DarNed Sponsorship & Contact Hub 🚀

Official sponsorship, personal brand, and business inquiry platform for YouTube Minecraft content creator DarNed (@DarNedYt — 385,000+ Subscribers).

Built with Next.js 14 (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, Prisma ORM, SQLite / PostgreSQL, bcryptjs, and Nodemailer.

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🌟 Key Features

• Gaming Dark Theme: Sleek dark aesthetics with electric purple (#7c3aed), neon pink (#ec4899), electric blue (#06b6d4), glassmorphism cards, and fluid Framer Motion animations.
• Bilingual Support (EN / TR): Instant language toggle with complete English (default) and Turkish translations across all pages and administrative controls.
• Public Portal:
  • Home Page: Interactive hero banner ("Let's Create Something Viral Together"), live channel stats counters (385k+ subs, 142M+ total views, 340+ videos), featured viral Shorts & long videos, sponsorship perks, and FAQ accordion.
  • About Page: Creator backstory, audience demographic breakdowns (US primary market 45%, UK/EU 35%, 13-28 age bracket), and brand values.
  • Sponsorship Page: Dynamic package tiers (YouTube Shorts Integration, Dedicated Long Video, Mid-roll, Brand Ambassador), pricing visibility controls, and direct "Request a Quote" buttons pre-filling the contact form.
  • Contact Page: Advanced multi-field inquiry form, Zod validation, file attachment simulation, terms verification, automatic ticket number generator (TICK-XXXXXX), auto-responder emails to user, and instant notification alerts to admin.
  • Terms & Privacy Pages: Complete legal documentation.
• Partner User Dashboard:
  • View all submitted tickets & conversation history.
  • Interactive multi-turn reply thread with DarNed's team.
  • Profile & password management.
• Admin Command Center:
  • Restricted access for ADMIN, SUPER_ADMIN, and STAFF roles.
  • Overview Metrics: Total users, total tickets, open/pending/answered/closed counts, 7-day trend metrics, and audit log history.
  • Ticket Triage: Search, status & priority filtering, thread inspector, admin reply with optional direct email dispatch, staff assignment, internal notes, and soft delete with confirm modal.
  • User Directory: Search, role modification, ban/unban toggle, email verification status, and account deletion (Super Admin only).
  • Site Content Editor: Dynamic control of announcement banner, channel statistics counters, package pricing, and system maintenance toggles.
  • Email Center: Single direct email composer, HTML preset templates, and delivery logbook.

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⚡ Quick Start & Execution Commands

Follow these commands to install dependencies, generate the database, run the seed script, and launch the development server:

npm install
npx prisma generate
npx prisma db push
npm run db:seed
npm run dev

The application will be running at http://localhost:3000.

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🔑 Initial Admin & Test Account Credentials

The database seed script (prisma/seed.ts) automatically populates the root Super Admin and a sample test partner account reading credentials from .env:

Super Admin Account

• Email: admin@darned.yt (configured via ADMIN_EMAIL)
• Password: AdminPassword123! (configured via ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD)
• Role: SUPER_ADMIN
• Dashboard: /admin

Test Partner User Account

• Email: partner@brandexample.com
• Password: UserPassword123!
• Role: USER
• Dashboard: /dashboard

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🛠️ Tech Stack & Architecture

src/
├── app/                  # Next.js App Router (Public, Auth, Dashboard, Admin routes)
├── components/
│   ├── about/            # About page client components
│   ├── admin/            # Admin command center views (Tickets, Users, Content, Emails)
│   ├── auth/             # Login, Register, Forgot & Reset Password views
│   ├── contact/          # Advanced Contact Form with Ticket Generator
│   ├── dashboard/        # Partner User Dashboard & Ticket Detail Threads
│   ├── home/             # Hero, Stats, Featured Shorts & Long Videos showcase
│   ├── layout/           # Responsive Navbar, Footer, Announcement Banner
│   ├── providers/        # LanguageProvider context (EN/TR)
│   ├── sponsorship/      # Interactive Sponsorship Package Cards
│   └── ui/               # Toast, ConfirmModal, TicketStatusBadge
├── config/               # i18n Dictionary & Site Settings
├── lib/                  # db (Prisma), auth (JWT/Cookies), security, mail, utils, zod-schemas
├── server/actions/       # Next.js Server Actions (auth, tickets, admin)
└── styles/               # Tailwind CSS & Global Styles

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🔐 Environment Variables (.env.example)

# Database URL (SQLite for local dev, PostgreSQL for production/Vercel)
DATABASE_URL="file:./dev.db"

# JWT Session Auth Secret (Minimum 32 characters)
AUTH_SECRET="darned-hub-super-secret-jwt-token-2026-key-secure"

# Application Public URL
NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL="http://localhost:3000"

# Initial Admin Credentials (used during npm run db:seed)
ADMIN_EMAIL="admin@darned.yt"
ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD="AdminPassword123!"

# SMTP Email Configuration (Nodemailer)
SMTP_HOST="smtp.example.com"
SMTP_PORT="587"
SMTP_USER="smtp-user"
SMTP_PASSWORD="smtp-password"
MAIL_FROM="DarNed Hub <no-reply@darned.yt>"
ADMIN_EMAIL_NOTIFY="umran3639828@gmail.com"

# Optional Upload & YouTube API Keys
UPLOADTHING_SECRET=""
UPLOADTHING_APP_ID=""
YOUTUBE_API_KEY=""

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🚀 Production Deployment (Vercel & PostgreSQL)

1. Database Setup: Create a PostgreSQL database on Supabase, Neon, or Vercel Postgres. Update prisma/schema.prisma datasource provider to postgresql if deploying to PostgreSQL.
2. Environment Variables: Add DATABASE_URL, AUTH_SECRET, NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL, ADMIN_EMAIL, ADMIN_INITIAL_PASSWORD, and SMTP credentials in your Vercel Project Settings.
3. Build & Deploy:
   • Vercel automatically runs npm run build (prisma generate && next build).
   • Run npx prisma db push and npx prisma db seed on your production database.

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🛡️ Security Implementation

• Password Protection: All passwords hashed using bcryptjs (salt rounds: 10). Plain text passwords are never stored.
• Session Protection: Signed JWT tokens stored in HTTP-Only, SameSite=Lax cookies.
• Server Authorization: Every Server Action and API route verifies user identity and roles (ADMIN / SUPER_ADMIN / STAFF) server-side.
• XSS & SQL Injection Safeguards: Input sanitization via Zod schema parsing and Prisma parameterized queries.
• Rate Limiting: Sliding window rate limiting on login, registration, and ticket submission forms.
• Audit Logs: Critical administrative actions (role changes, account bans, deletions, setting updates) are recorded in the AuditLog table.