seo improvement and updated notifs

.claude/settings.local.json

@@ -15,7 +15,14 @@
       "Bash(find /Users/jeet/Desktop/Jio/grateful-journal/src -type f -name *.ts -o -name *.tsx)",
       "Bash(ls -la /Users/jeet/Desktop/Jio/grateful-journal/*.config.*)",
       "mcp__ide__getDiagnostics",
-      "Bash(npx skills:*)"
+      "Bash(npx skills:*)",
+      "Bash(ls /Users/jeet/Desktop/Jio/grateful-journal/.env*)",
+      "Bash(ls /Users/jeet/Desktop/Jio/grateful-journal/backend/.env*)",
+      "Bash(lsof -ti:8000,4173)",
+      "Bash(npx --yes lighthouse --version)",
+      "Bash(curl:*)",
+      "Bash(npx lighthouse:*)",
+      "Bash(echo \"exit:$?\")"
     ]
   }
 }

backend/.env.example

@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:8000
 # MONGODB_URI=mongodb://mongo:27017
 # ENVIRONMENT=production
 
+# Firebase Admin SDK service account (for sending push notifications)
+# Firebase Console → Project Settings → Service Accounts → Generate new private key
+# Paste the entire JSON on a single line (escape double quotes if needed):
+FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON=
+

backend/config.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     api_port: int = 8001
     environment: str = "development"
     frontend_url: str = "http://localhost:8000"
+    # Firebase Admin SDK service account JSON (paste the full JSON as a single-line string)
+    firebase_service_account_json: str = ""
 
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
         env_file=".env",

backend/main.py

@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Depends
+from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
-from db import MongoDB, get_database
+from db import MongoDB
 from config import get_settings
 from routers import entries, users
+from routers import notifications
+from scheduler import start_scheduler
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 
 settings = get_settings()
+_scheduler = None
 
 
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
     # Startup
     MongoDB.connect_db()
+    global _scheduler
+    _scheduler = start_scheduler()
     yield
     # Shutdown
+    if _scheduler:
+        _scheduler.shutdown(wait=False)
     MongoDB.close_db()
 
 app = FastAPI(
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ app.add_middleware(
 # Include routers
 app.include_router(users.router, prefix="/api/users", tags=["users"])
 app.include_router(entries.router, prefix="/api/entries", tags=["entries"])
+app.include_router(notifications.router, prefix="/api/notifications", tags=["notifications"])
 
 
 @app.get("/health")

backend/requirements.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ pydantic>=2.5.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
 pydantic-settings>=2.1.0
 python-multipart==0.0.6
+firebase-admin>=6.5.0
+apscheduler>=3.10.4
+pytz>=2024.1
 
 # Testing
 pytest>=7.4.0

backend/routers/notifications.py

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+"""Notification routes — FCM token registration and reminder settings."""
+from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
+from db import get_database
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from typing import Optional
+from bson import ObjectId
+from bson.errors import InvalidId
+from datetime import datetime
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+
+class FcmTokenRequest(BaseModel):
+    userId: str
+    fcmToken: str
+
+
+class ReminderSettingsRequest(BaseModel):
+    time: Optional[str] = None      # "HH:MM" in 24-hour format
+    enabled: bool
+    timezone: Optional[str] = None  # IANA timezone, e.g. "Asia/Kolkata"
+
+
+@router.post("/fcm-token", response_model=dict)
+async def register_fcm_token(body: FcmTokenRequest):
+    """
+    Register (or refresh) an FCM device token for a user.
+    Stores unique tokens per user — duplicate tokens are ignored.
+    """
+    db = get_database()
+
+    try:
+        user_oid = ObjectId(body.userId)
+    except InvalidId:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid user ID")
+
+    user = db.users.find_one({"_id": user_oid})
+    if not user:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="User not found")
+
+    # Add token to set (avoid duplicates)
+    db.users.update_one(
+        {"_id": user_oid},
+        {
+            "$addToSet": {"fcmTokens": body.fcmToken},
+            "$set": {"updatedAt": datetime.utcnow()},
+        }
+    )
+    return {"message": "FCM token registered"}
+
+
+@router.put("/reminder/{user_id}", response_model=dict)
+async def update_reminder(user_id: str, settings: ReminderSettingsRequest):
+    """
+    Save or update daily reminder settings for a user.
+    """
+    db = get_database()
+
+    try:
+        user_oid = ObjectId(user_id)
+    except InvalidId:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid user ID")
+
+    user = db.users.find_one({"_id": user_oid})
+    if not user:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="User not found")
+
+    reminder_update: dict = {"reminder.enabled": settings.enabled}
+    if settings.time is not None:
+        reminder_update["reminder.time"] = settings.time
+    if settings.timezone is not None:
+        reminder_update["reminder.timezone"] = settings.timezone
+
+    db.users.update_one(
+        {"_id": user_oid},
+        {"$set": {**reminder_update, "updatedAt": datetime.utcnow()}}
+    )
+    return {"message": "Reminder settings updated"}

