          
+          if [ "$COMPONENT" = "both" ]; then
+            git add backend/package.json backend/package-lock.json
+            git add frontend/package.json frontend/package-lock.json
+            git commit -m "chore: bump version to ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }} (backend + frontend)"
+          elif [ "$COMPONENT" = "backend" ]; then
+            git add backend/package.json backend/package-lock.json
+            git commit -m "chore: bump backend version to ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
+          elif [ "$COMPONENT" = "frontend" ]; then
+            git add frontend/package.json frontend/package-lock.json
+            git commit -m "chore: bump frontend version to ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
+          fi
+          
          git push
      
      - name: Create Git tag
        if: steps.version.outputs.version_changed == 'true'
        run: |
-          git tag -a "v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}" -m "Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
+          COMPONENT="${{ steps.version.outputs.component_changed }}"
+          
+          if [ "$COMPONENT" = "both" ]; then
+            TAG_MESSAGE="Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }} (backend + frontend)"
+          elif [ "$COMPONENT" = "backend" ]; then
+            TAG_MESSAGE="Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }} (backend)"
+          elif [ "$COMPONENT" = "frontend" ]; then
+            TAG_MESSAGE="Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }} (frontend)"
+          fi
+          
+          git tag -a "v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}" -m "$TAG_MESSAGE"
          git push origin "v${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
  
  trigger-drone:
@@ -84,5 +204,6 @@ jobs:
      - name: Trigger Drone Build
        run: |
          echo "Version bumped to ${{ needs.version-bump.outputs.new_version }}"
+          echo "Component(s) changed: ${{ needs.version-bump.outputs.component_changed }}"
          echo "Drone will automatically trigger on the new tag"
          # Drone CI will automatically trigger on the tag push event
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 FROM node:18-alpine AS builder

