# Finished Books — Episode Playlist Feature ## Goal Add a proper **Finished Books** section where completed book studies live with a full ordered episode playlist. The Downloads page gets a minor label/copy update (Option A). A single "End Current Series" button in admin handles the full book transition in one step. --- ## User Flow (Public Site) 1. User clicks **Finished Books** in the nav 2. Lands on `/finished` — grid of completed book cards (image, title, description) 3. Clicks a book → `/finished/:id` — sees all episodes in numbered order, each with a player 4. Breadcrumb: `Finished Books → Titus` **Episode Highlights** on the Episodes page only ever shows picks from the current book. When a book ends, highlights are cleared and replaced with picks from the new series automatically (see transition workflow below). --- ## Book Transition Workflow — "End Current Series" Button A single button in admin (lives on the Current Series tab) that does all three transition steps at once: ### What it does 1. **Creates a Finished Book entry** from the current series data (title, image, description, season number) — immediately appears on `/finished` 2. **Clears Episode Highlights** — wipes `podcastFeaturedLinks` so the old season's picks are gone 3. **Opens a guided form** for the new series — prompts for new series title, image URL, and season number before saving ### The form flow - User clicks **"End Current Series & Start New Book"** - A confirmation modal appears with a summary: "This will archive [Titus] to Finished Books and clear Episode Highlights." - Below the confirmation, a small form: New Series Title, New Series Image, New Season Number - User fills it in and hits **Confirm** - All three changes save together as one content update ### What the user still does manually after - Go to Episode Highlights and add 3–5 hand-picked episodes from the new series (the section is now empty and ready) --- ## Changes Required ### 1. `server/routes/episodes.js` — Parse `itunes:season` from RSS One line added to `parseRssItems` alongside the existing `itunes:episode` extraction: ```js const season = (/([\s\S]*?)<\/itunes:season>/.exec(block)?.[1] ?? '').trim() ``` Include `season` in the returned episode object. ### 2. `src/content.ts` — New `FinishedBook` type + field on `SiteContent` Clean, purpose-built interface: ```ts export interface FinishedBook { id: string title: string description: string imageUrl: string season: number } ``` Add `finishedBooks: FinishedBook[]` to `SiteContent` with default `[]`. ### 3. `src/App.tsx` — New `useEpisodesForBook` hook Fetches `/api/episodes/all` and filters by season number, sorted ascending: ```js const filtered = (data.episodes ?? []) .filter(ep => ep.season === String(book.season)) .sort((a, b) => parseInt(a.episode) - parseInt(b.episode)) ``` ### 4. `src/App.tsx` — Nav: "Episodes" dropdown replacing flat link "Episodes" becomes a dropdown parent with two children: **Current Series** (`/episodes`) and **Finished Books** (`/finished`). The flat `` is replaced with a dropdown component. Everything else in the nav stays flat and unchanged. **Desktop behavior:** - "Episodes ▾" shows on hover (or focus), revealing a small popover menu below with the two links - Parent label stays gold/active when either child route is active - Implemented with CSS `:hover` + `:focus-within` on a wrapper — no JS state needed for desktop **Mobile behavior (under ~540px):** - The mobile nav already collapses to a full-width vertical list with `max-height` animation - "Episodes" becomes a top-level row with an expand arrow (chevron) - Tapping it toggles a sub-list showing "Current Series" and "Finished Books" indented beneath it - Implemented with a small React `useState` toggle on the dropdown item — consistent with how `menuOpen` already works - Sub-items get slightly smaller text and left padding to show hierarchy - The `max-height: 500px` on `.header-nav--open` will need to increase to `600px` to accommodate the expanded sub-items **New elements needed:** - `NavDropdown` component (or inline JSX) wrapping the two episode links - CSS classes: `.nav-dropdown`, `.nav-dropdown-menu`, `.nav-dropdown-item`, `.nav-dropdown--open` (mobile only) - Mobile sub-item styles: indented, smaller text, no bottom border on last child before parent closes **Footer:** Add a flat "Finished Books" link alongside the existing footer nav links — no dropdown needed there. ### 5. `src/App.tsx` — Two new routes ```tsx } /> } /> ``` ### 6. `src/App.tsx` — Two new page components **`FinishedBooksPage`** — grid of `finishedBooks` cards (image, title, description), each linking to `/finished/:id`. Friendly empty state if no books yet. **`FinishedSeriesPage`** — uses `useEpisodesForBook`, renders episodes sorted ascending by episode number as a numbered playlist. Each row: episode number, title, duration, `EpisodeAudioPlayer`. ### 7. `src/AdminPage.tsx` — "End Current Series" button on Current Series tab - Button labeled **"End Current Series & Start New Book"** - Opens an inline confirmation + new series form (not a browser `confirm()` — a proper UI panel) - On confirm: creates `FinishedBook` from current series data, clears `podcastFeaturedLinks`, updates series fields with new book info - All saved as one atomic content update ### 8. `src/AdminPage.tsx` — Finished Books management section Separate tab for viewing and managing the finished books list (in case you need to edit or remove one): - Shows each finished book as a collapsible card - Edit title, description, image, season number - Remove button - "Add Finished Book" button for manually adding one without going through the transition wizard ### 9. CSS — Playlist and finished books grid styles Reuse existing episode-list and episode-card patterns where possible. ### 10. `src/App.tsx` — Downloads page copy tweak (Option A, low priority) Minor label changes only — no structural change: - Eyebrow becomes "Current Study" - Heading becomes `{content.seriesTitle} — Study Guide` - Everything else (download form, Amazon button, library) stays identical --- ## Prerequisite — Verify RSS Season Tags Before starting, confirm Titus episodes have `` tags and what number they use: ``` curl -s https://anchor.fm/s/11068d290/podcast/rss | grep -o '[^<]*' | head -5 ``` If seasons are missing from the RSS, the fallback is an `episodeRange: { from, to }` field on `FinishedBook` instead of `season`. --- ## Files Touched Summary | File | What changes | |---|---| | `server/routes/episodes.js` | Parse `itunes:season` into episode objects | | `src/content.ts` | New `FinishedBook` interface + `finishedBooks` field on `SiteContent` | | `src/App.tsx` | New hook, nav links, 2 routes, 2 page components, Downloads copy tweak | | `src/AdminPage.tsx` | "End Current Series" transition button + Finished Books management tab | | CSS | Playlist page + finished books grid styles | --- ## Order of Work 1. Run the RSS curl check to confirm season tags (5 min) 2. `content.ts` — add `FinishedBook` type and `finishedBooks` field 3. `server/routes/episodes.js` — parse season from RSS 4. Admin — "End Current Series" transition button + Finished Books management tab 5. Public pages — nav link, routes, `FinishedBooksPage`, `FinishedSeriesPage` 6. Downloads copy tweak (last, lowest priority)