backend/scheduler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+"""
+Daily reminder scheduler.
+
+Runs every minute. For each user with an enabled reminder:
+  - Converts current UTC time to the user's local timezone
+  - Checks if the current HH:MM matches their reminder time
+  - Checks if they already got a notification today (avoids duplicates)
+  - Checks if they have already written a journal entry today
+  - If not, sends an FCM push notification to all their registered devices
+"""
+import json
+import logging
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+import pytz
+import firebase_admin
+from firebase_admin import credentials, messaging
+from apscheduler.schedulers.background import BackgroundScheduler
+
+from config import get_settings
+from db import get_database
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_firebase_initialized = False
+
+
+def init_firebase():
+    """Initialize Firebase Admin SDK once using the service account JSON from env."""
+    global _firebase_initialized
+    if _firebase_initialized:
+        return
+
+    settings = get_settings()
+    if not settings.firebase_service_account_json:
+        log.warning("FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON not set — push notifications disabled")
+        return
+
+    try:
+        sa_dict = json.loads(settings.firebase_service_account_json)
+        cred = credentials.Certificate(sa_dict)
+        firebase_admin.initialize_app(cred)
+        _firebase_initialized = True
+        log.info("Firebase Admin SDK initialized")
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.error(f"Failed to initialize Firebase Admin SDK: {e}")
+
+
+def send_reminder_notifications():
+    """Check all users and send reminders where due."""
+    if not _firebase_initialized:
+        return
+
+    db = get_database()
+    now_utc = datetime.utcnow().replace(second=0, microsecond=0)
+
+    # Find all users with reminder enabled and at least one FCM token
+    users = db.users.find({
+        "reminder.enabled": True,
+        "fcmTokens": {"$exists": True, "$not": {"$size": 0}},
+        "reminder.time": {"$exists": True},
+    })
+
+    for user in users:
+        try:
+            _process_user(db, user, now_utc)
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.error(f"Error processing reminder for user {user.get('_id')}: {e}")
+
+
+def _process_user(db, user: dict, now_utc: datetime):
+    reminder = user.get("reminder", {})
+    reminder_time_str = reminder.get("time")       # "HH:MM"
+    timezone_str = reminder.get("timezone", "UTC")
+    fcm_tokens: list = user.get("fcmTokens", [])
+
+    if not reminder_time_str or not fcm_tokens:
+        return
+
+    try:
+        user_tz = pytz.timezone(timezone_str)
+    except pytz.UnknownTimeZoneError:
+        user_tz = pytz.utc
+
+    # Current time in user's timezone
+    now_local = now_utc.replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc).astimezone(user_tz)
+    current_hm = now_local.strftime("%H:%M")
+
+    if current_hm != reminder_time_str:
+        return  # Not the right minute
+
+    # Check if already notified today (in user's local date)
+    today_local_str = now_local.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+    last_notified = reminder.get("lastNotifiedDate", "")
+    if last_notified == today_local_str:
+        return  # Already sent today
+
+    # Check if user has already written today (using createdAt in their timezone)
+    today_start_local = now_local.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
+    today_start_utc = today_start_local.astimezone(pytz.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
+    today_end_utc = today_start_utc + timedelta(days=1)
+
+    entry_count = db.entries.count_documents({
+        "userId": user["_id"],
+        "createdAt": {"$gte": today_start_utc, "$lt": today_end_utc},
+    })
+
+    if entry_count > 0:
+        # Already wrote today — mark notified to avoid repeated checks
+        db.users.update_one(
+            {"_id": user["_id"]},
+            {"$set": {"reminder.lastNotifiedDate": today_local_str}}
+        )
+        return
+
+    # Send FCM notification
+    _send_push(user["_id"], fcm_tokens, db, today_local_str)
+
+
+def _send_push(user_id, tokens: list, db, today_local_str: str):
+    """Send FCM multicast and prune stale tokens."""
+    message = messaging.MulticastMessage(
+        notification=messaging.Notification(
+            title="Time to journal 🌱",
+            body="You haven't written today yet. Take a moment to reflect.",
+        ),
+        tokens=tokens,
+        android=messaging.AndroidConfig(priority="high"),
+        apns=messaging.APNSConfig(
+            payload=messaging.APNSPayload(
+                aps=messaging.Aps(sound="default")
+            )
+        ),
+        webpush=messaging.WebpushConfig(
+            notification=messaging.WebpushNotification(
+                icon="/web-app-manifest-192x192.png",
+                badge="/favicon-96x96.png",
+                tag="gj-daily-reminder",
+            )
+        ),
+    )
+
+    response = messaging.send_each_for_multicast(message)
+    log.info(f"Reminder sent to user {user_id}: {response.success_count} ok, {response.failure_count} failed")
+
+    # Remove tokens that are no longer valid
+    stale_tokens = [
+        tokens[i] for i, r in enumerate(response.responses)
+        if not r.success and r.exception and "not-registered" in str(r.exception).lower()
+    ]
+    if stale_tokens:
+        db.users.update_one(
+            {"_id": user_id},
+            {"$pullAll": {"fcmTokens": stale_tokens}}
+        )
+        log.info(f"Removed {len(stale_tokens)} stale FCM tokens for user {user_id}")
+
+    # Mark today as notified
+    db.users.update_one(
+        {"_id": user_id},
+        {"$set": {"reminder.lastNotifiedDate": today_local_str}}
+    )
+
+
+def start_scheduler() -> BackgroundScheduler:
+    """Initialize Firebase and start the minute-by-minute scheduler."""
+    init_firebase()
+
+    scheduler = BackgroundScheduler(timezone="UTC")
+    scheduler.add_job(
+        send_reminder_notifications,
+        trigger="cron",
+        minute="*",   # every minute
+        id="daily_reminders",
+        replace_existing=True,
+    )
+    scheduler.start()
+    log.info("Reminder scheduler started")
+    return scheduler

