seo improvement and updated notifs

nginx/default.conf

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+gzip on;
+gzip_vary on;
+gzip_proxied any;
+gzip_comp_level 6;
+gzip_min_length 256;
+gzip_types
+    text/plain
+    text/css
+    text/xml
+    text/javascript
+    application/javascript
+    application/x-javascript
+    application/json
+    application/xml
+    application/rss+xml
+    application/atom+xml
+    image/svg+xml
+    font/truetype
+    font/opentype
+    application/vnd.ms-fontobject;
+
 server {
     listen 80;
     server_name _;
@@ -5,6 +26,20 @@ server {
     root /usr/share/nginx/html;
     index index.html;
 
+    # Cache hashed static assets (JS/CSS/fonts) for 1 year — Vite adds content hashes
+    location ~* \.(js|css|woff|woff2|ttf|eot|otf)$ {
+        expires 1y;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
+        try_files $uri =404;
+    }
+
+    # Cache images for 30 days
+    location ~* \.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg|webp|avif)$ {
+        expires 30d;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=2592000";
+        try_files $uri =404;
+    }
+
     location /api/ {
         proxy_pass http://backend:8001/api/;
         proxy_http_version 1.1;