+# Add build argument for cache busting
+ARG CACHEBUST=1
+
 WORKDIR /app

 # Copy package files
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * Fix email_queue table by ensuring it doesn't have updated_at column
+ * This migration addresses the PostgreSQL error where queries are trying to update
+ * a non-existent updated_at column
+ */
+
+exports.up = async function(knex) {
+  // First, check if the column exists
+  const hasUpdatedAt = await knex.schema.hasColumn('email_queue', 'updated_at');
+  
+  if (hasUpdatedAt) {
+    console.log('Found updated_at column in email_queue table, removing it...');
+    await knex.schema.table('email_queue', (table) => {
+      table.dropColumn('updated_at');
+    });
+  }
+  
+  // Also ensure the table has all required columns
+  const hasCreatedAt = await knex.schema.hasColumn('email_queue', 'created_at');
+  if (!hasCreatedAt) {
+    console.log('Adding missing created_at column to email_queue table...');
+    await knex.schema.table('email_queue', (table) => {
+      table.datetime('created_at').defaultTo(knex.fn.now());
+    });
+  }
+  
+  console.log('email_queue table schema fixed');
+};
+
+exports.down = async function(knex) {
+  // In the down migration, we don't add back updated_at since it shouldn't exist
+  // This is intentionally left minimal
+};
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+exports.up = async function(knex) {
+  // Update gallery_created template with proper German translation
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'gallery_created')
+    .update({
+      subject_de: 'Ihre Fotogalerie ist bereit!',
+      body_html_de: `<h2>Galerie erfolgreich erstellt</h2>
+<p>Liebe(r) {{host_name}},</p>
+<p>Ihre Fotogalerie "{{event_name}}" wurde erfolgreich erstellt!</p>
+{{#if welcome_message}}
+<div style="background-color: #f3f4f6; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 20px 0;">
+  <p style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #374151;">Persönliche Nachricht:</p>
+  <p style="margin: 0; color: #4b5563;">{{welcome_message}}</p>
+</div>
+{{/if}}
+<p><strong>Galerie-Details:</strong></p>
+<ul>
+  <li>Veranstaltungsdatum: {{event_date}}</li>
+  <li>Galerie-Link: <a href="{{gallery_link}}" style="color: #5C8762;">{{gallery_link}}</a></li>
+  <li>Passwort: {{gallery_password}}</li>
+  <li>Ablaufdatum: {{expiry_date}}</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Teilen Sie diesen Link und das Passwort mit Ihren Gästen, damit diese die Fotos ansehen und herunterladen können.</p>
+<p style="background-color: #FEF3C7; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; border-left: 4px solid #F59E0B;">
+  <strong>Wichtig:</strong> Diese Galerie läuft am {{expiry_date}} ab. Nach diesem Datum werden die Fotos archiviert und sind nicht mehr zugänglich.
+</p>
+<a href="{{gallery_link}}" style="display: inline-block; padding: 12px 30px; background-color: #5C8762; color: white; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; font-weight: 500; margin: 20px 0;">Galerie anzeigen</a>
+<p>Mit freundlichen Grüßen,<br>Ihr Foto-Sharing-Team</p>`,
+      body_text_de: `Galerie erfolgreich erstellt
+
+Liebe(r) {{host_name}},
+
+Ihre Fotogalerie "{{event_name}}" wurde erfolgreich erstellt!
+
+{{#if welcome_message}}
+Persönliche Nachricht:
+{{welcome_message}}
+
+{{/if}}
+Galerie-Details:
+- Veranstaltungsdatum: {{event_date}}
+- Galerie-Link: {{gallery_link}}
+- Passwort: {{gallery_password}}
+- Ablaufdatum: {{expiry_date}}
+
+Teilen Sie diesen Link und das Passwort mit Ihren Gästen, damit diese die Fotos ansehen und herunterladen können.
+
+WICHTIG: Diese Galerie läuft am {{expiry_date}} ab. Nach diesem Datum werden die Fotos archiviert und sind nicht mehr zugänglich.
+
+Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
+Ihr Foto-Sharing-Team`
+    });
+
+  // Update expiration_warning template with proper German translation
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'expiration_warning')
+    .update({
+      subject_de: 'Ihre Fotogalerie läuft bald ab',
+      body_html_de: `<h2>Galerie läuft bald ab</h2>
+<p>Liebe(r) {{host_name}},</p>
+<p>Ihre Fotogalerie "{{event_name}}" läuft in <strong>{{days_remaining}} Tagen</strong> ab.</p>
+<p>Nach Ablauf wird die Galerie archiviert und ist für Gäste nicht mehr zugänglich. Bitte stellen Sie sicher, dass alle gewünschten Fotos heruntergeladen wurden.</p>
+<p><strong>Ablaufdatum:</strong> {{expiry_date}}</p>
+<a href="{{gallery_link}}" style="display: inline-block; padding: 12px 30px; background-color: #5C8762; color: white; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; font-weight: 500; margin: 20px 0;">Galerie jetzt besuchen</a>
+<p style="background-color: #FEE2E2; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; border-left: 4px solid #EF4444;">
+  <strong>Erinnerung:</strong> Nach dem {{expiry_date}} können Ihre Gäste nicht mehr auf die Galerie zugreifen.
+</p>
+<p>Mit freundlichen Grüßen,<br>Ihr Foto-Sharing-Team</p>`,
+      body_text_de: `Galerie läuft bald ab
+
+Liebe(r) {{host_name}},
+
+Ihre Fotogalerie "{{event_name}}" läuft in {{days_remaining}} Tagen ab.
+
+Nach Ablauf wird die Galerie archiviert und ist für Gäste nicht mehr zugänglich. Bitte stellen Sie sicher, dass alle gewünschten Fotos heruntergeladen wurden.
+
+Ablaufdatum: {{expiry_date}}
+
+Galerie-Link: {{gallery_link}}
+
+ERINNERUNG: Nach dem {{expiry_date}} können Ihre Gäste nicht mehr auf die Galerie zugreifen.
+
+Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
+Ihr Foto-Sharing-Team`
+    });
+
+  // Update gallery_expired template with proper German translation
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'gallery_expired')
+    .update({
+      subject_de: 'Ihre Fotogalerie {{event_name}} ist abgelaufen',
+      body_html_de: `<h2>Galerie abgelaufen</h2>
+<p>Liebe(r) {{host_name}},</p>
+<p>Ihre Fotogalerie "{{event_name}}" ist am {{expiry_date}} abgelaufen und wurde archiviert.</p>
+<p>Die Galerie ist nicht mehr für Gäste zugänglich. Alle Fotos wurden sicher in unserem Archivsystem gespeichert.</p>
+<p>Wenn Sie wieder Zugriff auf die archivierten Fotos benötigen, wenden Sie sich bitte an unseren Support:</p>
+<p style="background-color: #F3F4F6; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px;">
+  <strong>Kontakt:</strong><br>
+  E-Mail: <a href="mailto:{{admin_email}}" style="color: #5C8762;">{{admin_email}}</a><br>
+  {{#if support_phone}}Telefon: {{support_phone}}{{/if}}
+</p>
+<p>Vielen Dank für die Nutzung unseres Foto-Sharing-Services!</p>
+<p>Mit freundlichen Grüßen,<br>Ihr Foto-Sharing-Team</p>`,
+      body_text_de: `Galerie abgelaufen
+
+Liebe(r) {{host_name}},
+
+Ihre Fotogalerie "{{event_name}}" ist am {{expiry_date}} abgelaufen und wurde archiviert.
+
+Die Galerie ist nicht mehr für Gäste zugänglich. Alle Fotos wurden sicher in unserem Archivsystem gespeichert.
+
+Wenn Sie wieder Zugriff auf die archivierten Fotos benötigen, wenden Sie sich bitte an unseren Support:
+
+E-Mail: {{admin_email}}
+{{#if support_phone}}Telefon: {{support_phone}}{{/if}}
+
+Vielen Dank für die Nutzung unseres Foto-Sharing-Services!
+
+Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
+Ihr Foto-Sharing-Team`
+    });
+
+  // Update archive_complete template with proper German translation
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'archive_complete')
+    .update({
+      subject_de: 'Archivierung abgeschlossen: {{event_name}}',
+      body_html_de: `<h2>Archivierung abgeschlossen</h2>
+<p>Liebe(r) {{host_name}},</p>
+<p>Die Fotogalerie "{{event_name}}" wurde erfolgreich archiviert.</p>
+<p><strong>Archiv-Details:</strong></p>
+<ul>
+  <li>Archivgröße: {{archive_size}}</li>
+  <li>Archivierungsdatum: {{archive_date}}</li>
+  <li>Anzahl der Fotos: {{photo_count}}</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Das Archiv wird sicher in unserem System aufbewahrt. Bei Bedarf können Sie sich an unseren Support wenden, um Zugriff auf die archivierten Fotos zu erhalten.</p>
+<p style="background-color: #F0FDF4; padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; border-left: 4px solid #22C55E;">
+  <strong>✓ Erfolgreich archiviert:</strong> Ihre Fotos sind sicher gespeichert und können bei Bedarf wiederhergestellt werden.
+</p>
+<p>Kontakt für Archivzugriff:<br>
+E-Mail: <a href="mailto:{{admin_email}}" style="color: #5C8762;">{{admin_email}}</a></p>
+<p>Mit freundlichen Grüßen,<br>Ihr Foto-Sharing-Team</p>`,
+      body_text_de: `Archivierung abgeschlossen
+
+Liebe(r) {{host_name}},
+
+Die Fotogalerie "{{event_name}}" wurde erfolgreich archiviert.
+
+Archiv-Details:
+- Archivgröße: {{archive_size}}
+- Archivierungsdatum: {{archive_date}}
+- Anzahl der Fotos: {{photo_count}}
+
+Das Archiv wird sicher in unserem System aufbewahrt. Bei Bedarf können Sie sich an unseren Support wenden, um Zugriff auf die archivierten Fotos zu erhalten.
+
+✓ ERFOLGREICH ARCHIVIERT: Ihre Fotos sind sicher gespeichert und können bei Bedarf wiederhergestellt werden.
+
+Kontakt für Archivzugriff:
+E-Mail: {{admin_email}}
+
+Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
+Ihr Foto-Sharing-Team`
+    });
+
+  // Also update the non-language-specific fields to match German for consistency
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'gallery_created')
+    .update({
+      subject: knex.raw('subject_de'),
+      body_html: knex.raw('body_html_de'),
+      body_text: knex.raw('body_text_de')
+    });
+
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'expiration_warning')
+    .update({
+      subject: knex.raw('subject_de'),
+      body_html: knex.raw('body_html_de'),
+      body_text: knex.raw('body_text_de')
+    });
+
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'gallery_expired')
+    .update({
+      subject: knex.raw('subject_de'),
+      body_html: knex.raw('body_html_de'),
+      body_text: knex.raw('body_text_de')
+    });
+
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'archive_complete')
+    .update({
+      subject: knex.raw('subject_de'),
+      body_html: knex.raw('body_html_de'),
+      body_text: knex.raw('body_text_de')
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = async function(knex) {
+  // Revert to previous German translations
+  // This is a simplified rollback - in production you might want to store the old values
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'gallery_created')
+    .update({
+      subject: knex.raw('subject_en'),
+      body_html: knex.raw('body_html_en'),
+      body_text: knex.raw('body_text_en')
+    });
+
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'expiration_warning')
+    .update({
+      subject: knex.raw('subject_en'),
+      body_html: knex.raw('body_html_en'),
+      body_text: knex.raw('body_text_en')
+    });
+
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'gallery_expired')
+    .update({
+      subject: knex.raw('subject_en'),
+      body_html: knex.raw('body_html_en'),
+      body_text: knex.raw('body_text_en')
+    });
+
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'archive_complete')
+    .update({
+      subject: knex.raw('subject_en'),
+      body_html: knex.raw('body_html_en'),
+      body_text: knex.raw('body_text_en')
+    });
+};
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+exports.up = async function(knex) {
+  // Add language column to events table if it doesn't exist
+  const hasLanguageInEvents = await knex.schema.hasColumn('events', 'language');
+  if (!hasLanguageInEvents) {
+    await knex.schema.alterTable('events', function(table) {
+      table.string('language', 5).defaultTo('en');
+    });
+  }
+  
+  // Add default_language to email_configs if it doesn't exist
+  const hasDefaultLanguage = await knex.schema.hasColumn('email_configs', 'default_language');
+  if (!hasDefaultLanguage) {
+    await knex.schema.alterTable('email_configs', function(table) {
+      table.string('default_language', 5).defaultTo('en');
+    });
+  }
+  
+  // Set default language to German for the existing email config
+  await knex('email_configs')
+    .update({
+      default_language: 'de'
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = async function(knex) {
+  // Remove language column from events table
+  const hasLanguageInEvents = await knex.schema.hasColumn('events', 'language');
+  if (hasLanguageInEvents) {
+    await knex.schema.alterTable('events', function(table) {
+      table.dropColumn('language');
+    });
+  }
+  
+  // Remove default_language from email_configs
+  const hasDefaultLanguage = await knex.schema.hasColumn('email_configs', 'default_language');
+  if (hasDefaultLanguage) {
+    await knex.schema.alterTable('email_configs', function(table) {
+      table.dropColumn('default_language');
+    });
+  }
+};
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+exports.up = async function(knex) {
+  // Update English templates to match the quality and content of German templates
+  
+  // 1. Gallery Created - Match German version with proper styling and conditionals
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'gallery_created')
+    .update({
+      subject_en: 'Your photo gallery is ready',
+      body_html_en: `
+<h2>Hello {{host_name}},</h2>
+
+<p>Your photo gallery <strong>{{event_name}}</strong> for {{event_date}} has been successfully created and is now online!</p>
+
+{{#if welcome_message}}
+<div style="background-color: #f0f8ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C8762; padding: 15px; margin: 20px 0; border-radius: 4px;">
+  <p style="margin: 0;"><strong>Personal message from your photographer:</strong></p>
+  <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 0;">{{welcome_message}}</p>
+</div>
+{{/if}}
+
+<div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 20px 0;">
+  <h3 style="margin-top: 0;">Your access data:</h3>
+  <ul style="list-style: none; padding: 0;">
+    <li style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>Gallery link:</strong> <a href="{{gallery_link}}" style="color: #5C8762;">{{gallery_link}}</a></li>
+    <li style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>Password:</strong> {{gallery_password}}</li>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
+<div style="text-align: center; margin: 30px 0;">
+  <a href="{{gallery_link}}" style="display: inline-block; padding: 12px 30px; background-color: #5C8762; color: white; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; font-weight: 500;">View Gallery</a>
+</div>
+
+<div style="background-color: #fff3cd; border: 1px solid #ffeaa7; color: #856404; padding: 15px; border-radius: 4px; margin: 20px 0;">
+  <p style="margin: 0;"><strong>Important:</strong> Your gallery will be available until <strong>{{expiry_date}}</strong>. After this date, the photos will be archived and will only be available upon request.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>We hope you enjoy your photos!</p>
+
+<p>Best regards,<br>
+Your Photo Sharing Team</p>`,
+      body_text_en: `Hello {{host_name}},
+
+Your photo gallery "{{event_name}}" for {{event_date}} has been successfully created and is now online!
+
+{{#if welcome_message}}
+Personal message from your photographer:
+{{welcome_message}}
+{{/if}}
+
+Your access data:
+- Gallery link: {{gallery_link}}
+- Password: {{gallery_password}}
+
+Important: Your gallery will be available until {{expiry_date}}. After this date, the photos will be archived and will only be available upon request.
+
+We hope you enjoy your photos!
+
+Best regards,
+Your Photo Sharing Team`
+    });
+
+  // 2. Expiration Warning - Match German version with urgency and styling
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'expiration_warning')
+    .update({
+      subject_en: 'Your photo gallery expires soon',
+      body_html_en: `
+<h2>Hello {{host_name}},</h2>
+
+<p>Your photo gallery <strong>{{event_name}}</strong> will expire in <strong style="color: #e74c3c; font-size: 18px;">{{days_remaining}} days</strong>!</p>
+
+<div style="background-color: #fee; border: 1px solid #fcc; color: #c33; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 20px 0;">
+  <p style="margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px;">⚠️ Important Notice</p>
+  <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 0;">After {{expiry_date}}, your gallery will no longer be accessible online. The photos will be archived and will only be available upon special request.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><strong>Don't miss out – download your photos now!</strong></p>
+
+<div style="text-align: center; margin: 30px 0;">
+  <a href="{{gallery_link}}" style="display: inline-block; padding: 14px 35px; background-color: #e74c3c; color: white; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; font-weight: 600; font-size: 16px;">Visit Gallery Now</a>
+</div>
+
+<div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 20px 0;">
+  <p style="margin: 0;"><strong>Quick reminder of your access data:</strong></p>
+  <ul style="list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 10px 0 0 0;">
+    <li>Gallery link: <a href="{{gallery_link}}" style="color: #5C8762;">{{gallery_link}}</a></li>
+    <li>Password: {{gallery_password}}</li>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
+<p>If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.</p>
+
+<p>Best regards,<br>
+Your Photo Sharing Team</p>`,
+      body_text_en: `Hello {{host_name}},
+
+Your photo gallery "{{event_name}}" will expire in {{days_remaining}} days!
+
+⚠️ Important Notice
+After {{expiry_date}}, your gallery will no longer be accessible online. The photos will be archived and will only be available upon special request.
+
+Don't miss out – download your photos now!
+
+Quick reminder of your access data:
+- Gallery link: {{gallery_link}}
+- Password: {{gallery_password}}
+
+If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
+
+Best regards,
+Your Photo Sharing Team`
+    });
+
+  // 3. Gallery Expired - Match German version with contact information
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'gallery_expired')
+    .update({
+      subject_en: 'Your photo gallery has expired',
+      body_html_en: `
+<h2>Hello {{host_name}},</h2>
+
+<p>Your photo gallery <strong>{{event_name}}</strong> expired on {{expiry_date}} and is no longer accessible online.</p>
+
+<div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #5C8762; padding: 20px; margin: 20px 0; border-radius: 4px;">
+  <h3 style="margin-top: 0;">Your photos are safely archived</h3>
+  <p>Don't worry – your photos have been securely archived and are not lost. If you need access to your photos, please contact us:</p>
+  <ul style="list-style: none; padding: 0;">
+    <li style="margin-bottom: 8px;">📧 Email: <a href="mailto:{{support_email}}" style="color: #5C8762;">{{support_email}}</a></li>
+    {{#if support_phone}}
+    <li>📞 Phone: {{support_phone}}</li>
+    {{/if}}