index.html

@@ -30,52 +30,111 @@
         <meta property="og:title" content="Grateful Journal — Your Private Gratitude Journal" />
         <meta property="og:description" content="A private, end-to-end encrypted gratitude journal. No feeds, no noise — just you and your thoughts." />
         <meta property="og:image" content="https://gratefuljournal.online/web-app-manifest-512x512.png" />
+        <meta property="og:image:width" content="512" />
+        <meta property="og:image:height" content="512" />
+        <meta property="og:image:alt" content="Grateful Journal logo — a green sprout" />
+        <meta property="og:site_name" content="Grateful Journal" />
 
         <!-- Twitter Card -->
         <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
         <meta name="twitter:title" content="Grateful Journal — Your Private Gratitude Journal" />
         <meta name="twitter:description" content="A private, end-to-end encrypted gratitude journal. No feeds, no noise — just you and your thoughts." />
         <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://gratefuljournal.online/web-app-manifest-512x512.png" />
+        <meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="Grateful Journal logo — a green sprout" />
 
-        <!-- JSON-LD Structured Data -->
+        <!-- JSON-LD: WebSite -->
         <script type="application/ld+json">
-        [
+        {
-          {
+          "@context": "https://schema.org",
-            "@context": "https://schema.org",
+          "@type": "WebSite",
-            "@type": "WebSite",
+          "name": "Grateful Journal",
-            "name": "Grateful Journal",
+          "url": "https://gratefuljournal.online/",
-            "url": "https://gratefuljournal.online/"
+          "potentialAction": {
-          },
+            "@type": "SearchAction",
-          {
+            "target": "https://gratefuljournal.online/?q={search_term_string}",
-            "@context": "https://schema.org",
+            "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
-            "@type": "Organization",
-            "name": "Grateful Journal",
-            "url": "https://gratefuljournal.online/",
-            "logo": "https://gratefuljournal.online/web-app-manifest-512x512.png",
-            "description": "A private, end-to-end encrypted gratitude journal. No feeds, no noise — just you and your thoughts."
-          },
-          {
-            "@context": "https://schema.org",
-            "@type": "WebApplication",
-            "name": "Grateful Journal",
-            "url": "https://gratefuljournal.online/",
-            "description": "A private, end-to-end encrypted gratitude journal. No feeds, no noise — just you and your thoughts.",
-            "applicationCategory": "LifestyleApplication",
-            "operatingSystem": "Web, Android, iOS",
-            "browserRequirements": "Requires JavaScript. Requires HTML5.",
-            "offers": {
-              "@type": "Offer",
-              "price": "0",
-              "priceCurrency": "USD"
-            },
-            "featureList": [
-              "End-to-end encrypted journal entries",
-              "Daily gratitude prompts",
-              "Private and secure — no ads, no tracking",
-              "Works offline as a PWA"
-            ]
           }
-        ]
+        }
+        </script>
+
+        <!-- JSON-LD: Organization -->
+        <script type="application/ld+json">
+        {
+          "@context": "https://schema.org",
+          "@type": "Organization",
+          "name": "Grateful Journal",
+          "url": "https://gratefuljournal.online/",
+          "logo": {
+            "@type": "ImageObject",
+            "url": "https://gratefuljournal.online/web-app-manifest-512x512.png",
+            "width": 512,
+            "height": 512
+          },
+          "description": "A private, end-to-end encrypted gratitude journal. No feeds, no noise — just you and your thoughts.",
+          "sameAs": []
+        }
+        </script>
+
+        <!-- JSON-LD: WebApplication -->
+        <script type="application/ld+json">
+        {
+          "@context": "https://schema.org",
+          "@type": "WebApplication",
+          "name": "Grateful Journal",
+          "url": "https://gratefuljournal.online/",
+          "description": "A private, end-to-end encrypted gratitude journal. No feeds, no noise — just you and your thoughts.",
+          "applicationCategory": "LifestyleApplication",
+          "operatingSystem": "Web, Android, iOS",
+          "browserRequirements": "Requires JavaScript. Requires HTML5.",
+          "offers": {
+            "@type": "Offer",
+            "price": "0",
+            "priceCurrency": "USD"
+          },
+          "featureList": "End-to-end encrypted journal entries, Daily gratitude prompts, Private and secure — no ads no tracking, Works offline as a PWA"
+        }
+        </script>
+
+        <!-- JSON-LD: FAQ -->
+        <script type="application/ld+json">
+        {
+          "@context": "https://schema.org",
+          "@type": "FAQPage",
+          "mainEntity": [
+            {
+              "@type": "Question",
+              "name": "Is Grateful Journal free?",
+              "acceptedAnswer": {
+                "@type": "Answer",
+                "text": "Yes, Grateful Journal is completely free to use. There is no subscription or paywall."
+              }
+            },
+            {
+              "@type": "Question",
+              "name": "Are my journal entries private?",
+              "acceptedAnswer": {
+                "@type": "Answer",
+                "text": "Yes. Your entries are end-to-end encrypted before leaving your device. Even we cannot read them."
+              }
+            },
+            {
+              "@type": "Question",
+              "name": "Does Grateful Journal work offline?",
+              "acceptedAnswer": {
+                "@type": "Answer",
+                "text": "Yes. Grateful Journal is a Progressive Web App (PWA) and can be installed on Android, iOS, and desktop. It works offline once installed."
+              }
+            },
+            {
+              "@type": "Question",
+              "name": "Do you sell my data or show ads?",
+              "acceptedAnswer": {
+                "@type": "Answer",
+                "text": "No. We do not sell your data, show ads, or use tracking pixels. Your privacy is the foundation of what we built."
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
         </script>
     </head>
     <body>

