diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-express-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-express-backend.yml
index 0b312a26e..a489c9713 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-express-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-express-backend.yml
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Installing production dependencies on server..."
           # Install deps for workspace packages first
-          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com "cd /home/skuilder/dist/express-backend/$newversion/workspace/common && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && NODE_ENV=production yarn install --production --immutable"
-          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com "cd /home/skuilder/dist/express-backend/$newversion/workspace/db && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && NODE_ENV=production yarn install --production --immutable"
+          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com "cd /home/skuilder/dist/express-backend/$newversion/workspace/common && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && NODE_ENV=production yarn install --immutable"
+          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com "cd /home/skuilder/dist/express-backend/$newversion/workspace/db && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && NODE_ENV=production yarn install --immutable"
 
           # Create a modified package.json with file: references for workspace deps
           echo "Creating package.json with resolved workspace paths..."
           ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com "cd /home/skuilder/dist/express-backend/$newversion && cat package.json | jq '.dependencies[\"@vue-skuilder/common\"] = \"file:./workspace/common\" | .dependencies[\"@vue-skuilder/db\"] = \"file:./workspace/db\"' > package.json.tmp && mv package.json.tmp package.json"
 
           # Install express package dependencies
-          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com "cd /home/skuilder/dist/express-backend/$newversion && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && NODE_ENV=production yarn install --production --immutable"
+          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com "cd /home/skuilder/dist/express-backend/$newversion && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && NODE_ENV=production yarn install --immutable"
 