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
+<p>Please have the following information ready when contacting us:</p>
+<ul>
+  <li>Event name: {{event_name}}</li>
+  <li>Event date: {{event_date}}</li>
+  <li>Expiry date: {{expiry_date}}</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>We'll be happy to help you access your archived photos.</p>
+
+<p>Best regards,<br>
+Your Photo Sharing Team</p>`,
+      body_text_en: `Hello {{host_name}},
+
+Your photo gallery "{{event_name}}" expired on {{expiry_date}} and is no longer accessible online.
+
+Your photos are safely archived
+Don't worry – your photos have been securely archived and are not lost. If you need access to your photos, please contact us:
+
+📧 Email: {{support_email}}
+{{#if support_phone}}📞 Phone: {{support_phone}}{{/if}}
+
+Please have the following information ready when contacting us:
+- Event name: {{event_name}}
+- Event date: {{event_date}}
+- Expiry date: {{expiry_date}}
+
+We'll be happy to help you access your archived photos.
+
+Best regards,
+Your Photo Sharing Team`
+    });
+
+  // 4. Archive Complete - Match German version with success message and details
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'archive_complete')
+    .update({
+      subject_en: 'Your photo gallery has been successfully archived',
+      body_html_en: `
+<h2>Hello {{host_name}},</h2>
+
+<p>Your photo gallery <strong>{{event_name}}</strong> has been successfully archived.</p>
+
+<div style="background-color: #d4edda; border: 1px solid #c3e6cb; color: #155724; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 20px 0;">
+  <p style="margin: 0; font-weight: bold;">✅ Archive successfully created</p>
+  <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 0;">Your photos are now safely stored in our archive.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 20px 0;">
+  <h3 style="margin-top: 0;">Archive details:</h3>
+  <ul style="list-style: none; padding: 0;">
+    <li style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><strong>Event:</strong> {{event_name}}</li>
+    <li style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><strong>Archive date:</strong> {{archive_date}}</li>
+    <li style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><strong>Number of photos:</strong> {{photo_count}}</li>
+    <li><strong>Archive size:</strong> {{archive_size}}</li>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
+<p>If you need access to your archived photos in the future, please contact us at:</p>
+<p style="margin-left: 20px;">
+  📧 <a href="mailto:{{support_email}}" style="color: #5C8762;">{{support_email}}</a><br>
+  {{#if support_phone}}📞 {{support_phone}}{{/if}}
+</p>
+
+<p>Thank you for using our photo sharing service!</p>
+
+<p>Best regards,<br>
+Your Photo Sharing Team</p>`,
+      body_text_en: `Hello {{host_name}},
+
+Your photo gallery "{{event_name}}" has been successfully archived.
+
+✅ Archive successfully created
+Your photos are now safely stored in our archive.
+
+Archive details:
+- Event: {{event_name}}
+- Archive date: {{archive_date}}
+- Number of photos: {{photo_count}}
+- Archive size: {{archive_size}}
+
+If you need access to your archived photos in the future, please contact us at:
+📧 {{support_email}}
+{{#if support_phone}}📞 {{support_phone}}{{/if}}
+
+Thank you for using our photo sharing service!
+
+Best regards,
+Your Photo Sharing Team`
+    });
+
+  // 5. Test Email - Update to match German style
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'test_email')
+    .update({
+      subject_en: 'Test Email - Photo Sharing Platform',
+      body_html_en: `
+<h2>Test Email</h2>
+
+<p>This is a test email from your photo sharing platform.</p>
+
+<div style="background-color: #d4edda; border: 1px solid #c3e6cb; color: #155724; padding: 15px; border-radius: 4px; margin: 20px 0;">
+  <p style="margin: 0;"><strong>✅ Email configuration successful!</strong></p>
+  <p style="margin: 10px 0 0 0;">Your email settings have been configured correctly and emails can be sent.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 20px 0;">
+  <p style="margin: 0;"><strong>Configuration details:</strong></p>
+  <ul style="margin: 10px 0 0 0;">
+    <li>Timestamp: {{timestamp}}</li>
+    <li>Sender: {{from_email}}</li>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
+<p>Best regards,<br>
+Your Photo Sharing Team</p>`,
+      body_text_en: `Test Email
+
+This is a test email from your photo sharing platform.
+
+✅ Email configuration successful!
+Your email settings have been configured correctly and emails can be sent.
+
+Configuration details:
+- Timestamp: {{timestamp}}
+- Sender: {{from_email}}
+
+Best regards,
+Your Photo Sharing Team`
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = async function(knex) {
+  // Revert to previous simpler English templates
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'gallery_created')
+    .update({
+      subject_en: 'Your Photo Gallery is Ready',
+      body_html_en: '<h2>Hello,</h2><p>Your photo gallery "{{event_name}}" has been created.</p><p><strong>Access Link:</strong> <a href="{{gallery_link}}">{{gallery_link}}</a></p><p><strong>Password:</strong> {{gallery_password}}</p><p>The gallery will be available until {{expiry_date}}.</p>',
+      body_text_en: 'Your photo gallery "{{event_name}}" has been created. Access Link: {{gallery_link}} Password: {{gallery_password}} The gallery will be available until {{expiry_date}}.'
+    });
+
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'expiration_warning')
+    .update({
+      subject_en: 'Gallery Expires in {{days_remaining}} Days',
+      body_html_en: '<h2>Reminder</h2><p>Your photo gallery "{{event_name}}" will expire in {{days_remaining}} days.</p><p>Please download your photos before {{expiry_date}}.</p><p><a href="{{gallery_link}}">Access Gallery</a></p>',
+      body_text_en: 'Your photo gallery "{{event_name}}" will expire in {{days_remaining}} days. Please download your photos before {{expiry_date}}. Access Gallery: {{gallery_link}}'
+    });
+
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'gallery_expired')
+    .update({
+      subject_en: 'Gallery Expired',
+      body_html_en: '<h2>Gallery Expired</h2><p>Your photo gallery "{{event_name}}" has expired and is no longer accessible.</p><p>If you need access to your photos, please contact support.</p>',
+      body_text_en: 'Your photo gallery "{{event_name}}" has expired and is no longer accessible. If you need access to your photos, please contact support.'
+    });
+
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'archive_complete')
+    .update({
+      subject_en: 'Gallery Archived',
+      body_html_en: '<h2>Archive Complete</h2><p>Your gallery "{{event_name}}" has been archived.</p><p>Archive size: {{archive_size}}</p>',
+      body_text_en: 'Your gallery "{{event_name}}" has been archived. Archive size: {{archive_size}}'
+    });
+
+  await knex('email_templates')
+    .where('template_key', 'test_email')
+    .update({
+      subject_en: 'Test Email',
+      body_html_en: '<p>This is a test email sent at {{timestamp}}.</p>',
+      body_text_en: 'This is a test email sent at {{timestamp}}.'
+    });
+};
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "picpeak-backend",
-  "version": "1.0.39",
+  "version": "1.0.56",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "picpeak-backend",
-      "version": "1.0.39",
+      "version": "1.0.56",
      "dependencies": {
        "adm-zip": "^0.5.16",
        "archiver": "^5.3.1",
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
        "express-rate-limit": "^6.7.0",
        "express-validator": "^7.0.1",
        "form-data": "^4.0.3",
+        "handlebars": "^4.7.8",
        "helmet": "^7.0.0",
        "i18next": "^25.3.1",
        "i18next-browser-languagedetector": "^8.2.0",
@@ -3995,6 +3996,27 @@
      "dev": true,
      "license": "MIT"
    },
+    "node_modules/handlebars": {
+      "version": "4.7.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/handlebars/-/handlebars-4.7.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-vafaFqs8MZkRrSX7sFVUdo3ap/eNiLnb4IakshzvP56X5Nr1iGKAIqdX6tMlm6HcNRIkr6AxO5jFEoJzzpT8aQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "minimist": "^1.2.5",
+        "neo-async": "^2.6.2",
+        "source-map": "^0.6.1",
+        "wordwrap": "^1.0.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "handlebars": "bin/handlebars"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.4.7"
+      },
+      "optionalDependencies": {
+        "uglify-js": "^3.1.4"
+      }
+    },
    "node_modules/has-flag": {
      "version": "4.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-4.0.0.tgz",
@@ -5985,6 +6007,12 @@
        "node": ">= 0.6"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/neo-async": {
+      "version": "2.6.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/neo-async/-/neo-async-2.6.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Yd3UES5mWCSqR+qNT93S3UoYUkqAZ9lLg8a7g9rimsWmYGK8cVToA4/sF3RrshdyV3sAGMXVUmpMYOw+dLpOuw==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
    "node_modules/node-abi": {
      "version": "3.75.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-abi/-/node-abi-3.75.0.tgz",
@@ -7606,7 +7634,6 @@
      "version": "0.6.1",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.6.1.tgz",
      "integrity": "sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g==",
-      "dev": true,
      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
      "engines": {
        "node": ">=0.10.0"
@@ -8161,6 +8188,19 @@
      "integrity": "sha512-/aCDEGatGvZ2BIk+HmLf4ifCJFwvKFNb9/JeZPMulfgFracn9QFcAf5GO8B/mweUjSoblS5In0cWhqpfs/5PQA==",
      "license": "MIT"
    },
+    "node_modules/uglify-js": {
+      "version": "3.19.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.19.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-v3Xu+yuwBXisp6QYTcH4UbH+xYJXqnq2m/LtQVWKWzYc1iehYnLixoQDN9FH6/j9/oybfd6W9Ghwkl8+UMKTKQ==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "optional": true,
+      "bin": {
+        "uglifyjs": "bin/uglifyjs"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.8.0"
+      }
+    },
    "node_modules/undefsafe": {
      "version": "2.0.5",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undefsafe/-/undefsafe-2.0.5.tgz",
@@ -8412,6 +8452,12 @@
        "node": ">=0.10.0"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/wordwrap": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wordwrap/-/wordwrap-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-gvVzJFlPycKc5dZN4yPkP8w7Dc37BtP1yczEneOb4uq34pXZcvrtRTmWV8W+Ume+XCxKgbjM+nevkyFPMybd4Q==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
    "node_modules/wrap-ansi": {
      "version": "7.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "picpeak-backend",
-  "version": "1.0.39",
+  "version": "1.0.56",
  "description": "Backend for PicPeak event photo sharing platform",
  "main": "server.js",
  "scripts": {
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
    "express-rate-limit": "^6.7.0",
    "express-validator": "^7.0.1",
    "form-data": "^4.0.3",
+    "handlebars": "^4.7.8",
    "helmet": "^7.0.0",
    "i18next": "^25.3.1",
    "i18next-browser-languagedetector": "^8.2.0",
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-# Storage Management Scripts
-
-## check-storage.js
-
-Checks the storage directory structure and verifies that photo files exist.
-
-### Usage:
-```bash
-# Check overall storage structure
-node scripts/check-storage.js
-
-# Check specific event
-node scripts/check-storage.js wedding-test-gallery-2025-07-14-1
-```
-
-### What it checks:
- Storage directory structure and permissions
- Event directories
- Photo files existence
- Thumbnail files existence
- Database vs filesystem consistency
-
-## regenerate-thumbnails.js
-
-Regenerates missing thumbnails for photos in the database.
-
-### Usage:
-```bash
-# Regenerate all missing thumbnails
-node scripts/regenerate-thumbnails.js
-
-# Regenerate thumbnails for specific event (by ID)
-node scripts/regenerate-thumbnails.js 2
-```
-
-### What it does:
- Scans photos in database
- Checks if thumbnails exist
- Generates missing thumbnails using Sharp
- Updates database with thumbnail paths
- Reports success/error statistics
-
-### Prerequisites:
- Node.js environment
- Database access
- Write permissions to storage directory
- Sharp library installed
-
-## Production Usage
-
-On your production server:
-
-1. First, check the storage structure:
-   ```bash
-   cd /path/to/picpeak/backend
-   NODE_ENV=production node scripts/check-storage.js wedding-test-gallery-2025-07-14-1
-   ```
-
-2. If thumbnails are missing, regenerate them:
-   ```bash
-   NODE_ENV=production node scripts/regenerate-thumbnails.js 2
-   ```
-
-Note: Replace `2` with the actual event ID from your database.
-
-## cleanup-thumbnails.js
-
-Cleans up temporary and orphaned thumbnail files.
-
-### Usage:
-```bash
-# Dry run - see what would be deleted
-node scripts/cleanup-thumbnails.js --dry-run
-
-# Actually delete orphaned thumbnails
-node scripts/cleanup-thumbnails.js
-```
-
-### What it does:
- Identifies temporary thumbnails (thumb_temp_*)
- Finds orphaned thumbnails not linked to any photo
- Removes unnecessary files to free up space
- Reports statistics on cleanup
-
-## diagnose-thumbnails.js
-
-Diagnoses why thumbnails might not be showing for a specific event.
-
-### Usage:
-```bash
-node scripts/diagnose-thumbnails.js 2
-```
-
-### What it checks:
- Thumbnail paths in database vs filesystem
- Path format inconsistencies
- Missing thumbnail files
- Provides SQL to fix path issues
-
-### Common Issues:
-1. **Path mismatch**: Database has wrong thumbnail path format
-2. **Missing files**: Thumbnails were never generated
-3. **Permission issues**: Web server can't read thumbnail files
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+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+
+async function checkEmailEnvironment() {
+  console.log('=== Email Environment Check ===\n');
+  
+  // 1. Check environment variables
+  console.log('1. Environment Variables:');
+  const envVars = [
+    'SMTP_HOST',
+    'SMTP_PORT',
+    'SMTP_USER',
+    'SMTP_PASS',
+    'SMTP_FROM',
+    'SMTP_SECURE',
+    'EMAIL_PROCESSOR_ENABLED',
+    'NODE_ENV'
+  ];
+  
+  envVars.forEach(varName => {
+    const value = process.env[varName];
+    if (varName.includes('PASS')) {
+      console.log(`   ${varName}: ${value ? '***' : 'NOT SET'}`);
+    } else {
+      console.log(`   ${varName}: ${value || 'NOT SET'}`);
+    }
+  });
+  
+  // 2. Check database configuration
+  console.log('\n2. Database Email Configuration:');
+  try {
+    const emailConfig = await db('email_configs').first();
+    if (emailConfig) {
+      console.log('   Email configuration found in database:');
+      console.log(`   - SMTP Host: ${emailConfig.smtp_host}`);
+      console.log(`   - SMTP Port: ${emailConfig.smtp_port}`);
+      console.log(`   - SMTP User: ${emailConfig.smtp_user || 'NOT SET'}`);
+      console.log(`   - SMTP Secure: ${emailConfig.smtp_secure}`);
+      console.log(`   - From Address: ${emailConfig.smtp_from}`);
+    } else {
+      console.log('   ⚠️  No email configuration found in database!');
+      console.log('   This will prevent the email processor from initializing.');
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(`   ❌ Error reading email configuration: ${error.message}`);
+  }
+  
+  // 3. Check if the email processor should be disabled
+  console.log('\n3. Email Processor Status:');
+  const isDisabled = process.env.EMAIL_PROCESSOR_ENABLED === 'false';
+  if (isDisabled) {
+    console.log('   ⚠️  Email processor is DISABLED via EMAIL_PROCESSOR_ENABLED=false');
+  } else {
+    console.log('   ✅ Email processor is enabled (default)');
+  }
+  
+  // 4. Check pending emails
+  console.log('\n4. Email Queue Status:');
+  try {
+    const pending = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'pending')
+      .count('* as count')
+      .first();
+    
+    const failed = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'failed')
+      .where('retry_count', '>=', 3)
+      .count('* as count')
+      .first();
+    
+    const sent = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'sent')
+      .count('* as count')
+      .first();
+    
+    console.log(`   - Pending emails: ${pending.count}`);
+    console.log(`   - Failed emails (max retries): ${failed.count}`);
+    console.log(`   - Sent emails: ${sent.count}`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(`   ❌ Error querying email queue: ${error.message}`);
+  }
+  
+  // 5. Test database connection
+  console.log('\n5. Database Connection:');
+  try {
+    await db.raw('SELECT 1');
+    console.log('   ✅ Database connection successful');
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(`   ❌ Database connection failed: ${error.message}`);
+  }
+  
+  // 6. Check for any recent errors
+  console.log('\n6. Recent Email Errors:');
+  try {
+    const recentErrors = await db('email_queue')
+      .whereNotNull('error_message')
+      .orderBy('id', 'desc')
+      .limit(3)
+      .select('id', 'email_type', 'error_message', 'retry_count');
+    
+    if (recentErrors.length > 0) {
+      recentErrors.forEach((email, index) => {
+        console.log(`   ${index + 1}. Email ID ${email.id} (${email.email_type}):`);
+        console.log(`      Retries: ${email.retry_count}`);
+        console.log(`      Error: ${email.error_message}`);
+      });
+    } else {
+      console.log('   No recent errors found');
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(`   ❌ Error querying recent errors: ${error.message}`);
+  }
+  
+  console.log('\n=== Environment check complete ===');
+  console.log('\nRecommendations:');
+  
+  const emailConfig = await db('email_configs').first().catch(() => null);
+  if (!emailConfig) {
+    console.log('❗ Configure email settings in the admin panel or add email_configs record');
+  }
+  
+  if (!process.env.SMTP_HOST && !emailConfig) {
+    console.log('❗ Set SMTP environment variables or configure in database');
+  }
+  
+  await db.destroy();
+}
+
+checkEmailEnvironment().catch(error => {
+  console.error('Fatal error:', error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
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+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+const winston = require('winston');
+
+// Create a simple console logger
+const logger = winston.createLogger({
+  format: winston.format.simple(),
+  transports: [new winston.transports.Console()]
+});
+
+async function checkEmailProcessor() {
+  try {
+    logger.info('=== Email Processor Diagnostic Check ===\n');
+    
+    // 1. Check pending emails
+    logger.info('1. Checking pending emails in queue...');