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;

public/firebase-messaging-sw.js

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Firebase Cloud Messaging service worker
+// Config values are injected at build time by the Vite plugin (see vite.config.ts)
+importScripts('https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/10.12.0/firebase-app-compat.js')
+importScripts('https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/10.12.0/firebase-messaging-compat.js')
+
+firebase.initializeApp({
+  apiKey: '__VITE_FIREBASE_API_KEY__',
+  authDomain: '__VITE_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN__',
+  projectId: '__VITE_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID__',
+  messagingSenderId: '__VITE_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID__',
+  appId: '__VITE_FIREBASE_APP_ID__',
+})
+
+const messaging = firebase.messaging()
+
+// Handle background push messages (browser/PWA is closed or in background)
+messaging.onBackgroundMessage((payload) => {
+  const title = payload.notification?.title || 'Grateful Journal 🌱'
+  const body = payload.notification?.body || "You haven't written today yet. Take a moment to reflect."
+
+  self.registration.showNotification(title, {
+    body,
+    icon: '/web-app-manifest-192x192.png',
+    badge: '/favicon-96x96.png',
+    tag: 'gj-daily-reminder',
+  })
+})
+
+self.addEventListener('notificationclick', (e) => {
+  e.notification.close()
+  e.waitUntil(
+    self.clients.matchAll({ type: 'window', includeUncontrolled: true }).then((clients) => {
+      if (clients.length > 0) {
+        clients[0].focus()
+        return clients[0].navigate('/')
+      }
+      return self.clients.openWindow('/')
+    })
+  )
+})

public/robots.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 User-agent: *
-Disallow: /write
+Disallow:
-Disallow: /history
-Disallow: /settings
 
 Sitemap: https://gratefuljournal.online/sitemap.xml

public/sitemap.xml

@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
 <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
   <url>
     <loc>https://gratefuljournal.online/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2026-04-08</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2026-04-13</lastmod>
     <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
     <priority>1.0</priority>
   </url>
   <url>
     <loc>https://gratefuljournal.online/about</loc>
-    <lastmod>2026-04-08</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2026-04-13</lastmod>
     <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
     <priority>0.7</priority>
   </url>
   <url>
     <loc>https://gratefuljournal.online/privacy</loc>
-    <lastmod>2026-04-08</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2026-04-13</lastmod>
     <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
     <priority>0.4</priority>
   </url>

public/sw.js

@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ self.addEventListener('activate', (e) => {
   self.clients.claim()
 })
 
+self.addEventListener('notificationclick', (e) => {
+  e.notification.close()
+  e.waitUntil(
+    self.clients.matchAll({ type: 'window', includeUncontrolled: true }).then((clients) => {
+      if (clients.length > 0) {
+        const client = clients[0]
+        client.focus()
+        client.navigate('/')
+      } else {
+        self.clients.openWindow('/')
+      }
+    })
+  )
+})
+
 self.addEventListener('fetch', (e) => {
   // Only cache GET requests for same-origin non-API resources
   if (

src/App.tsx

@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
+import { lazy, Suspense } from 'react'
 import { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route, Navigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { AuthProvider } from './contexts/AuthContext'
 import { ProtectedRoute } from './components/ProtectedRoute'
-import HomePage from './pages/HomePage'
-import HistoryPage from './pages/HistoryPage'
-import SettingsPage from './pages/SettingsPage'
-import LoginPage from './pages/LoginPage'
-import PrivacyPage from './pages/PrivacyPage'
-import AboutPage from './pages/AboutPage'
 import './App.css'
 
+const HomePage = lazy(() => import('./pages/HomePage'))
+const HistoryPage = lazy(() => import('./pages/HistoryPage'))
+const SettingsPage = lazy(() => import('./pages/SettingsPage'))
+const LoginPage = lazy(() => import('./pages/LoginPage'))
+const PrivacyPage = lazy(() => import('./pages/PrivacyPage'))
+const AboutPage = lazy(() => import('./pages/AboutPage'))
+
 function App() {
   return (
     <AuthProvider>
       <BrowserRouter>
+        <Suspense fallback={null}>
         <Routes>
           <Route path="/" element={<LoginPage />} />
           <Route
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ function App() {
           <Route path="/about" element={<AboutPage />} />
           <Route path="*" element={<Navigate to="/" replace />} />
         </Routes>
+        </Suspense>
       </BrowserRouter>
     </AuthProvider>
   )

src/hooks/reminderApi.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/** API calls specific to FCM token registration and reminder settings. */
+
+const BASE = import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL || 'http://localhost:8001/api'
+
+async function post(url: string, body: unknown, token: string) {
+  const res = await fetch(url, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+    credentials: 'include',
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  })
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    const err = await res.json().catch(() => ({}))
+    throw new Error(err.detail || res.statusText)
+  }
+  return res.json()
+}
+
+async function put(url: string, body: unknown, token: string) {
+  const res = await fetch(url, {
+    method: 'PUT',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+    credentials: 'include',
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  })
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    const err = await res.json().catch(() => ({}))
+    throw new Error(err.detail || res.statusText)
+  }
+  return res.json()
+}
+
+export function saveFcmToken(userId: string, fcmToken: string, authToken: string) {
+  return post(`${BASE}/notifications/fcm-token`, { userId, fcmToken }, authToken)
+}
+
+export function saveReminderSettings(
+  userId: string,
+  settings: { time?: string; enabled: boolean; timezone?: string },
+  authToken: string
+) {
+  return put(`${BASE}/notifications/reminder/${userId}`, settings, authToken)
+}

src/hooks/usePageMeta.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { useEffect } from 'react'
+
+interface PageMeta {
+  title: string
+  description: string
+  canonical: string
+  ogTitle?: string
+  ogDescription?: string
+}
+
+export function usePageMeta({ title, description, canonical, ogTitle, ogDescription }: PageMeta) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    document.title = title
+
+    setMeta('name', 'description', description)
+    setMeta('property', 'og:title', ogTitle ?? title)
+    setMeta('property', 'og:description', ogDescription ?? description)
+    setMeta('property', 'og:url', canonical)
+    setMeta('name', 'twitter:title', ogTitle ?? title)
+    setMeta('name', 'twitter:description', ogDescription ?? description)
+    setLink('canonical', canonical)
+  }, [title, description, canonical, ogTitle, ogDescription])
+}
+
+function setMeta(attr: 'name' | 'property', key: string, value: string) {
+  let el = document.querySelector<HTMLMetaElement>(`meta[${attr}="${key}"]`)
+  if (!el) {
+    el = document.createElement('meta')
+    el.setAttribute(attr, key)
+    document.head.appendChild(el)
+  }
+  el.setAttribute('content', value)
+}
+
+function setLink(rel: string, href: string) {
+  let el = document.querySelector<HTMLLinkElement>(`link[rel="${rel}"]`)
+  if (!el) {
+    el = document.createElement('link')
+    el.setAttribute('rel', rel)
+    document.head.appendChild(el)
+  }
+  el.setAttribute('href', href)
+}

src/hooks/useReminder.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/**
+ * Daily reminder — uses Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) for true push notifications.
+ * Works even when the browser is fully closed (on mobile PWA).
+ *
+ * Flow:
+ *  1. User picks a time in Settings → enableReminder() is called
+ *  2. Browser notification permission is requested
+ *  3. FCM token is fetched via the firebase-messaging-sw.js service worker
+ *  4. Token + reminder settings are saved to the backend
+ *  5. Backend scheduler sends a push at the right time each day
+ */
+import { getToken, onMessage } from 'firebase/messaging'
+import { messagingPromise } from '../lib/firebase'
+import { saveFcmToken, saveReminderSettings } from './reminderApi'
+
+const VAPID_KEY = import.meta.env.VITE_FIREBASE_VAPID_KEY
+
+export const REMINDER_TIME_KEY = 'gj-reminder-time'
+export const REMINDER_ENABLED_KEY = 'gj-reminder-enabled'
+
+export function getSavedReminderTime(): string | null {
+  return localStorage.getItem(REMINDER_TIME_KEY)
+}
+
+export function isReminderEnabled(): boolean {
+  return localStorage.getItem(REMINDER_ENABLED_KEY) === 'true'
+}
+
+/** Get FCM token using the dedicated firebase-messaging SW. */
+async function getFcmToken(): Promise<string | null> {
+  const messaging = await messagingPromise
+  if (!messaging) return null
+
+  const swReg = await navigator.serviceWorker.register('/firebase-messaging-sw.js', { scope: '/' })
+  await navigator.serviceWorker.ready
+
+  return getToken(messaging, { vapidKey: VAPID_KEY, serviceWorkerRegistration: swReg })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Request permission, get FCM token, and save reminder settings to backend.
+ * Returns an error string on failure, or null on success.
+ */
+export async function enableReminder(
+  timeStr: string,
+  userId: string,
+  authToken: string
+): Promise<string | null> {
+  if (!('Notification' in window)) {
+    return 'Notifications are not supported in this browser.'
+  }
+
+  let perm = Notification.permission
+  if (perm === 'default') {
+    perm = await Notification.requestPermission()
+  }
+  if (perm !== 'granted') {
+    return 'Permission denied. To enable reminders, allow notifications for this site in your browser settings.'
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const fcmToken = await getFcmToken()
+    if (!fcmToken) {
+      return 'Push notifications are not supported in this browser. Try Chrome or Edge.'
+    }
+
+    const timezone = Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone
+
+    await saveFcmToken(userId, fcmToken, authToken)
+    await saveReminderSettings(userId, { time: timeStr, enabled: true, timezone }, authToken)
+
+    localStorage.setItem(REMINDER_TIME_KEY, timeStr)
+    localStorage.setItem(REMINDER_ENABLED_KEY, 'true')
+    return null
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('FCM reminder setup failed', err)
+    return 'Failed to set up push notification. Please try again.'
+  }
+}
+
+/** Pause the reminder (keeps the saved time). */
+export async function disableReminder(userId: string, authToken: string): Promise<void> {
+  await saveReminderSettings(userId, { enabled: false }, authToken)
+  localStorage.setItem(REMINDER_ENABLED_KEY, 'false')
+}
+
+/** Re-enable using the previously saved time. Returns error string or null. */
+export async function reenableReminder(userId: string, authToken: string): Promise<string | null> {
+  const time = localStorage.getItem(REMINDER_TIME_KEY)
+  if (!time) return 'No reminder time saved.'
+  return enableReminder(time, userId, authToken)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Listen for foreground FCM messages and show a manual notification.
+ * Call once after the app mounts. Returns an unsubscribe function.
+ */
+export async function listenForegroundMessages(): Promise<() => void> {
+  const messaging = await messagingPromise
+  if (!messaging) return () => {}
+
+  const unsubscribe = onMessage(messaging, (payload) => {
+    const title = payload.notification?.title || 'Grateful Journal 🌱'
+    const body = payload.notification?.body || "You haven't written today yet."
+    if (Notification.permission === 'granted') {
+      new Notification(title, {
+        body,
+        icon: '/web-app-manifest-192x192.png',
+        tag: 'gj-daily-reminder',
+      })
+    }
+  })
+
+  return unsubscribe
+}