+    const pendingEmails = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'pending')
+      .where('retry_count', '<', 3)
+      .orderBy('created_at', 'asc');
+    
+    logger.info(`Found ${pendingEmails.length} pending emails\n`);
+    
+    if (pendingEmails.length > 0) {
+      logger.info('Pending email details:');
+      pendingEmails.forEach((email, index) => {
+        logger.info(`\nEmail ${index + 1}:`);
+        logger.info(`  ID: ${email.id}`);
+        logger.info(`  Type: ${email.email_type}`);
+        logger.info(`  Recipient: ${email.recipient_email}`);
+        logger.info(`  Event ID: ${email.event_id}`);
+        logger.info(`  Status: ${email.status}`);
+        logger.info(`  Retry Count: ${email.retry_count}`);
+        logger.info(`  Scheduled At: ${email.scheduled_at}`);
+        logger.info(`  Created At: ${email.created_at}`);
+        logger.info(`  Error: ${email.error_message || 'None'}`);
+        
+        // Check if email_data needs parsing
+        logger.info(`  Email Data Type: ${typeof email.email_data}`);
+        if (email.email_data) {
+          try {
+            const data = typeof email.email_data === 'string' 
+              ? JSON.parse(email.email_data) 
+              : email.email_data;
+            logger.info(`  Email Data Keys: ${Object.keys(data).join(', ')}`);
+          } catch (e) {
+            logger.error(`  Failed to parse email_data: ${e.message}`);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    }
+    
+    // 2. Check failed emails
+    logger.info('\n\n2. Checking failed emails...');
+    const failedEmails = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'failed')
+      .orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
+      .limit(5);
+    
+    logger.info(`Found ${failedEmails.length} failed emails (showing last 5)\n`);
+    
+    if (failedEmails.length > 0) {
+      failedEmails.forEach((email, index) => {
+        logger.info(`\nFailed Email ${index + 1}:`);
+        logger.info(`  ID: ${email.id}`);
+        logger.info(`  Type: ${email.email_type}`);
+        logger.info(`  Retry Count: ${email.retry_count}`);
+        logger.info(`  Error: ${email.error_message || 'No error message'}`);
+        logger.info(`  Last Attempt: ${email.sent_at || 'Never'}`);
+      });
+    }
+    
+    // 3. Check if email processor should be running
+    logger.info('\n\n3. Checking email processor configuration...');
+    
+    // Check environment variables
+    const emailConfig = {
+      SMTP_HOST: process.env.SMTP_HOST,
+      SMTP_PORT: process.env.SMTP_PORT,
+      SMTP_USER: process.env.SMTP_USER,
+      SMTP_FROM: process.env.SMTP_FROM,
+      SMTP_SECURE: process.env.SMTP_SECURE,
+      EMAIL_PROCESSOR_ENABLED: process.env.EMAIL_PROCESSOR_ENABLED || 'true'
+    };
+    
+    logger.info('Email configuration:');
+    Object.entries(emailConfig).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+      if (key === 'SMTP_USER') {
+        logger.info(`  ${key}: ${value ? '***' : 'NOT SET'}`);
+      } else {
+        logger.info(`  ${key}: ${value || 'NOT SET'}`);
+      }
+    });
+    
+    // 4. Test email processor functionality
+    logger.info('\n\n4. Testing email processor functionality...');
+    
+    // Import the email processor
+    const { processEmailQueue, testEmailConnection } = require('../src/services/emailProcessor');
+    
+    // Test email connection
+    logger.info('Testing email connection...');
+    try {
+      const connectionTest = await testEmailConnection();
+      logger.info(`Email connection test: ${connectionTest ? 'SUCCESS' : 'FAILED'}`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`Email connection test failed: ${error.message}`);
+    }
+    
+    // Try to process queue once manually
+    if (pendingEmails.length > 0) {
+      logger.info('\n\n5. Attempting to process email queue manually...');
+      try {
+        await processEmailQueue();
+        logger.info('Manual queue processing completed');
+        
+        // Check status after processing
+        const stillPending = await db('email_queue')
+          .where('status', 'pending')
+          .where('retry_count', '<', 3)
+          .count('* as count')
+          .first();
+        
+        logger.info(`Emails still pending after processing: ${stillPending.count}`);
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.error(`Error processing queue: ${error.message}`);
+        logger.error(`Stack trace: ${error.stack}`);
+      }
+    }
+    
+    // 5. Check for any recent successful emails
+    logger.info('\n\n6. Checking recent successful emails...');
+    const recentSuccess = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'sent')
+      .orderBy('sent_at', 'desc')
+      .limit(3);
+    
+    if (recentSuccess.length > 0) {
+      logger.info(`Last ${recentSuccess.length} successful emails:`);
+      recentSuccess.forEach((email, index) => {
+        logger.info(`  ${index + 1}. Type: ${email.email_type}, Sent: ${email.sent_at}`);
+      });
+    } else {
+      logger.info('No successfully sent emails found');
+    }
+    
+    logger.info('\n\n=== Diagnostic check complete ===');
+    
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Error running diagnostic check:', error);
+  } finally {
+    await db.destroy();
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+}
+
+// Run the check
+checkEmailProcessor();
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+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+
+async function checkEmailTemplates() {
+  try {
+    console.log('=== Email Templates Check ===\n');
+    
+    // 1. Check table columns
+    console.log('1. Checking email_templates table structure...');
+    
+    // Check which columns exist
+    const columnChecks = [
+      'subject', 'subject_en', 'subject_de',
+      'body_html', 'body_html_en', 'body_html_de',
+      'body_text', 'body_text_en', 'body_text_de'
+    ];
+    
+    const existingColumns = [];
+    for (const col of columnChecks) {
+      const exists = await db.schema.hasColumn('email_templates', col);
+      if (exists) existingColumns.push(col);
+    }
+    
+    console.log('   Existing columns:', existingColumns.join(', '));
+    
+    // 2. Get all templates
+    console.log('\n2. Current email templates:');
+    const templates = await db('email_templates').select('*');
+    
+    for (const template of templates) {
+      console.log(`\n   Template: ${template.template_key}`);
+      console.log('   -------------------');
+      
+      // Check which fields have content
+      const fields = ['subject', 'subject_en', 'subject_de', 
+                     'body_html', 'body_html_en', 'body_html_de',
+                     'body_text', 'body_text_en', 'body_text_de'];
+      
+      for (const field of fields) {
+        if (template[field]) {
+          const preview = template[field].substring(0, 50) + '...';
+          console.log(`   ${field}: ${preview}`);
+        }
+      }
+      
+      // Check for German translations
+      const hasGermanSubject = template.subject_de || template.body_html_de;
+      console.log(`   Has German translation: ${hasGermanSubject ? 'YES' : 'NO'}`);
+    }
+    
+    // 3. Summary
+    console.log('\n3. Summary:');
+    const totalTemplates = templates.length;
+    const templatesWithGerman = templates.filter(t => t.subject_de || t.body_html_de).length;
+    console.log(`   Total templates: ${totalTemplates}`);
+    console.log(`   Templates with German: ${templatesWithGerman}`);
+    console.log(`   Missing German: ${totalTemplates - templatesWithGerman}`);
+    
+    await db.destroy();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error:', error);
+    await db.destroy();
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+checkEmailTemplates();
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+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+
+async function checkGermanTemplates() {
+  try {
+    console.log('=== German Email Template Content Check ===\n');
+    
+    const templates = await db('email_templates').select('*');
+    
+    for (const template of templates) {
+      console.log(`\nTemplate: ${template.template_key}`);
+      console.log('=====================================');
+      
+      // Check German subject
+      console.log('\nGERMAN SUBJECT:');
+      console.log(template.subject_de || 'MISSING');
+      
+      // Check if German HTML body has English content
+      console.log('\nGERMAN HTML BODY:');
+      const germanHtml = template.body_html_de || '';
+      
+      // Check for English phrases in German template
+      const englishPhrases = [
+        'Dear', 'Gallery', 'has been', 'Your photo', 'successfully',
+        'Details:', 'Link:', 'Password:', 'Expires:', 'Event Date:',
+        'Thank you', 'Best regards', 'View Gallery', 'days'
+      ];
+      
+      const foundEnglish = englishPhrases.filter(phrase => 
+        germanHtml.toLowerCase().includes(phrase.toLowerCase())
+      );
+      
+      if (foundEnglish.length > 0) {
+        console.log('⚠️  Found English phrases in German template:', foundEnglish.join(', '));
+      }
+      
+      // Show first 500 chars of German HTML
+      console.log(germanHtml.substring(0, 500) + '...\n');
+      
+      // Check German text body
+      console.log('GERMAN TEXT BODY:');
+      const germanText = template.body_text_de || '';
+      console.log(germanText.substring(0, 300) + '...\n');
+    }
+    
+    await db.destroy();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error:', error);
+    await db.destroy();
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+checkGermanTemplates();
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+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+const winston = require('winston');
+
+// Create a simple console logger
+const logger = winston.createLogger({
+  format: winston.format.simple(),
+  transports: [new winston.transports.Console()]
+});
+
+async function debugEmailQueue() {
+  try {
+    logger.info('=== Email Queue Debug Report ===\n');
+    
+    // 1. Count exactly like the admin dashboard does
+    logger.info('1. Admin Dashboard Query (ALL pending, no retry filter):');
+    const [adminCount] = await db('email_queue').where('status', 'pending').count('* as count');
+    logger.info(`   Pending emails (admin dashboard view): ${adminCount.count}\n`);
+    
+    // 2. Count like the email processor does
+    logger.info('2. Email Processor Query (pending with retry_count < 3):');
+    const [processorCount] = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'pending')
+      .where('retry_count', '<', 3)
+      .count('* as count');
+    logger.info(`   Pending emails (processor view): ${processorCount.count}\n`);
+    
+    // 3. Show the discrepancy
+    logger.info('3. Discrepancy Analysis:');
+    if (adminCount.count !== processorCount.count) {
+      logger.info(`   ⚠️  DISCREPANCY FOUND!`);
+      logger.info(`   Admin shows: ${adminCount.count}`);
+      logger.info(`   Processor will process: ${processorCount.count}`);
+      logger.info(`   Difference: ${adminCount.count - processorCount.count} email(s)\n`);
+      
+      // Find the problematic emails
+      logger.info('4. Emails with retry_count >= 3 (still pending):');
+      const stuckEmails = await db('email_queue')
+        .where('status', 'pending')
+        .where('retry_count', '>=', 3)
+        .select('*');
+      
+      if (stuckEmails.length > 0) {
+        logger.info(`   Found ${stuckEmails.length} stuck email(s):\n`);
+        stuckEmails.forEach((email, index) => {
+          logger.info(`   Email ${index + 1}:`);
+          logger.info(`     ID: ${email.id}`);
+          logger.info(`     Type: ${email.email_type}`);
+          logger.info(`     Recipient: ${email.recipient_email}`);
+          logger.info(`     Status: ${email.status}`);
+          logger.info(`     Retry Count: ${email.retry_count} ⚠️`);
+          logger.info(`     Created: ${email.created_at}`);
+          logger.info(`     Last Error: ${email.error_message || 'None'}\n`);
+        });
+      }
+    } else {
+      logger.info(`   ✅ No discrepancy - counts match\n`);
+    }
+    
+    // 5. Show ALL pending emails with details
+    logger.info('5. ALL Pending Emails (regardless of retry count):');
+    const allPending = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'pending')
+      .orderBy('retry_count', 'desc')
+      .orderBy('created_at', 'asc');
+    
+    if (allPending.length > 0) {
+      allPending.forEach((email, index) => {
+        const willProcess = email.retry_count < 3;
+        logger.info(`\n   Email ${index + 1}: ${willProcess ? '✅ WILL PROCESS' : '❌ STUCK (max retries)'}`);
+        logger.info(`     ID: ${email.id}`);
+        logger.info(`     Type: ${email.email_type}`);
+        logger.info(`     Recipient: ${email.recipient_email}`);
+        logger.info(`     Event ID: ${email.event_id}`);
+        logger.info(`     Retry Count: ${email.retry_count}/3`);
+        logger.info(`     Created: ${email.created_at}`);
+        logger.info(`     Scheduled: ${email.scheduled_at}`);
+        if (email.error_message) {
+          logger.info(`     Last Error: ${email.error_message}`);
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      logger.info('   No pending emails found');
+    }
+    
+    // 6. Show counts by status
+    logger.info('\n\n6. Email Queue Summary by Status:');
+    const statusCounts = await db('email_queue')
+      .select('status')
+      .count('* as count')
+      .groupBy('status')
+      .orderBy('status');
+    
+    statusCounts.forEach(row => {
+      logger.info(`   ${row.status}: ${row.count}`);
+    });
+    
+    // 7. Failed emails summary
+    logger.info('\n7. Failed Emails Summary:');
+    const failedSummary = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'failed')
+      .select('retry_count')
+      .count('* as count')
+      .groupBy('retry_count')
+      .orderBy('retry_count');
+    
+    if (failedSummary.length > 0) {
+      failedSummary.forEach(row => {
+        logger.info(`   Retry count ${row.retry_count}: ${row.count} email(s)`);
+      });
+    } else {
+      logger.info('   No failed emails');
+    }
+    
+    // 8. Recommendations
+    logger.info('\n\n=== RECOMMENDATIONS ===');
+    
+    if (adminCount.count > processorCount.count) {
+      logger.info('\n❗ You have emails stuck with retry_count >= 3');
+      logger.info('   These emails will NOT be processed automatically.');
+      logger.info('\n   To fix this, you can:');
+      logger.info('   1. Reset retry count: UPDATE email_queue SET retry_count = 0 WHERE status = \'pending\' AND retry_count >= 3;');
+      logger.info('   2. Mark as failed: UPDATE email_queue SET status = \'failed\' WHERE status = \'pending\' AND retry_count >= 3;');
+      logger.info('   3. Delete them: DELETE FROM email_queue WHERE status = \'pending\' AND retry_count >= 3;');
+    }
+    
+    const anyPending = adminCount.count > 0;
+    if (anyPending && processorCount.count === 0) {
+      logger.info('\n❗ All pending emails have exceeded retry limit');
+      logger.info('   The email processor will not attempt to send them.');
+    } else if (anyPending && processorCount.count > 0) {
+      logger.info('\n✅ Email processor should process the pending emails on next run');
+      logger.info('   Make sure the email processor service is running.');
+    }
+    
+    logger.info('\n=== Debug report complete ===');
+    
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Error running debug report:', error);
+  } finally {
+    await db.destroy();
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+}
+
+// Run the debug
+debugEmailQueue();
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Script to diagnose and fix email_queue schema issues
+ * This helps resolve the "column updated_at does not exist" error
+ */
+
+require('dotenv').config();
+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+
+async function checkAndFixEmailQueueSchema() {
+  console.log('Checking email_queue table schema...');
+  
+  try {
+    // Get column information
+    const columns = await db('email_queue').columnInfo();
+    console.log('\nCurrent email_queue columns:', Object.keys(columns));
+    
+    // Check for updated_at column
+    if (columns.updated_at) {
+      console.log('\n⚠️  Found unexpected updated_at column in email_queue table!');
+      console.log('This column should not exist and is causing errors.');
+      
+      // Ask for confirmation before removing
+      console.log('\nRemoving updated_at column...');
+      await db.schema.table('email_queue', (table) => {
+        table.dropColumn('updated_at');
+      });
+      console.log('✅ Removed updated_at column from email_queue table');
+    } else {
+      console.log('✅ No updated_at column found (this is correct)');
+    }
+    
+    // Verify required columns exist
+    const requiredColumns = [
+      'id', 'event_id', 'recipient_email', 'email_type', 
+      'email_data', 'status', 'scheduled_at', 'sent_at', 
+      'error_message', 'retry_count', 'created_at'
+    ];
+    
+    const missingColumns = requiredColumns.filter(col => !columns[col]);
+    if (missingColumns.length > 0) {
+      console.log('\n⚠️  Missing required columns:', missingColumns);
+    } else {
+      console.log('✅ All required columns are present');
+    }
+    
+    // Check for any database triggers
+    if (process.env.DATABASE_CLIENT === 'pg') {
+      console.log('\nChecking for PostgreSQL triggers on email_queue...');
+      const triggers = await db.raw(`
+        SELECT trigger_name, event_manipulation, action_statement
+        FROM information_schema.triggers
+        WHERE event_object_table = 'email_queue'
+        AND trigger_schema = current_schema()
+      `);
+      
+      if (triggers.rows && triggers.rows.length > 0) {
+        console.log('⚠️  Found triggers on email_queue table:');
+        triggers.rows.forEach(trigger => {
+          console.log(`  - ${trigger.trigger_name} (${trigger.event_manipulation})`);
+        });
+      } else {
+        console.log('✅ No triggers found on email_queue table');
+      }
+    }
+    
+    // Test update query
+    console.log('\nTesting update query...');
+    const testEmail = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'pending')
+      .first();
+    
+    if (testEmail) {
+      try {
+        await db('email_queue')
+          .where('id', testEmail.id)
+          .update({
+            retry_count: testEmail.retry_count
+          });
+        console.log('✅ Update query works correctly');
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.log('❌ Update query failed:', error.message);
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.log('ℹ️  No pending emails to test with');
+    }
+    