src/lib/firebase.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { initializeApp } from 'firebase/app'
 import { getAuth, GoogleAuthProvider } from 'firebase/auth'
+import { getMessaging, isSupported } from 'firebase/messaging'
 
 const firebaseConfig = {
   apiKey: import.meta.env.VITE_FIREBASE_API_KEY,
@@ -15,3 +16,6 @@ const app = initializeApp(firebaseConfig)
 // Google Auth initialization
 export const auth = getAuth(app)
 export const googleProvider = new GoogleAuthProvider()
+
+// FCM Messaging — resolves to null in unsupported browsers (e.g. Firefox, older Safari)
+export const messagingPromise = isSupported().then((yes) => (yes ? getMessaging(app) : null))

src/main.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { StrictMode } from 'react'
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client'
 import './index.css'
 import App from './App.tsx'
+import { listenForegroundMessages } from './hooks/useReminder'
 
 if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
   window.addEventListener('load', () => {
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
   })
 }
 
+// Show FCM notifications when app is open in foreground
+listenForegroundMessages()
+
 createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!).render(
   <StrictMode>
     <App />

src/pages/AboutPage.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { usePageMeta } from '../hooks/usePageMeta'
 
 export default function AboutPage() {
+  usePageMeta({
+    title: 'About — Grateful Journal',
+    description: 'Learn about Grateful Journal — a free, end-to-end encrypted daily gratitude journal. No ads, no tracking, no social feed. Just you and your thoughts.',
+    canonical: 'https://gratefuljournal.online/about',
+    ogTitle: 'About Grateful Journal',
+    ogDescription: 'A free, private gratitude journal with end-to-end encryption. Learn how we built a distraction-free space for your daily reflection practice.',
+  })
   return (
     <div className="static-page">
       <header className="static-page__header">

src/pages/LoginPage.tsx

@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { GoogleSignInButton } from '../components/GoogleSignInButton'
 import { TreeAnimation } from '../components/TreeAnimation'
 import { PageLoader } from '../components/PageLoader'
+import { usePageMeta } from '../hooks/usePageMeta'
 
 export default function LoginPage() {
+  usePageMeta({
+    title: 'Grateful Journal — Your Private Gratitude Journal',
+    description: 'A private, end-to-end encrypted gratitude journal. No feeds, no noise — just you and your thoughts. Grow your gratitude one moment at a time.',
+    canonical: 'https://gratefuljournal.online/',
+  })
   const { user, loading, signInWithGoogle, authError } = useAuth()
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const [signingIn, setSigningIn] = useState(false)

src/pages/PrivacyPage.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { usePageMeta } from '../hooks/usePageMeta'
 
 export default function PrivacyPage() {
+  usePageMeta({
+    title: 'Privacy Policy — Grateful Journal',
+    description: 'Grateful Journal\'s privacy policy. Your journal entries are end-to-end encrypted — we cannot read them. No ads, no tracking, no data selling.',
+    canonical: 'https://gratefuljournal.online/privacy',
+    ogTitle: 'Privacy Policy — Grateful Journal',
+    ogDescription: 'Your journal entries are end-to-end encrypted and private. We cannot read them, we don\'t sell your data, and we use no advertising cookies.',
+  })
   return (
     <div className="static-page">
       <header className="static-page__header">

src/pages/SettingsPage.tsx

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import BottomNav from '../components/BottomNav'
 import { useOnboardingTour, hasPendingTourStep, clearPendingTourStep } from '../hooks/useOnboardingTour'
 import { PageLoader } from '../components/PageLoader'
 import { usePWAInstall } from '../hooks/usePWAInstall'
+import {
+  getSavedReminderTime, isReminderEnabled,
+  enableReminder, disableReminder, reenableReminder,
+} from '../hooks/useReminder'
 
 const MAX_PHOTO_SIZE = 200 // px — resize to 200x200
 
@@ -55,6 +59,14 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
   const { canInstall, isIOS, triggerInstall } = usePWAInstall()
   const [installModal, setInstallModal] = useState<'ios' | 'chrome' | null>(null)
 
+  // Reminder state
+  const [reminderTime, setReminderTime] = useState<string | null>(() => getSavedReminderTime())
+  const [reminderEnabled, setReminderEnabled] = useState(() => isReminderEnabled())
+  const [showReminderModal, setShowReminderModal] = useState(false)
+  const [reminderPickedTime, setReminderPickedTime] = useState('08:00')
+  const [reminderError, setReminderError] = useState<string | null>(null)
+  const [reminderSaving, setReminderSaving] = useState(false)
+
   // Edit profile modal state
   const [showEditModal, setShowEditModal] = useState(false)
   const [editName, setEditName] = useState('')
@@ -182,6 +194,56 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
     }
   }
 
+  const handleOpenReminderModal = () => {
+    setReminderPickedTime(reminderTime || '08:00')
+    setReminderError(null)
+    setShowReminderModal(true)
+  }
+
+  const handleSaveReminder = async () => {
+    if (!user || !userId) return
+    setReminderSaving(true)
+    setReminderError(null)
+    const authToken = await user.getIdToken()
+    const error = await enableReminder(reminderPickedTime, userId, authToken)
+    setReminderSaving(false)
+    if (error) {
+      setReminderError(error)
+    } else {
+      setReminderTime(reminderPickedTime)
+      setReminderEnabled(true)
+      setShowReminderModal(false)
+      setMessage({ type: 'success', text: 'Reminder set!' })
+      setTimeout(() => setMessage(null), 2000)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const handleReminderToggle = async () => {
+    if (!user || !userId) return
+    if (!reminderTime) {
+      handleOpenReminderModal()
+      return
+    }
+    if (reminderEnabled) {
+      const authToken = await user.getIdToken()
+      await disableReminder(userId, authToken)
+      setReminderEnabled(false)
+    } else {
+      setReminderSaving(true)
+      const authToken = await user.getIdToken()
+      const error = await reenableReminder(userId, authToken)
+      setReminderSaving(false)
+      if (error) {
+        setReminderError(error)
+        setShowReminderModal(true)
+      } else {
+        setReminderEnabled(true)
+        setMessage({ type: 'success', text: 'Reminder enabled!' })
+        setTimeout(() => setMessage(null), 2000)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   const handleSignOut = async () => {
     try {
       await signOut()
@@ -318,6 +380,40 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
                   <polyline points="9 18 15 12 9 6" />
                 </svg>
               </button>
+
+              <div className="settings-divider"></div>
+
+              {/* Daily Reminder */}
+              <div className="settings-item">
+                <div className="settings-item-icon settings-item-icon-orange">
+                  <svg width="22" height="22" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round">
+                    <path d="M18 8A6 6 0 0 0 6 8c0 7-3 9-3 9h18s-3-2-3-9" />
+                    <path d="M13.73 21a2 2 0 0 1-3.46 0" />
+                  </svg>
+                </div>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  className="settings-item-content"
+                  onClick={handleOpenReminderModal}
+                  style={{ background: 'none', border: 'none', cursor: 'pointer', textAlign: 'left', padding: 0 }}
+                >
+                  <h4 className="settings-item-title">Daily Reminder</h4>
+                  <p className="settings-item-subtitle">
+                    {reminderTime
+                      ? (reminderEnabled ? `Reminds you at ${reminderTime}` : `Set to ${reminderTime} — paused`)
+                      : 'Tap to set a daily reminder'}
+                  </p>
+                </button>
+                <label className="settings-toggle" title={reminderEnabled ? 'Disable reminder' : 'Enable reminder'}>
+                  <input
+                    type="checkbox"
+                    checked={reminderEnabled}
+                    onChange={handleReminderToggle}
+                    disabled={reminderSaving}
+                  />
+                  <span className="settings-toggle-slider"></span>
+                </label>
+              </div>
             </div>
           </section>
 
@@ -622,6 +718,73 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
         </div>
       )}
 