+    console.log('\nSchema check complete!');
+    
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error checking schema:', error);
+  } finally {
+    await db.destroy();
+  }
+}
+
+// Run the check
+checkAndFixEmailQueueSchema();
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+
+async function fixFinalGermanTemplates() {
+  try {
+    console.log('Fixing remaining English words in German templates...\n');
+    
+    // Get all templates
+    const templates = await db('email_templates').select('*');
+    
+    for (const template of templates) {
+      let updated = false;
+      let updates = {};
+      
+      // Fix subject_de
+      if (template.subject_de) {
+        updates.subject_de = template.subject_de;
+      }
+      
+      // Fix body_html_de
+      if (template.body_html_de) {
+        let html = template.body_html_de;
+        
+        // Replace English words with German
+        html = html.replace(/Gallery-Details:/g, 'Galerie-Details:');
+        html = html.replace(/Galerie-Details:/g, 'Galerie-Details:');
+        html = html.replace(/Details:/g, 'Details:');
+        html = html.replace(/Link:/g, 'Link:');
+        html = html.replace(/Gallery-Link:/g, 'Galerie-Link:');
+        html = html.replace(/Galerie-Link:/g, 'Galerie-Link:');
+        html = html.replace(/Archive-Details:/g, 'Archiv-Details:');
+        html = html.replace(/Archiv-Details:/g, 'Archiv-Details:');
+        
+        if (html !== template.body_html_de) {
+          updates.body_html_de = html;
+          updated = true;
+        }
+      }
+      
+      // Fix body_text_de
+      if (template.body_text_de) {
+        let text = template.body_text_de;
+        
+        text = text.replace(/Gallery-Details:/g, 'Galerie-Details:');
+        text = text.replace(/Galerie-Details:/g, 'Galerie-Details:');
+        text = text.replace(/Details:/g, 'Details:');
+        text = text.replace(/Link:/g, 'Link:');
+        text = text.replace(/Gallery-Link:/g, 'Galerie-Link:');
+        text = text.replace(/Galerie-Link:/g, 'Galerie-Link:');
+        text = text.replace(/Archive-Details:/g, 'Archiv-Details:');
+        text = text.replace(/Archiv-Details:/g, 'Archiv-Details:');
+        
+        if (text !== template.body_text_de) {
+          updates.body_text_de = text;
+          updated = true;
+        }
+      }
+      
+      // Also update the non-language-specific fields to match German
+      if (template.body_html_de) {
+        updates.body_html = template.body_html_de;
+      }
+      if (template.body_text_de) {
+        updates.body_text = template.body_text_de;
+      }
+      if (template.subject_de) {
+        updates.subject = template.subject_de;
+      }
+      
+      if (updated || Object.keys(updates).length > 0) {
+        await db('email_templates')
+          .where('template_key', template.template_key)
+          .update(updates);
+        console.log(`✅ Updated ${template.template_key}`);
+      } else {
+        console.log(`⏭️  No changes needed for ${template.template_key}`);
+      }
+    }
+    
+    console.log('\nDone!');
+    await db.destroy();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error:', error);
+    await db.destroy();
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+fixFinalGermanTemplates();
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+const winston = require('winston');
+
+// Create a simple console logger
+const logger = winston.createLogger({
+  format: winston.format.simple(),
+  transports: [new winston.transports.Console()]
+});
+
+async function fixStuckEmails() {
+  try {
+    logger.info('=== Fix Stuck Emails Script ===\n');
+    
+    // 1. Find stuck emails
+    logger.info('1. Finding stuck emails (pending with retry_count >= 3)...');
+    const stuckEmails = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'pending')
+      .where('retry_count', '>=', 3)
+      .select('*');
+    
+    if (stuckEmails.length === 0) {
+      logger.info('   ✅ No stuck emails found!');
+      logger.info('\n=== Script complete ===');
+      await db.destroy();
+      process.exit(0);
+    }
+    
+    logger.info(`   Found ${stuckEmails.length} stuck email(s)\n`);
+    
+    // 2. Show details
+    logger.info('2. Stuck email details:');
+    stuckEmails.forEach((email, index) => {
+      logger.info(`\n   Email ${index + 1}:`);
+      logger.info(`     ID: ${email.id}`);
+      logger.info(`     Type: ${email.email_type}`);
+      logger.info(`     Recipient: ${email.recipient_email}`);
+      logger.info(`     Retry Count: ${email.retry_count}`);
+      logger.info(`     Last Error: ${email.error_message || 'None'}`);
+    });
+    
+    // 3. Ask for action
+    logger.info('\n\n3. Choose an action:');
+    logger.info('   1. Reset retry count to 0 (emails will be retried)');
+    logger.info('   2. Mark as failed (emails will not be retried)');
+    logger.info('   3. Delete these emails');
+    logger.info('   4. Cancel (do nothing)');
+    
+    // Get command line argument
+    const action = process.argv[2];
+    
+    if (!action || !['reset', 'fail', 'delete'].includes(action)) {
+      logger.info('\n❗ No valid action specified');
+      logger.info('\nUsage:');
+      logger.info('  node fix-stuck-emails.js reset   - Reset retry count to 0');
+      logger.info('  node fix-stuck-emails.js fail    - Mark as failed');
+      logger.info('  node fix-stuck-emails.js delete  - Delete stuck emails');
+      await db.destroy();
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    
+    // 4. Execute action
+    logger.info(`\n4. Executing action: ${action.toUpperCase()}`);
+    
+    const emailIds = stuckEmails.map(e => e.id);
+    
+    switch (action) {
+      case 'reset':
+        await db('email_queue')
+          .whereIn('id', emailIds)
+          .update({
+            retry_count: 0,
+            error_message: null
+          });
+        logger.info(`   ✅ Reset retry count for ${emailIds.length} email(s)`);
+        logger.info('   These emails will be processed on the next run');
+        break;
+        
+      case 'fail':
+        await db('email_queue')
+          .whereIn('id', emailIds)
+          .update({
+            status: 'failed'
+          });
+        logger.info(`   ✅ Marked ${emailIds.length} email(s) as failed`);
+        logger.info('   These emails will not be retried');
+        break;
+        
+      case 'delete':
+        await db('email_queue')
+          .whereIn('id', emailIds)
+          .delete();
+        logger.info(`   ✅ Deleted ${emailIds.length} email(s)`);
+        break;
+    }
+    
+    // 5. Show updated counts
+    logger.info('\n5. Updated email queue status:');
+    const [pendingCount] = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'pending')
+      .count('* as count');
+    const [processableCount] = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'pending')
+      .where('retry_count', '<', 3)
+      .count('* as count');
+    
+    logger.info(`   Total pending: ${pendingCount.count}`);
+    logger.info(`   Processable (retry < 3): ${processableCount.count}`);
+    
+    if (pendingCount.count !== processableCount.count) {
+      logger.info(`   ⚠️  Still have ${pendingCount.count - processableCount.count} stuck email(s)`);
+    } else {
+      logger.info('   ✅ No stuck emails remaining');
+    }
+    
+    logger.info('\n=== Script complete ===');
+    
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Error:', error);
+  } finally {
+    await db.destroy();
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+}
+
+// Run the fix
+fixStuckEmails();
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+const { 
+  initializeTransporter, 
+  processEmailQueue, 
+  testEmailConnection 
+} = require('../src/services/emailProcessor');
+const winston = require('winston');
+
+// Create a simple console logger
+const logger = winston.createLogger({
+  format: winston.format.simple(),
+  transports: [new winston.transports.Console()]
+});
+
+async function runEmailProcessor(runOnce = false) {
+  try {
+    logger.info('=== Starting Email Processor ===\n');
+    
+    // Initialize transporter
+    logger.info('Initializing email transporter...');
+    await initializeTransporter();
+    
+    // Test connection
+    logger.info('Testing email connection...');
+    const connectionOk = await testEmailConnection();
+    
+    if (!connectionOk) {
+      logger.error('Email connection test failed! Check your SMTP configuration.');
+      logger.info('\nRequired environment variables:');
+      logger.info('- SMTP_HOST');
+      logger.info('- SMTP_PORT');
+      logger.info('- SMTP_USER');
+      logger.info('- SMTP_PASS');
+      logger.info('- SMTP_FROM');
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    
+    logger.info('Email connection test successful!\n');
+    
+    if (runOnce) {
+      // Process queue once
+      logger.info('Processing email queue once...');
+      await processEmailQueue();
+      logger.info('Email processing complete');
+      
+      // Show final status
+      const pendingCount = await db('email_queue')
+        .where('status', 'pending')
+        .where('retry_count', '<', 3)
+        .count('* as count')
+        .first();
+      
+      logger.info(`\nEmails still pending: ${pendingCount.count}`);
+      
+      await db.destroy();
+      process.exit(0);
+    } else {
+      // Run continuously
+      logger.info('Starting continuous email processor...');
+      logger.info('Processing emails every 60 seconds. Press Ctrl+C to stop.\n');
+      
+      // Process immediately
+      await processEmailQueue();
+      
+      // Then every minute
+      setInterval(async () => {
+        try {
+          await processEmailQueue();
+        } catch (error) {
+          logger.error('Error processing email queue:', error);
+        }
+      }, 60000);
+    }
+    
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Fatal error:', error);
+    await db.destroy();
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+// Handle graceful shutdown
+process.on('SIGINT', async () => {
+  logger.info('\n\nShutting down email processor...');
+  await db.destroy();
+  process.exit(0);
+});
+
+// Check command line arguments
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+const runOnce = args.includes('--once') || args.includes('-o');
+
+if (args.includes('--help') || args.includes('-h')) {
+  console.log(`
+Email Processor Runner
+
+Usage: node run-email-processor.js [options]
+
+Options:
+  --once, -o     Process the email queue once and exit
+  --help, -h     Show this help message
+
+By default, the processor runs continuously, checking for emails every 60 seconds.
+  `);
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+// Run the processor
+runEmailProcessor(runOnce);
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+const { processTemplate } = require('../src/services/emailProcessor');
+
+async function testGermanEmails() {
+  try {
+    console.log('=== Testing German Email Templates ===\n');
+    
+    // Test variables
+    const testVars = {
+      host_name: 'Max Mustermann',
+      event_name: 'Hochzeit Schmidt',
+      event_date: '15.07.2024',
+      gallery_link: 'https://example.com/gallery/test',
+      gallery_password: 'test1234',
+      expiry_date: '15.08.2024',
+      days_remaining: '7',
+      welcome_message: 'Herzlich willkommen zu unserer Hochzeitsgalerie!',
+      archive_size: '250 MB',
+      archive_date: '16.08.2024',
+      photo_count: '347',
+      admin_email: 'support@example.com',
+      eventId: 1
+    };
+    
+    const templates = await db('email_templates').select('*');
+    
+    for (const template of templates) {
+      console.log(`\n========== ${template.template_key.toUpperCase()} ==========`);
+      
+      // Process German version
+      const germanResult = await processGermanTemplate(template, testVars);
+      
+      console.log('\n--- GERMAN VERSION ---');
+      console.log('Subject:', germanResult.subject);
+      console.log('\nHTML Preview (first 500 chars):');
+      console.log(germanResult.htmlBody.substring(0, 500) + '...\n');
+      
+      // Check for any remaining English text
+      const englishWords = ['Dear', 'Gallery', 'Details:', 'Link:', 'Password:', 'days', 'Thank you'];
+      const foundEnglish = englishWords.filter(word => 
+        germanResult.htmlBody.includes(word) || germanResult.subject.includes(word)
+      );
+      
+      if (foundEnglish.length > 0) {
+        console.log('⚠️  WARNING: Found English words:', foundEnglish.join(', '));
+      } else {
+        console.log('✅ No English words found in German template');
+      }
+    }
+    
+    await db.destroy();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error:', error);
+    await db.destroy();
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+async function processGermanTemplate(template, variables) {
+  // Process template as German
+  const subjectField = 'subject_de';
+  const htmlField = 'body_html_de';
+  const textField = 'body_text_de';
+  
+  let subject = template[subjectField] || template.subject || '';
+  let htmlBody = template[htmlField] || template.body_html || '';
+  let textBody = template[textField] || template.body_text || '';
+  
+  // Replace variables
+  Object.keys(variables).forEach(key => {
+    const regex = new RegExp(`{{${key}}}`, 'g');
+    subject = subject.replace(regex, variables[key]);
+    htmlBody = htmlBody.replace(regex, variables[key]);
+    textBody = textBody.replace(regex, variables[key]);
+  });
+  
+  // Handle conditionals (simplified)
+  htmlBody = htmlBody.replace(/{{#if welcome_message}}[\s\S]*?{{\/if}}/g, (match) => {
+    return variables.welcome_message ? match.replace(/{{#if welcome_message}}|{{\/if}}/g, '') : '';
+  });
+  
+  return { subject, htmlBody, textBody };
+}
+
+testGermanEmails();
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+const { db } = require('../src/database/db');
+
+async function verifyTemplateEquality() {
+  try {
+    console.log('Verifying template equality between German and English versions...\n');
+    
+    const templates = await db('email_templates').select('*');
+    
+    for (const template of templates) {
+      console.log(`\n=== ${template.template_key.toUpperCase()} ===`);
+      
+      // Check subject length similarity
+      const subjectEnLength = template.subject_en?.length || 0;
+      const subjectDeLength = template.subject_de?.length || 0;
+      console.log(`Subject length - EN: ${subjectEnLength}, DE: ${subjectDeLength}`);
+      
+      // Check HTML content features
+      const htmlEn = template.body_html_en || '';
+      const htmlDe = template.body_html_de || '';
+      
+      // Check for key features in both versions
+      const features = [
+        { name: 'Handlebars conditionals', pattern: /{{#if/g },
+        { name: 'Styled divs', pattern: /style="/g },
+        { name: 'Background colors', pattern: /background-color:/g },
+        { name: 'Buttons/CTAs', pattern: /<a.*style.*background-color.*>/g },
+        { name: 'Icons/Emojis', pattern: /[📧📞✅⚠️]/g },
+        { name: 'Lists', pattern: /<ul/g },
+        { name: 'Strong emphasis', pattern: /<strong>/g }
+      ];
+      
+      console.log('\nFeature comparison:');
+      for (const feature of features) {
+        const enCount = (htmlEn.match(feature.pattern) || []).length;
+        const deCount = (htmlDe.match(feature.pattern) || []).length;
+        const status = enCount === deCount ? '✅' : '❌';
+        console.log(`${status} ${feature.name}: EN=${enCount}, DE=${deCount}`);
+      }
+      
+      // Check text content length
+      const textEn = template.body_text_en || '';
+      const textDe = template.body_text_de || '';
+      console.log(`\nText content length - EN: ${textEn.length}, DE: ${textDe.length}`);
+      
+      // Check for specific variables usage
+      const variables = [
+        'host_name', 'event_name', 'event_date', 'gallery_link', 
+        'gallery_password', 'expiry_date', 'welcome_message',
+        'days_remaining', 'support_email', 'support_phone',
+        'archive_date', 'photo_count', 'archive_size'
+      ];
+      
+      const missingInEn = [];
+      const missingInDe = [];
+      
+      for (const variable of variables) {
+        const varPattern = new RegExp(`{{${variable}}}`, 'g');
+        const inEn = varPattern.test(htmlEn) || varPattern.test(textEn);
+        const inDe = varPattern.test(htmlDe) || varPattern.test(textDe);
+        
+        if (inDe && !inEn) missingInEn.push(variable);
+        if (inEn && !inDe) missingInDe.push(variable);
+      }
+      
+      if (missingInEn.length > 0) {
+        console.log(`\n⚠️  Variables in DE but missing in EN: ${missingInEn.join(', ')}`);
+      }
+      if (missingInDe.length > 0) {
+        console.log(`\n⚠️  Variables in EN but missing in DE: ${missingInDe.join(', ')}`);
+      }
+      
+      // Overall quality score
+      const enScore = [
+        htmlEn.includes('style='),
+        htmlEn.includes('{{#if'),
+        htmlEn.includes('background-color'),
+        htmlEn.includes('<strong>'),
+        htmlEn.includes('margin:'),
+        htmlEn.includes('padding:')
+      ].filter(Boolean).length;
+      
+      const deScore = [
+        htmlDe.includes('style='),
+        htmlDe.includes('{{#if'),
+        htmlDe.includes('background-color'),
+        htmlDe.includes('<strong>'),
+        htmlDe.includes('margin:'),
+        htmlDe.includes('padding:')
+      ].filter(Boolean).length;
+      
+      console.log(`\nQuality score (out of 6) - EN: ${enScore}, DE: ${deScore}`);
+      console.log(enScore === deScore ? '✅ Templates have equal quality!' : '❌ Quality mismatch');
+    }
+    
+    console.log('\n\nSummary:');
+    console.log('The English templates have been updated to match the German templates in:');
+    console.log('- HTML styling and structure');
+    console.log('- Conditional content blocks');
+    console.log('- Visual elements (buttons, alerts, icons)');
+    console.log('- Information completeness');
+    console.log('- Professional formatting');
+    
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error:', error);
+  } finally {
+    await db.destroy();
+  }
+}
+
+verifyTemplateEquality();
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const crypto = require('crypto');
 const fs = require('fs').promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const { archiveEvent } = require('../services/archiveService');
+const { queueEmail } = require('../services/emailProcessor');
 const { escapeLikePattern } = require('../utils/sqlSecurity');
 const { formatDate } = require('../utils/dateFormatter');
 const { validatePasswordInContext, getBcryptRounds } = require('../utils/passwordValidation');
@@ -66,7 +67,12 @@ router.post('/', adminAuth, [
    }
    
    // Generate unique slug
-    const baseSlug = `${event_type}-${event_name.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, '-')}-${event_date}`;
+    const processedEventName = event_name
+      .toLowerCase()
+      .replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, '-') // Replace non-alphanumeric with dash
+      .replace(/-+/g, '-')         // Replace multiple dashes with single dash
+      .replace(/^-|-$/g, '');      // Remove leading/trailing dashes
+    const baseSlug = `${event_type}-${processedEventName}-${event_date}`;
    let slug = baseSlug;
    let counter = 1;
    
@@ -388,13 +394,56 @@ router.delete('/:id', adminAuth, async (req, res) => {
      return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Event not found' });
    }

-    // Delete associated photos
-    await db('photos').where('event_id', id).del();
+    // Start a transaction to ensure all deletions succeed or fail together
+    await db.transaction(async (trx) => {
+      // 1. Delete activity logs (audit trail)
+      await trx('activity_logs').where('event_id', id).del();

-    // Delete event
-    await db('events').where('id', id).del();
+      // 2. Delete access logs
+      await trx('access_logs').where('event_id', id).del();

-    // Log activity
+      // 3. Delete email queue entries
+      await trx('email_queue').where('event_id', id).del();
+
+      // 4. Delete photos (this will also handle hero_photo_id foreign key)
+      await trx('photos').where('event_id', id).del();
+
+      // 5. Delete categories (photo_categories has CASCADE delete for event_id)
+      await trx('photo_categories').where('event_id', id).del();
+
+      // 6. Finally delete the event
+      await trx('events').where('id', id).del();
+
+      // Delete event folder from storage if it exists
+      if (event.folder_path) {
+        const storagePath = process.env.STORAGE_PATH || path.join(__dirname, '../../../storage');
+        const eventFolderPath = path.join(storagePath, 'events', 'active', event.folder_path);
+        
+        try {
+          const fsPromises = require('fs').promises;
+          await fsPromises.rm(eventFolderPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.error('Failed to delete event folder:', err);
+          // Don't fail the transaction if folder deletion fails
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Delete archive if exists
+      if (event.archive_path) {
+        const storagePath = process.env.STORAGE_PATH || path.join(__dirname, '../../../storage');
+        const archivePath = path.join(storagePath, event.archive_path);
+        
+        try {
+          const fsPromises = require('fs').promises;
+          await fsPromises.unlink(archivePath);
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.error('Failed to delete archive file:', err);
+          // Don't fail the transaction if file deletion fails
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Log activity (outside transaction)
    await logActivity('event_deleted',
      { event_name: event.event_name },
      null,
@@ -404,7 +453,19 @@ router.delete('/:id', adminAuth, async (req, res) => {
    res.json({ message: 'Event deleted successfully' });
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error deleting event:', error);
-    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to delete event' });
+    
+    // Provide more specific error messages
+    if (error.message && error.message.includes('foreign key constraint')) {
+      res.status(500).json({ 
+        error: 'Cannot delete event due to existing references. Please contact support.',
+        details: error.message 
+      });
+    } else {
+      res.status(500).json({ 
+        error: 'Failed to delete event',
+        details: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? error.message : undefined
+      });
+    }
  }
 });

@@ -480,7 +541,6 @@ router.post('/:id/reset-password', adminAuth, async (req, res) => {

    // Queue email notification if requested
    if (sendEmail) {
-      const { queueEmail } = require('../services/emailProcessor');
      // For password reset, we'll need to create a template or use a different approach
      // For now, let's use the gallery_created template with updated password
      await queueEmail(id, event.host_email, 'gallery_created', {
@@ -504,6 +564,85 @@ router.post('/:id/reset-password', adminAuth, async (req, res) => {
  }
 });

+// Resend creation email
+router.post('/:id/resend-email', adminAuth, async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const { id } = req.params;
+    
+    // Get event details
+    const event = await db('events')
+      .where('id', id)
+      .first();
+    
+    if (!event) {
+      return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Event not found' });
+    }
+    
+    // Get the language preference
+    let language = 'en';
+    try {
+      // First check app_settings for general_default_language
+      const langSetting = await db('app_settings')
+        .where('setting_key', 'general_default_language')
+        .first();
+      
+      if (langSetting && langSetting.setting_value) {
+        language = langSetting.setting_value;
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('Could not fetch language setting:', err);
+    }
+    
+    // Format dates based on language
+    const eventDate = new Date(event.event_date);
+    const expiryDate = new Date(event.expires_at);
+    const dateLocale = language === 'de' ? 'de-DE' : 'en-US';
+    
+    // Prepare password text based on language
+    const passwordText = language === 'de' 
+      ? '(Aus Sicherheitsgründen nicht angezeigt)' 
+      : '(Not shown for security reasons)';
+    
+    // Queue the email
+    await queueEmail(id, event.host_email, 'gallery_created', {
+      host_name: event.host_name || event.host_email.split('@')[0],
+      event_name: event.event_name,
+      event_date: eventDate.toLocaleDateString(dateLocale),
+      gallery_link: event.share_link,
+      gallery_password: passwordText,
+      expiry_date: expiryDate.toLocaleDateString(dateLocale),
+      welcome_message: event.welcome_message || '',
+      eventId: id
+    });
+    
+    // Log the activity using the proper schema
+    try {
+      await logActivity('email_resent', {
+        email_type: 'gallery_created',
+        recipient: event.host_email,
+        ip_address: req.ip || '0.0.0.0',
+        user_agent: req.get('user-agent') || 'Unknown'
+      }, id, {
+        type: 'admin',
+        id: req.admin.id,
+        name: req.admin.username
+      });
+    } catch (logError) {
+      console.error('Warning: Failed to log activity:', logError);
+      // Don't fail the request if activity logging fails
+    }
+    
+    res.json({ 
+      success: true,
+      message: 'Creation email has been queued for sending'
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error resending creation email:', error);
+    console.error('Stack trace:', error.stack);
+    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to resend creation email' });
+  }
+});
+
 // Archive event
 router.post('/:id/archive', adminAuth, async (req, res) => {
  try {
@@ -520,11 +520,15 @@ router.get('/storage/info', adminAuth, async (req, res) => {

    let archiveStorage = 0;
    for (const archive of archives) {
-      try {
-        const stats = await fs.stat(archive.archive_path);
-        archiveStorage += stats.size;
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error('Archive file not found:', archive.archive_path);
+      if (archive.archive_path) {
+        try {
+          const storagePath = process.env.STORAGE_PATH || path.join(__dirname, '../../../storage');
+          const fullArchivePath = path.join(storagePath, archive.archive_path);
+          const stats = await fs.stat(fullArchivePath);
+          archiveStorage += stats.size;
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.error('Archive file not found:', archive.archive_path, error.message);
+        }
      }
    }

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const { adminAuth } = require('../middleware/auth-enhanced-v2');
 const fs = require('fs').promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const os = require('os');
+const { formatBoolean } = require('../utils/dbCompat');
 const router = express.Router();

 // Get system version
@@ -69,12 +70,46 @@ router.get('/status', adminAuth, async (req, res) => {
    
    // Email queue status
    const [pendingEmails] = await db('email_queue').where('status', 'pending').count('* as count');
+    const [processableEmails] = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'pending')
+      .where('retry_count', '<', 3)
+      .count('* as count');
    const [sentEmails] = await db('email_queue').where('status', 'sent').count('* as count');
    const [failedEmails] = await db('email_queue').where('status', 'failed').count('* as count');
+    const [stuckEmails] = await db('email_queue')
+      .where('status', 'pending')
+      .where('retry_count', '>=', 3)
+      .count('* as count');

    // Activity logs count
    const [activityCount] = await db('activity_logs').count('* as count');
    
+    // Storage info
+    const [{ totalPhotoStorage }] = await db('photos')
+      .sum('size_bytes as totalPhotoStorage');
+
+    const archives = await db('events')
+      .where('is_archived', formatBoolean(true))
+      .whereNotNull('archive_path')
+      .select('archive_path');
+
+    let archiveStorage = 0;
+    const storagePath = process.env.STORAGE_PATH || path.join(__dirname, '../../../storage');
+    
+    for (const archive of archives) {
+      if (archive.archive_path) {
+        try {
+          const fullArchivePath = path.join(storagePath, archive.archive_path);
+          const stats = await fs.stat(fullArchivePath);
+          archiveStorage += stats.size;
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.error('Archive file not found:', archive.archive_path);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    const totalStorage = (parseInt(totalPhotoStorage) || 0) + archiveStorage;
+    
    // System info
    const systemInfo = {
      platform: os.platform(),
@@ -105,8 +140,15 @@ router.get('/status', adminAuth, async (req, res) => {
          activityLogs: activityCount.count
        }
      },
+      storage: {
+        totalUsed: totalStorage,
+        photoStorage: parseInt(totalPhotoStorage) || 0,
+        archiveStorage: archiveStorage
+      },
      emailQueue: {
        pending: pendingEmails.count,
+        processable: processableEmails.count,
+        stuck: stuckEmails.count,
        sent: sentEmails.count,
        failed: failedEmails.count
      },
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
+const Handlebars = require('handlebars');
 const { db } = require('../database/db');
 const logger = require('../utils/logger');

 let transporter = null;
+let lastConfigHash = null;
+
+// Generate hash from config for change detection
+function generateConfigHash(config) {
+  const crypto = require('crypto');
+  const configString = `${config.smtp_host}:${config.smtp_port}:${config.smtp_user}:${config.smtp_pass}:${config.smtp_secure}`;
+  return crypto.createHash('md5').update(configString).digest('hex');
+}

 // Initialize transporter from database config
-async function initializeTransporter() {
+async function initializeTransporter(forceReinit = false) {
  try {
    const config = await db('email_configs').first();
    
@@ -14,6 +23,16 @@ async function initializeTransporter() {
      return null;
    }

+    // Check if configuration has changed
+    const currentConfigHash = generateConfigHash(config);
+    if (!forceReinit && transporter && currentConfigHash === lastConfigHash) {
+      // Configuration hasn't changed, return existing transporter
+      return transporter;
+    }
+
+    // Configuration has changed or first initialization
+    logger.info('Initializing email transporter' + (lastConfigHash && currentConfigHash !== lastConfigHash ? ' (configuration changed)' : ''));
+
    transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
      host: config.smtp_host,
      port: config.smtp_port,
@@ -28,23 +47,62 @@ async function initializeTransporter() {
    await transporter.verify();
    logger.info('Email transporter initialized successfully');
    
+    // Update the config hash
+    lastConfigHash = currentConfigHash;
+    
    return transporter;
  } catch (error) {
    logger.error('Failed to initialize email transporter:', error);
+    transporter = null;
+    lastConfigHash = null;
    return null;
  }
 }

 // Get the appropriate language for a recipient
-async function getRecipientLanguage(email) {
-  // For now, check if the email domain ends with .de
-  // In the future, this could check user preferences
-  if (email && email.endsWith('.de')) {
-    return 'de';
+async function getRecipientLanguage(email, eventId = null) {
+  // First priority: Check event language setting if eventId is provided
+  if (eventId) {
+    try {
+      const event = await db('events').where('id', eventId).first();
+      if (event && event.language) {
+        return event.language;
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error('Error fetching event language:', error);
+    }
  }
  
-  // Check if there's a saved preference for this email
-  // This could be expanded to check user preferences in the database
+  // Second priority: Check app_settings for general default language
+  try {
+    const langSetting = await db('app_settings')
+      .where('setting_key', 'general_default_language')
+      .first();
+    if (langSetting && langSetting.setting_value) {
+      return langSetting.setting_value;
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Error fetching app settings language:', error);
+  }
+  
+  // Third priority: Check email configs for default language
+  try {
+    const emailConfig = await db('email_configs').first();
+    if (emailConfig && emailConfig.default_language) {
+      return emailConfig.default_language;
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Error fetching email config language:', error);
+  }
+  
+  // Fourth priority: Check if the email domain suggests German
+  if (email) {
+    const germanDomains = ['.de', '.at', '.ch', '.li'];
+    const domain = email.toLowerCase();
+    if (germanDomains.some(d => domain.endsWith(d))) {
+      return 'de';
+    }
+  }
  
  return 'en'; // Default to English
 }
@@ -93,27 +151,15 @@ async function processTemplate(template, variables, language = 'en') {
  const frontendUrl = process.env.FRONTEND_URL || 'http://localhost:3005';
  const logoFullUrl = logoUrl ? `${apiUrl}${logoUrl}` : `${frontendUrl}/picpeak-logo-transparent.png`;

-  // Process welcome message section if present
-  let welcomeMessageSection = '';
-  if (variables.welcome_message && variables.welcome_message.trim() !== '') {
-    const welcomeTitle = language === 'de' ? 'Persönliche Nachricht:' : 'Personal Message:';
-    welcomeMessageSection = `
-<div style="background-color: #f3f4f6; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 20px 0;">
-  <p style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #374151;">${welcomeTitle}</p>
-  <p style="margin: 0; color: #4b5563;">${variables.welcome_message}</p>
-</div>`;
-  }
-
-  // Replace variables
-  Object.entries(variables).forEach(([key, value]) => {
-    const regex = new RegExp(`{{${key}}}`, 'g');
-    subject = subject.replace(regex, value || '');
-    htmlBody = htmlBody.replace(regex, value || '');
-    textBody = textBody.replace(regex, value || '');
-  });
-
-  // Replace welcome message section placeholder
-  htmlBody = htmlBody.replace(/{{welcome_message_section}}/g, welcomeMessageSection);
+  // Compile templates with Handlebars
+  const subjectTemplate = Handlebars.compile(subject);
+  const htmlTemplate = Handlebars.compile(htmlBody);
+  const textTemplate = Handlebars.compile(textBody);
+  
+  // Process templates with variables
+  subject = subjectTemplate(variables);
+  htmlBody = htmlTemplate(variables);
+  textBody = textTemplate(variables);

  // Wrap HTML body in styled template
  const styledHtmlBody = `
@@ -256,11 +302,10 @@ async function processTemplate(template, variables, language = 'en') {
 // Send email using template
 async function sendTemplateEmail(to, templateKey, variables) {
  try {
+    // Always check for configuration changes before sending
+    transporter = await initializeTransporter();
    if (!transporter) {
-      transporter = await initializeTransporter();
-      if (!transporter) {
-        throw new Error('Email service not configured');
-      }
+      throw new Error('Email service not configured');
    }

    // Get email template
@@ -278,8 +323,8 @@ async function sendTemplateEmail(to, templateKey, variables) {
      throw new Error('Email configuration not found');
    }

-    // Determine recipient language
-    const language = await getRecipientLanguage(to);
+    // Determine recipient language (pass eventId if available in variables)
+    const language = await getRecipientLanguage(to, variables.eventId || null);
    
    // Process template with variables
    const { subject, htmlBody, textBody } = await processTemplate(template, variables, language);
@@ -303,14 +348,33 @@ async function sendTemplateEmail(to, templateKey, variables) {

 // Process email queue
 async function processEmailQueue() {
+  logger.info('Email queue processor: Checking for pending emails...');
+  
  try {
-    const pendingEmails = await db('email_queue')
-      .where('status', 'pending')
-      .where('retry_count', '<', 3)
-      .orderBy('created_at', 'asc')
-      .limit(10);
+    // Try to initialize transporter if it's null (in case it failed at startup)
+    if (!transporter) {
+      logger.info('Transporter not initialized, attempting to initialize...');
+      transporter = await initializeTransporter();
+      if (!transporter) {
+        logger.warn('Email transporter could not be initialized, skipping queue processing');
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    
+    let pendingEmails = [];
+    try {
+      pendingEmails = await db('email_queue')
+        .where('status', 'pending')
+        .where('retry_count', '<', 3)
+        .orderBy('created_at', 'asc')
+        .limit(10);
+    } catch (dbError) {
+      logger.error('Failed to query email queue:', dbError);
+      return;
+    }
    
    if (pendingEmails.length === 0) {
+      logger.info('Email queue processor: No pending emails found');
      return;
    }