+      {/* Daily Reminder Modal */}
+      {showReminderModal && (
+        <div className="confirm-modal-overlay" onClick={() => !reminderSaving && setShowReminderModal(false)}>
+          <div className="confirm-modal" onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>
+            <div style={{ fontSize: '2rem', textAlign: 'center', marginBottom: '0.5rem' }}>🔔</div>
+            <h3 className="confirm-modal-title">
+              {reminderTime ? 'Edit Reminder' : 'Set Daily Reminder'}
+            </h3>
+            <p className="confirm-modal-desc">
+              You'll get a notification at this time each day if you haven't written yet.
+              {' '}The reminder stays even if you log out and back in.
+            </p>
+
+            <label className="confirm-modal-label">Reminder time</label>
+            <input
+              type="time"
+              className="confirm-modal-input"
+              value={reminderPickedTime}
+              onChange={(e) => setReminderPickedTime(e.target.value)}
+              disabled={reminderSaving}
+              autoFocus
+            />
+
+            {reminderError && (
+              <p style={{
+                color: 'var(--color-error, #ef4444)',
+                fontSize: '0.8rem',
+                marginTop: '0.5rem',
+                textAlign: 'center',
+                lineHeight: 1.4,
+              }}>
+                {reminderError}
+              </p>
+            )}
+
+            <p style={{
+              fontSize: '0.75rem',
+              color: 'var(--color-text-muted)',
+              marginTop: '0.75rem',
+              textAlign: 'center',
+              lineHeight: 1.5,
+            }}>
+              Works best when the app is installed on your home screen.
+            </p>
+
+            <div className="confirm-modal-actions" style={{ marginTop: '1rem' }}>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="confirm-modal-cancel"
+                onClick={() => setShowReminderModal(false)}
+                disabled={reminderSaving}
+              >
+                Cancel
+              </button>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="edit-modal-save"
+                onClick={handleSaveReminder}
+                disabled={reminderSaving || !reminderPickedTime}
+              >
+                {reminderSaving ? 'Saving…' : 'Save'}
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       <BottomNav />
     </div>
   )

vite.config.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,48 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
+import { defineConfig, loadEnv } from 'vite'
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 
-function swBuildTimePlugin() {
+function injectFirebaseConfig(content: string, env: Record<string, string>): string {
+  return content
+    .replace('__VITE_FIREBASE_API_KEY__', env.VITE_FIREBASE_API_KEY || '')
+    .replace('__VITE_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN__', env.VITE_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN || '')
+    .replace('__VITE_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID__', env.VITE_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID || '')
+    .replace('__VITE_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID__', env.VITE_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID || '')
+    .replace('__VITE_FIREBASE_APP_ID__', env.VITE_FIREBASE_APP_ID || '')
+}
+
+function swPlugin() {
+  let env: Record<string, string> = {}
+
   return {
-    name: 'sw-build-time',
+    name: 'sw-plugin',
+    config(_: unknown, { mode }: { mode: string }) {
+      env = loadEnv(mode, process.cwd(), '')
+    },
+    // Dev server: serve firebase-messaging-sw.js with injected config
+    configureServer(server: { middlewares: { use: (path: string, handler: (req: unknown, res: { setHeader: (k: string, v: string) => void; end: (s: string) => void }, next: () => void) => void) => void } }) {
+      server.middlewares.use('/firebase-messaging-sw.js', (_req, res) => {
+        const swPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'public/firebase-messaging-sw.js')
+        if (fs.existsSync(swPath)) {
+          const content = injectFirebaseConfig(fs.readFileSync(swPath, 'utf-8'), env)
+          res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/javascript')
+          res.end(content)
+        }
+      })
+    },
     closeBundle() {
+      // Cache-bust the main service worker
       const swPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist/sw.js')
       if (fs.existsSync(swPath)) {
         const content = fs.readFileSync(swPath, 'utf-8')
-        const timestamp = Date.now().toString()
+        fs.writeFileSync(swPath, content.replace('__BUILD_TIME__', Date.now().toString()))
-        fs.writeFileSync(swPath, content.replace('__BUILD_TIME__', timestamp))
+      }
+      // Inject Firebase config into the FCM service worker
+      const fswPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist/firebase-messaging-sw.js')
+      if (fs.existsSync(fswPath)) {
+        const content = injectFirebaseConfig(fs.readFileSync(fswPath, 'utf-8'), env)
+        fs.writeFileSync(fswPath, content)
       }
     },
   }
@@ -19,7 +50,7 @@ function swBuildTimePlugin() {
 
 // https://vite.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [react(), swBuildTimePlugin()],
+  plugins: [react(), swPlugin()],
   server: {
     port: 8000,
     strictPort: false,
@@ -27,5 +58,30 @@ export default defineConfig({
   optimizeDeps: {
     include: ['libsodium-wrappers'],
   },
+  build: {
+    chunkSizeWarningLimit: 1000,
+    rollupOptions: {
+      output: {
+        manualChunks(id) {
+          if (id.includes('node_modules/firebase')) {
+            return 'firebase'
+          }
+          if (
+            id.includes('node_modules/react/') ||
+            id.includes('node_modules/react-dom/') ||
+            id.includes('node_modules/react-router-dom/')
+          ) {
+            return 'react-vendor'
+          }
+          if (id.includes('node_modules/libsodium')) {
+            return 'crypto'
+          }
+          if (id.includes('node_modules/driver.js')) {
+            return 'driver'
+          }
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
 })