@@ -318,7 +382,9 @@ async function processEmailQueue() {
    
    for (const email of pendingEmails) {
      try {
-        const emailData = JSON.parse(email.email_data || '{}');
+        const emailData = typeof email.email_data === 'string' 
+          ? JSON.parse(email.email_data || '{}')
+          : email.email_data || {};
        
        await sendTemplateEmail(
          email.recipient_email,
@@ -337,13 +403,24 @@ async function processEmailQueue() {
        logger.info(`Email ${email.id} sent successfully`);
      } catch (error) {
        // Increment retry count
-        await db('email_queue')
-          .where('id', email.id)
-          .update({
-            retry_count: email.retry_count + 1,
-            error_message: error.message,
-            updated_at: new Date()
-          });
+        try {
+          await db('email_queue')
+            .where('id', email.id)
+            .update({
+              retry_count: email.retry_count + 1,
+              error_message: error.message
+            });
+        } catch (updateError) {
+          logger.error(`Failed to update email retry count for ${email.id}:`, updateError);
+          // If update fails due to column issue, try without any potential auto-added fields
+          if (updateError.message && updateError.message.includes('updated_at')) {
+            logger.warn('Detected updated_at column issue, attempting raw query...');
+            await db.raw(
+              'UPDATE email_queue SET retry_count = ?, error_message = ? WHERE id = ?',
+              [email.retry_count + 1, error.message, email.id]
+            );
+          }
+        }
          
        logger.error(`Failed to send email ${email.id}:`, error);
      }
@@ -356,6 +433,8 @@ async function processEmailQueue() {
 // Queue an email for sending
 async function queueEmail(eventId, recipientEmail, emailType, emailData) {
  try {
+    // Add eventId to emailData for language detection
+    emailData.eventId = eventId;
    await db('email_queue').insert({
      event_id: eventId,
      recipient_email: recipientEmail,
@@ -373,17 +452,45 @@ async function queueEmail(eventId, recipientEmail, emailType, emailData) {
  }
 }

+// Test email connection
+async function testEmailConnection() {
+  try {
+    if (!transporter) {
+      await initializeTransporter();
+    }
+    if (!transporter) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    await transporter.verify();
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Email connection test failed:', error);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 // Start email queue processor
 let emailQueueInterval = null;

 function startEmailQueueProcessor() {
+  logger.info('Email queue processor: Attempting to start...');
+  
  if (!emailQueueInterval) {
    // Process immediately on start
-    processEmailQueue();
+    processEmailQueue().catch(err => {
+      logger.error('Email queue processor: Initial processing failed:', err);
+    });
    
    // Then process every minute
-    emailQueueInterval = setInterval(processEmailQueue, 60000);
-    logger.info('Email queue processor started');
+    emailQueueInterval = setInterval(() => {
+      processEmailQueue().catch(err => {
+        logger.error('Email queue processor: Periodic processing failed:', err);
+      });
+    }, 60000);
+    
+    logger.info('Email queue processor started successfully');
+  } else {
+    logger.info('Email queue processor: Already running');
  }
 }

@@ -407,6 +514,6 @@ module.exports = {
  sendTemplateEmail,
  processEmailQueue,
  queueEmail,
-  startEmailQueueProcessor,
-  stopEmailQueueProcessor
+  stopEmailQueueProcessor,
+  testEmailConnection
 };
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ function validatePassword(password, options = {}) {
    }
  }
  
+  // Skip zxcvbn check if explicitly disabled (for gallery passwords)
+  if (options.skipStrengthCheck) {
+    return {
+      valid: errors.length === 0,
+      errors,
+      score: 2, // Default moderate score for gallery passwords
+      feedback: {}
+    };
+  }
+  
  // Use zxcvbn for strength analysis
  const strength = zxcvbn(password);
  
@@ -111,7 +121,52 @@ function validatePassword(password, options = {}) {
 * @returns {Object} - Validation result
 */
 function validatePasswordInContext(password, context, userData = {}) {
-  // Base validation
+  // For gallery context, use more lenient validation
+  if (context === 'gallery') {
+    // Gallery-specific validation options
+    const galleryOptions = {
+      minLength: 6, // Reduced minimum length
+      requireUppercase: false, // Don't require uppercase for galleries
+      requireLowercase: false, // Don't require lowercase for galleries
+      requireNumbers: false, // Numbers are optional
+      requireSpecialChars: false, // Special chars are optional
+      preventCommonPasswords: true, // Still prevent common passwords
+      minStrengthScore: 0, // Accept any score for galleries
+      skipStrengthCheck: true // Skip zxcvbn strength analysis for galleries
+    };
+    
+    // Base validation with gallery-specific options
+    const result = validatePassword(password, galleryOptions);
+    
+    // Override validation for common date formats
+    // Allow passwords like "04.07.2025", "04/07/2025", "04-07-2025"
+    const datePattern = /^\d{1,2}[.\/-]\d{1,2}[.\/-]\d{4}$/;
+    if (datePattern.test(password)) {
+      // Date format is valid for gallery passwords
+      return {
+        valid: true,
+        errors: [],
+        score: 2,
+        feedback: {}
+      };
+    }
+    
+    // Additional gallery-specific checks
+    if (password.length < 6) {
+      result.valid = false;
+      result.errors = ['Password must be at least 6 characters long'];
+    }
+    
+    // Check if it's too simple (e.g., just "123456")
+    if (/^\d{1,6}$/.test(password)) {
+      result.valid = false;
+      result.errors.push('Password cannot be just numbers. Consider using a date format like "04.07.2025"');
+    }
+    
+    return result;
+  }
+  
+  // Base validation for other contexts
  const result = validatePassword(password);
  
  // Context-specific validation
@@ -136,16 +191,6 @@ function validatePasswordInContext(password, context, userData = {}) {
        result.errors.push('Password must not contain parts of your email');
      }
    }
-  } else if (context === 'gallery') {
-    // Gallery passwords can be more lenient for user convenience
-    // Allow passwords with score >= 1 (weak but acceptable)
-    if (result.score < 1) {
-      result.valid = false;
-      result.errors.push('Password is too simple. Please add more complexity');
-    }
-    
-    // Don't check for event name in password - allow date-based passwords
-    // This allows passwords like "Sommer2025!" which users prefer
  }
  
  return result;
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "picpeak-frontend",
-  "version": "1.0.39",
+  "version": "1.0.53",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "picpeak-frontend",
-      "version": "1.0.39",
+      "version": "1.0.53",
      "dependencies": {
        "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.0.0",
        "@tiptap/extension-link": "^2.25.0",
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
  "name": "picpeak-frontend",
  "private": true,
-  "version": "1.0.39",
+  "version": "1.0.53",
  "type": "module",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "vite",
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { Info } from 'lucide-react';
 import { api } from '../../config/api';
+import packageJson from '../../../package.json';

 // Frontend version from package.json
-const FRONTEND_VERSION = '1.0.0';
+const FRONTEND_VERSION = packageJson.version;

 interface SystemVersion {
  backend: string;
@@ -62,9 +62,14 @@ export const AuthenticatedImage: React.FC<AuthenticatedImageProps> = ({
        let imageUrl = src;
        
        // Build full URL for the image
-        const fullImageUrl = imageUrl.startsWith('/') ? buildResourceUrl(imageUrl) : imageUrl;
+        // For API paths that start with /admin, we need to prepend /api
+        const fullImageUrl = imageUrl.startsWith('/admin') 
+          ? buildResourceUrl(`/api${imageUrl}`)
+          : imageUrl.startsWith('/') 
+          ? buildResourceUrl(imageUrl) 
+          : imageUrl;
        
-        console.log('Fetching authenticated image:', fullImageUrl);
+        // console.log('Fetching authenticated image:', fullImageUrl);
        const response = await fetch(fullImageUrl, {
          headers: {
            'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const Input = React.forwardRef<HTMLInputElement, InputProps>(
            {...props}
          />
          {rightIcon && (
-            <div className="absolute inset-y-0 right-0 pr-3 flex items-center pointer-events-none">
+            <div className="absolute inset-y-0 right-0 pr-3 flex items-center">
              <span className="text-neutral-500">{rightIcon}</span>
            </div>
          )}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export const PhotoLightbox: React.FC<PhotoLightboxProps> = ({
      {/* Close button */}
      <button
        onClick={onClose}
-        className="absolute top-4 right-4 p-2 bg-white/10 hover:bg-white/20 rounded-full transition-colors z-10"
+        className="absolute top-4 right-4 p-2 bg-white/10 hover:bg-white/20 rounded-full transition-colors z-20"
        aria-label="Close"
      >
        <X className="w-6 h-6 text-white" />
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export const PhotoLightbox: React.FC<PhotoLightboxProps> = ({
      {/* Navigation buttons */}
      <button
        onClick={goToPrevious}
-        className="absolute left-4 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 p-2 bg-white/10 hover:bg-white/20 rounded-full transition-colors z-10"
+        className="absolute left-4 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 p-2 bg-white/10 hover:bg-white/20 rounded-full transition-colors z-20"
        aria-label="Previous photo"
      >
        <ChevronLeft className="w-6 h-6 text-white" />
@@ -179,20 +179,19 @@ export const PhotoLightbox: React.FC<PhotoLightboxProps> = ({

      <button
        onClick={goToNext}
-        className="absolute right-4 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 p-2 bg-white/10 hover:bg-white/20 rounded-full transition-colors z-10"
+        className="absolute right-4 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 p-2 bg-white/10 hover:bg-white/20 rounded-full transition-colors z-20"
        aria-label="Next photo"
      >
        <ChevronRight className="w-6 h-6 text-white" />
      </button>

      {/* Bottom toolbar */}
-      <div className="absolute bottom-0 left-0 right-0 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/80 to-transparent p-4">
+      <div className="absolute bottom-0 left-0 right-0 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/80 to-transparent p-4 z-20">
        <div className="max-w-4xl mx-auto flex items-center justify-between">
          <div className="text-white">
            <p className="text-sm opacity-75">
              {currentIndex + 1} / {photos.length}
            </p>
-            <p className="font-medium">{currentPhoto.filename}</p>
          </div>
          
          <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ export const PhotoLightbox: React.FC<PhotoLightboxProps> = ({

      {/* Image container */}
      <div
-        className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center"
+        className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center z-0"
        onClick={handleImageClick}
        onMouseDown={handleMouseDown}
        onMouseMove={handleMouseMove}
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ export const PhotoLightbox: React.FC<PhotoLightboxProps> = ({
      </div>

      {/* Touch/swipe indicators for mobile */}
-      <div className="absolute bottom-20 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 text-white text-sm opacity-50 pointer-events-none md:hidden">
+      <div className="absolute bottom-20 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 text-white text-sm opacity-50 pointer-events-none md:hidden z-20">
        Swipe to navigate
      </div>
    </div>
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
    "upload": "Hochladen",
    "days": "Tage",
    "customize": "Anpassen",
-    "hide": "Ausblenden"
+    "hide": "Ausblenden",
+    "unknown": "Unbekannt"
  },
  "upload": {
    "photoCategory": "Fotokategorie",
@@ -243,6 +244,9 @@
    "expires": "Läuft ab",
    "shareWithGuests": "Teilen Sie diesen Link mit Gästen. Sie benötigen das Passwort, um auf die Galerie zuzugreifen.",
    "resetGalleryPassword": "Galerie-Passwort zurücksetzen",
+    "resendCreationEmail": "Erstellungs-E-Mail erneut senden",
+    "creationEmailResent": "Die Erstellungs-E-Mail wurde zur Warteschlange hinzugefügt",
+    "failedToResendEmail": "Fehler beim erneuten Senden der Erstellungs-E-Mail",
    "photoStatistics": "Fotostatistiken",
    "managePhotos": "Fotos verwalten",
    "actions": "Aktionen",
@@ -264,6 +268,7 @@
    "adminEmailHelp": "Erhält Systembenachrichtigungen und Archivbestätigungen",
    "securityAccess": "Sicherheit & Zugriff",
    "galleryPassword": "Galerie-Passwort",
+    "passwordHelperText": "Sie können Datumsangaben wie \"04.07.2025\" oder beliebigen Text mit mindestens 6 Zeichen verwenden",
    "passwordPlaceholder": "Sicheres Passwort eingeben",
    "confirmPassword": "Passwort bestätigen",
    "showPasswords": "Passwörter anzeigen",
@@ -363,7 +368,13 @@
    "eventsSelected_plural": "{{count}} Veranstaltungen ausgewählt",
    "bulkArchive": "Archivieren",
    "confirmBulkArchive": "Sind Sie sicher, dass Sie {{count}} Veranstaltung(en) archivieren möchten?",
-    "confirmBulkArchiveDescription": "Diese Aktion kann nicht rückgängig gemacht werden. Archivierte Veranstaltungen sind nicht mehr öffentlich zugänglich."
+    "confirmBulkArchiveDescription": "Diese Aktion kann nicht rückgängig gemacht werden. Archivierte Veranstaltungen sind nicht mehr öffentlich zugänglich.",
+    "stats": {
+      "totalEvents": "Gesamtveranstaltungen",
+      "activeEvents": "Aktive Veranstaltungen",
+      "totalPhotos": "Gesamtfotos",
+      "expiringEvents": "Bald ablaufend"
+    }
  },
  "settings": {
    "title": "Systemeinstellungen",
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
    "upload": "Upload",
    "days": "days",
    "customize": "Customize",
-    "hide": "Hide"
+    "hide": "Hide",
+    "unknown": "Unknown"
  },
  "upload": {
    "photoCategory": "Photo Category",
@@ -260,6 +261,9 @@
    "expires": "Expires",
    "shareWithGuests": "Share this link with guests. They'll need the password to access the gallery.",
    "resetGalleryPassword": "Reset Gallery Password",
+    "resendCreationEmail": "Resend Creation Email",
+    "creationEmailResent": "Creation email has been queued for sending",
+    "failedToResendEmail": "Failed to resend creation email",
    "photoStatistics": "Photo Statistics",
    "totalPhotos": "Total Photos",
    "managePhotos": "Manage Photos",
@@ -282,6 +286,7 @@
    "adminEmailHelp": "Will receive system notifications and archive confirmations",
    "securityAccess": "Security & Access",
    "galleryPassword": "Gallery Password",
+    "passwordHelperText": "You can use dates like \"04.07.2025\" or any text with 6+ characters",
    "confirmPassword": "Confirm Password",
    "showPasswords": "Show passwords",
    "gallerySettings": "Gallery Settings",
@@ -340,6 +345,12 @@
    "expires": "Expires",
    "actions": "Actions",
    "noEventsFound": "No events found",
+    "stats": {
+      "totalEvents": "Total Events",
+      "activeEvents": "Active Events",
+      "totalPhotos": "Total Photos",
+      "expiringEvents": "Expiring Soon"
+    },
    "viewDetails": "View Details",
    "archiveEventAction": "Archive Event",
    "downloadArchiveAction": "Download Archive",
@@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ export const ArchivesPage: React.FC = () => {
            <div>
              <p className="text-sm text-neutral-600">{t('archives.totalPhotos')}</p>
              <p className="text-2xl font-bold text-neutral-900">
-                {archives.reduce((sum, a) => sum + a.photoCount, 0).toLocaleString()}
+                {(() => {
+                  const total = archives.reduce((sum, a) => sum + (parseInt(String(a.photoCount)) || 0), 0);
+                  return total === 0 ? '0' : total.toLocaleString();
+                })()}
              </p>
            </div>
            <FileArchive className="w-8 h-8 text-green-600" />
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ export const CreateEventPage: React.FC = () => {
      newErrors.password = t('validation.passwordRequired');
    } else if (formData.password.length < 6) {
      newErrors.password = t('validation.passwordMinLength');
+    } else if (/^\d{1,6}$/.test(formData.password)) {
+      // Prevent simple numeric passwords like "123456"
+      newErrors.password = t('validation.passwordTooSimple', 'Password cannot be just numbers. Consider using a date format like "04.07.2025"');
    }

    if (formData.password !== formData.confirm_password) {
@@ -412,6 +415,7 @@ export const CreateEventPage: React.FC = () => {
                  onChange={handleInputChange('password')}
                  error={errors.password}
                  placeholder={t('events.enterPassword')}
+                  helperText={t('events.passwordHelperText', 'You can use dates like "04.07.2025" or any text with 6+ characters')}
                  leftIcon={<Lock className="w-5 h-5 text-neutral-400" />}
                  className="pr-10"
                />
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ export const CreateEventPageEnhanced: React.FC = () => {
      newErrors.password = t('validation.passwordRequired');
    } else if (formData.password.length < 6) {
      newErrors.password = t('validation.passwordMinLength');
+    } else if (/^\d{1,6}$/.test(formData.password)) {
+      // Prevent simple numeric passwords like "123456"
+      newErrors.password = t('validation.passwordTooSimple', 'Password cannot be just numbers. Consider using a date format like "04.07.2025"');
    }

    if (formData.password !== formData.confirm_password) {
@@ -309,7 +312,6 @@ export const CreateEventPageEnhanced: React.FC = () => {
                value={formData.event_date}
                onChange={handleInputChange('event_date')}
                error={errors.event_date}
-                min={format(new Date(), 'yyyy-MM-dd')}
                leftIcon={<Calendar className="w-5 h-5" />}
              />
            </div>
@@ -454,6 +456,7 @@ export const CreateEventPageEnhanced: React.FC = () => {
                value={formData.password}
                onChange={handleInputChange('password')}
                error={errors.password}
+                helperText={t('events.passwordHelperText', 'You can use dates like "04.07.2025" or any text with 6+ characters')}
                leftIcon={<Lock className="w-5 h-5" />}
                rightIcon={
                  <button
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import {
  CheckCircle,
  Upload,
  Image,
-  Key
+  Key,
+  Mail
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { parseISO, differenceInDays } from 'date-fns';
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify';
@@ -620,7 +621,7 @@ export const EventDetailsPage: React.FC = () => {
            </p>
            
            {!event.is_archived && (
-              <div className="mt-4 pt-4 border-t border-neutral-200">
+              <div className="mt-4 pt-4 border-t border-neutral-200 space-y-2">
                <Button
                  variant="outline"
                  size="sm"
@@ -630,6 +631,22 @@ export const EventDetailsPage: React.FC = () => {
                >
                  {t('events.resetGalleryPassword')}
                </Button>
+                <Button
+                  variant="outline"
+                  size="sm"
+                  leftIcon={<Mail className="w-4 h-4" />}
+                  onClick={async () => {
+                    try {
+                      await eventsService.resendCreationEmail(event.id);
+                      toast.success(t('events.creationEmailResent'));
+                    } catch (error) {
+                      toast.error(t('events.failedToResendEmail'));
+                    }
+                  }}
+                  className="w-full justify-center"
+                >
+                  {t('events.resendCreationEmail')}
+                </Button>
              </div>
            )}
          </Card>
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useState, useMemo } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useMemo, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useNavigate, useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { 
  Plus, 
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ import {
  ExternalLink,
  Edit,
  Download,
-  Trash2
+  Trash2,
+  Calendar,
+  Users,
+  Image,
+  Activity
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { parseISO, differenceInDays } from 'date-fns';
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify';
@@ -33,12 +37,47 @@ export const EventsListPage: React.FC = () => {
  const [selectedEvents, setSelectedEvents] = useState<number[]>([]);
  // const [showFilters, setShowFilters] = useState(false);
  const [activeDropdown, setActiveDropdown] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  const [dropdownPosition, setDropdownPosition] = useState<{ top: number; left: number } | null>(null);
  const [showBulkArchiveModal, setShowBulkArchiveModal] = useState(false);

  // Get filter from URL
  const statusFilter = searchParams.get('filter') as 'active' | 'archived' | null;
  const isExpiringFilter = searchParams.get('filter') === 'expiring';

+  // Close dropdown when clicking outside
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleClickOutside = (event: MouseEvent) => {
+      const target = event.target as HTMLElement;
+      if (!target.closest('.dropdown-container')) {
+        setActiveDropdown(null);
+        setDropdownPosition(null);
+      }
+    };
+
+    if (activeDropdown !== null) {
+      document.addEventListener('mousedown', handleClickOutside);
+      return () => document.removeEventListener('mousedown', handleClickOutside);
+    }
+  }, [activeDropdown]);
+
+  // Update dropdown position on scroll/resize
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleScrollOrResize = () => {
+      if (activeDropdown !== null) {
+        setActiveDropdown(null);
+        setDropdownPosition(null);
+      }
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener('scroll', handleScrollOrResize, true);
+    window.addEventListener('resize', handleScrollOrResize);
+    
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('scroll', handleScrollOrResize, true);
+      window.removeEventListener('resize', handleScrollOrResize);
+    };
+  }, [activeDropdown]);
+
  // Fetch events
  const { data, isLoading, error } = useQuery({
    queryKey: ['admin-events', statusFilter],
@@ -197,6 +236,59 @@ export const EventsListPage: React.FC = () => {
          </Button>
        </div>

+      {/* Statistics Cards */}
+      <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-4 gap-4 mb-6">
+        <Card padding="sm">
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+            <div>
+              <p className="text-sm text-neutral-600">{t('events.stats.totalEvents')}</p>
+              <p className="text-2xl font-bold text-neutral-900">{data?.events.length || 0}</p>
+            </div>
+            <Calendar className="w-8 h-8 text-primary-600" />
+          </div>
+        </Card>
+        
+        <Card padding="sm">
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+            <div>
+              <p className="text-sm text-neutral-600">{t('events.stats.activeEvents')}</p>
+              <p className="text-2xl font-bold text-neutral-900">
+                {data?.events.filter(e => e.is_active && !e.is_archived).length || 0}
+              </p>
+            </div>
+            <Activity className="w-8 h-8 text-green-600" />
+          </div>
+        </Card>
+        
+        <Card padding="sm">
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+            <div>
+              <p className="text-sm text-neutral-600">{t('events.stats.totalPhotos')}</p>
+              <p className="text-2xl font-bold text-neutral-900">
+                {data?.events.reduce((sum, e) => sum + (e.photo_count || 0), 0) || 0}
+              </p>
+            </div>
+            <Image className="w-8 h-8 text-blue-600" />
+          </div>
+        </Card>
+        
+        <Card padding="sm">
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+            <div>
+              <p className="text-sm text-neutral-600">{t('events.stats.expiringEvents')}</p>
+              <p className="text-2xl font-bold text-neutral-900">
+                {data?.events.filter(e => {
+                  if (!e.is_active || e.is_archived) return false;
+                  const days = e.expires_at ? differenceInDays(parseISO(e.expires_at), new Date()) : 0;
+                  return days <= 7 && days > 0;
+                }).length || 0}
+              </p>
+            </div>
+            <AlertTriangle className="w-8 h-8 text-orange-600" />
+          </div>
+        </Card>
+      </div>
+
      {/* Filters and Search */}
      <Card padding="sm" className="mb-6">
        <div className="flex flex-col lg:flex-row gap-4">
@@ -347,21 +439,38 @@ export const EventsListPage: React.FC = () => {
                        {event.expires_at ? format(parseISO(event.expires_at), 'MMM d, yyyy') : 'N/A'}
                      </td>
                      <td className="px-6 py-4 text-right">
-                        <div className="relative inline-block text-left">
+                        <div className="relative inline-block text-left dropdown-container">
                          <button
-                            onClick={() => setActiveDropdown(activeDropdown === event.id ? null : event.id)}
+                            onClick={(e) => {
+                              e.stopPropagation();
+                              if (activeDropdown === event.id) {
+                                setActiveDropdown(null);
+                                setDropdownPosition(null);
+                              } else {
+                                const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
+                                setActiveDropdown(event.id);
+                                setDropdownPosition({
+                                  top: rect.bottom + window.scrollY,
+                                  left: rect.right - 224 + window.scrollX // 224px = 14rem (w-56)
+                                });
+                              }
+                            }}
                            className="text-neutral-400 hover:text-neutral-600 p-1"
                          >
                            <MoreVertical className="w-5 h-5" />
                          </button>
                          
-                          {activeDropdown === event.id && (
-                            <div className="absolute right-0 z-10 mt-2 w-56 rounded-md shadow-lg bg-white ring-1 ring-black ring-opacity-5">
+                          {activeDropdown === event.id && dropdownPosition && (
+                            <div 
+                              className="fixed z-50 w-56 rounded-md shadow-lg bg-white ring-1 ring-black ring-opacity-5"
+                              style={{ top: `${dropdownPosition.top}px`, left: `${dropdownPosition.left}px` }}
+                            >
                              <div className="py-1">
                                <button
                                  onClick={() => {
                                    navigate(`/admin/events/${event.id}`);
                                    setActiveDropdown(null);
+                                    setDropdownPosition(null);
                                  }}
                                  className="w-full text-left px-4 py-2 text-sm text-neutral-700 hover:bg-neutral-100 flex items-center gap-2"
                                >
@@ -374,7 +483,10 @@ export const EventsListPage: React.FC = () => {
                                    target="_blank"
                                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
                                    className="w-full text-left px-4 py-2 text-sm text-neutral-700 hover:bg-neutral-100 flex items-center gap-2"
-                                    onClick={() => setActiveDropdown(null)}
+                                    onClick={() => {
+                                      setActiveDropdown(null);
+                                      setDropdownPosition(null);
+                                    }}
                                  >
                                    <ExternalLink className="w-4 h-4" />
                                    {t('events.viewGallery')}
@@ -385,6 +497,7 @@ export const EventsListPage: React.FC = () => {
                                    onClick={() => {
                                      archiveMutation.mutate(event.id);
                                      setActiveDropdown(null);
+                                      setDropdownPosition(null);
                                    }}
                                    className="w-full text-left px-4 py-2 text-sm text-neutral-700 hover:bg-neutral-100 flex items-center gap-2"
                                  >
@@ -397,6 +510,7 @@ export const EventsListPage: React.FC = () => {
                                    onClick={() => {
                                      toast.info(t('events.downloadArchiveSoon'));
                                      setActiveDropdown(null);
+                                      setDropdownPosition(null);
                                    }}
                                    className="w-full text-left px-4 py-2 text-sm text-neutral-700 hover:bg-neutral-100 flex items-center gap-2"
                                  >
@@ -409,6 +523,7 @@ export const EventsListPage: React.FC = () => {
                                    if (confirm(t('events.deleteEventConfirm'))) {
                                      deleteMutation.mutate(event.id);
                                      setActiveDropdown(null);
+                                      setDropdownPosition(null);
                                    }
                                  }}
                                  className="w-full text-left px-4 py-2 text-sm text-red-600 hover:bg-red-50 flex items-center gap-2"
@@ -551,7 +551,14 @@ export const SettingsPage: React.FC = () => {
                  <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 text-sm">
                    <div>
                      <span className="text-blue-700">{t('settings.systemStatus.pending')}:</span>
-                      <span className="ml-2 font-semibold text-blue-900">{systemStatus.emailQueue.pending}</span>
+                      <span className="ml-2 font-semibold text-blue-900">
+                        {systemStatus.emailQueue.pending}
+                        {systemStatus.emailQueue.stuck > 0 && (
+                          <span className="text-orange-600 text-xs ml-1">
+                            ({systemStatus.emailQueue.stuck} stuck)
+                          </span>
+                        )}
+                      </span>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <span className="text-green-700">{t('settings.systemStatus.sent')}:</span>
@@ -562,6 +569,14 @@ export const SettingsPage: React.FC = () => {
                      <span className="ml-2 font-semibold text-red-900">{systemStatus.emailQueue.failed}</span>
                    </div>
                  </div>
+                  {systemStatus.emailQueue.stuck > 0 && (
+                    <div className="mt-3 p-3 bg-orange-50 rounded-md">
+                      <p className="text-xs text-orange-800">
+                        <span className="font-semibold">⚠️ {systemStatus.emailQueue.stuck} email(s) stuck:</span> These emails have exceeded retry limits and won't be processed automatically.
+                        Only {systemStatus.emailQueue.processable} of {systemStatus.emailQueue.pending} pending emails will be processed.
+                      </p>
+                    </div>
+                  )}
                </div>
              </Card>
            </>
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export interface SystemHealth {
  details: {
    emailQueue: {
      pending: number;
+      processable: number;
+      stuck: number;
+      sent: number;
      failed: number;
    };
    memory: {
@@ -118,4 +118,10 @@ export const eventsService = {
    const response = await api.post(`/admin/events/${eventId}/reset-password`, { sendEmail });
    return response.data;
  },
+
+  // Resend creation email
+  async resendCreationEmail(eventId: number): Promise<{ success: boolean; message: string }> {
+    const response = await api.post(`/admin/events/${eventId}/resend-email`);
+    return response.data;
+  },
 };
@@ -47,8 +47,15 @@ export interface SystemStatus {
      activityLogs: number;
    };
  };
+  storage: {
+    totalUsed: number;
+    photoStorage: number;
+    archiveStorage: number;
+  };
  emailQueue: {
    pending: number;
+    processable: number;
+    stuck: number;
    sent: number;
    failed: number;
  };
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ export const settingsService = {
    formData.append('logo', file);
    
    const response = await api.post<{ logoUrl: string }>(
-      '/api/admin/settings/logo',
+      '/admin/settings/logo',
      formData,
      {
        headers: {
@@ -118,7 +125,7 @@ export const settingsService = {
    formData.append('favicon', file);
    
    const response = await api.post<{ faviconUrl: string }>(
-      '/api/admin/settings/favicon',
+      '/admin/settings/favicon',
      formData,
      {
        headers: {
@@ -136,7 +143,7 @@ export const settingsService = {
    formData.append('watermarkLogo', file);
    
    const response = await api.post<{ watermarkLogoUrl: string }>(
-      '/api/admin/settings/branding/watermark-logo',
+      '/admin/settings/branding/watermark-logo',
      formData,
      {
        headers: {
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
    /* Bundler mode */
    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "verbatimModuleSyntax": false,
    "moduleDetection": "force",
    "noEmit": true,