           echo "Setting symlink to new version..."
           ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com ln -sfn /home/skuilder/dist/express-backend/$newversion /home/skuilder/express-backend
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-caddyfile.yml b/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-caddyfile.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7db0fbc69..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-caddyfile.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-name: deploy-caddyfile
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - deploy
-    paths:
-      - '.deployment/Caddyfile'
-jobs:
-  deploy_caddyfile:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: auth step
-        uses: shimataro/ssh-key-action@v2
-        with:
-          key: ${{ secrets.DO_SSH_KEY }}
-          name: id_rsa
-          known_hosts: ${{ secrets.KNOWN_HOSTS }}
-      - run: |
-          echo "deploying updated Caddyfile in place of prior"
-          scp .deployment/Caddyfile ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com:~/Caddyfile
-          echo "reloading the caddyfile"
-          ssh -t ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com 'curl localhost:2019/load \
-           -X POST \
-           -H "Content-Type: text/caddyfile" \
-           --data-binary @Caddyfile'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-express-serverside.yml b/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-express-serverside.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 99f63cf0e..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-express-serverside.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-name: deploy-express-serverside
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      reason:
-        description: 'Reason for deploying Express API'
-        required: true
-        default: 'Manual trigger'
-
-jobs:
-  deploy-express:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Trigger server-side deployment
-        run: |
-          echo "🚀 Triggering server-side deployment..."
-          echo "Reason: ${{ github.event.inputs.reason || 'Push to master' }}"
-          echo "Commit: ${{ github.sha }}"
-          echo "Branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
-
-      - name: Configure SSH key
-        uses: shimataro/ssh-key-action@v2
-        with:
-          key: ${{ secrets.DO_SSH_KEY }}
-          name: id_rsa
-          known_hosts: ${{ secrets.KNOWN_HOSTS }}
-
-      - name: Execute deployment on server
-        run: |
-          echo "Connecting to server and executing deployment..."
-          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com << 'EOF'
-            set -e
-
-            # Log deployment start
-            echo "=== Deployment started at $(date) ==="
-            echo "Triggered by: ${{ github.event.inputs.reason || 'Push to master' }}"
-            echo "Commit: ${{ github.sha }}"
-            echo "Branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
-
-            # Change to deployment script directory
-            cd /home/skuilder
-
-            # Execute the deployment script
-            echo "${{ secrets.SUDO_PASSWORD }}" | sudo -S ./deploy-express-minimal-downtime.sh
-
-            echo "=== Deployment completed at $(date) ==="
-          EOF
-
-      - name: Verify deployment
-        run: |
-          echo "Verifying Express API deployment..."
-          max_retries=3
-          retry_count=0
-          while [ $retry_count -lt $max_retries ]; do
-            response=$(curl -sS https://eduquilt.com/express)
-            if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-              echo "Error: Failed to fetch https://eduquilt.com/express"
-              retry_count=$((retry_count+1))
-              if [ $retry_count -lt $max_retries ]; then
-                echo "Retrying in 5 seconds... (Attempt $retry_count of $max_retries)"
-                sleep 5
-                continue
-              else
-                exit 1
-              fi
-            fi
-
-            if echo "$response" | grep -q "${{ github.SHA }}"; then
-              echo "Success. Current version found in production"
-
-              # Log deployment success
-              echo "✅ Express API deployed successfully with version ${{ github.SHA }}"
-              echo "✅ Deployment triggered by: ${{ github.event.inputs.reason || 'Push to master' }}"
-              echo "✅ Deployment timestamp: $(date -u)"
-
-              exit 0
-            else
-              echo "Current version not found in production. Retrying..."
-              retry_count=$((retry_count+1))
-              if [ $retry_count -lt $max_retries ]; then
-                echo "Retrying in 5 seconds... (Attempt $retry_count of $max_retries)"
-                sleep 5
-              else
-                echo "Error! Max retries reached. Current version not reported by production."
-                echo "Response received:"
-                echo "$response"
-                exit 1
-              fi
-            fi
-          done
-
-      - name: Deployment failure cleanup
-        if: failure()
-        run: |
-          echo "🔄 Deployment failed. Checking for rollback options..."
-          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com << 'EOF'
-            cd /home/skuilder
-            echo "Available builds for potential rollback:"
-            ./manage-deployment.sh list
-
-            echo "Current service status:"
-            ./manage-deployment.sh status
-
-            echo "Recent service logs:"
-            ./manage-deployment.sh logs 20 || true
-          EOF
-
-          echo "💡 To rollback manually, SSH to server and run:"
-          echo "   ./manage-deployment.sh rollback <build-name>"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-express-service-file.yml b/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-express-service-file.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c7c58f60..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-express-service-file.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: deploy-service-file
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - deploy
-    paths:
-      - '.deployment/eqExpress.service'
-jobs:
-  deploy_service_file:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: auth step
-        uses: shimataro/ssh-key-action@v2
-        with:
-          key: ${{ secrets.DO_SSH_KEY }}
-          name: id_rsa
-          known_hosts: ${{ secrets.KNOWN_HOSTS }}
-      - run: |
-          echo "deploying updated eqExpress.service file in place of prior"
-          scp .deployment/eqExpress.service ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com:~/eqExpress.service
-          echo "restarting the service"
-          ssh -t ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com 'echo ${{ secrets.DO_PASSWORD }} | sudo -S systemctl restart eqExpress'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-express.yml b/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-express.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 450baee23..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/deprecated-deploy-express.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,167 +0,0 @@
-name: deploy-express
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      reason:
-        description: 'Reason for deploying Express API'
-        required: true
-        default: 'Manual trigger'
-jobs:
-  deploy-express:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - run: echo "🎉 The job was triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} on commit ${{ github.SHA }}"
-      - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 18
-          cache: 'yarn'
-      - name: Enable Corepack
-        run: corepack enable
-
-      - name: Configure SSH key
-        uses: shimataro/ssh-key-action@v2
-        with:
-          key: ${{ secrets.DO_SSH_KEY }}
-          name: id_rsa
-          known_hosts: ${{ secrets.KNOWN_HOSTS }}
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn install
-        
-      - name: Install jq (for JSON manipulation)
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
-
-      - name: Build workspace dependencies
-        run: |
-          # Build common package if it exists
-          if [ -d "./packages/common" ]; then
-            echo "Building @vue-skuilder/common package..."
-            cd ./packages/common
-            yarn build
-            cd ../..
-          fi
-          
-          # Build db package if it exists
-          if [ -d "./packages/db" ]; then
-            echo "Building @vue-skuilder/db package..."
-            cd ./packages/db
-            yarn build
-            cd ../..
-          fi
-
-      - name: Build Express API
-        run: |
-          cd ./packages/express
-          yarn build
-
-      - name: Deploy and run
-        run: |
-
-          # Create necessary directories
-          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com mkdir -p /home/skuilder/dist/express/${{github.sha}}
-          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com mkdir -p /home/skuilder/dist/express/${{github.sha}}/assets
-
-          # Copy build artifacts and dependencies
-          rsync -rl ./packages/express/dist/ ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com:/home/skuilder/dist/express/${{github.sha}}
-          rsync -rl ./packages/express/assets/ ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com:/home/skuilder/dist/express/${{github.sha}}/assets
-          rsync -rl ./packages/express/package.json ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com:/home/skuilder/dist/express/${{github.sha}}
-          
-          # Handle workspace dependencies by copying them to the server
-          if [ -d "./packages/common" ]; then
-            echo "Copying @vue-skuilder/common package..."
-            ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com mkdir -p /home/skuilder/dist/common/dist
-            rsync -rl ./packages/common/dist/ ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com:/home/skuilder/dist/common/dist
-            rsync -rl ./packages/common/package.json ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com:/home/skuilder/dist/common/
-          fi
-          
-          if [ -d "./packages/db" ]; then
-            echo "Copying @vue-skuilder/db package..."
-            ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com mkdir -p /home/skuilder/dist/db/dist
-            rsync -rl ./packages/db/dist/ ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com:/home/skuilder/dist/db/dist
-            rsync -rl ./packages/db/package.json ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com:/home/skuilder/dist/db/
-          fi
-          
-          # Create package.json with absolute paths instead of workspace references
-          echo "Creating package.json with resolved dependency paths..."
-          cat ./packages/express/package.json | jq '.dependencies["@vue-skuilder/common"] = "file:/home/skuilder/dist/common" | .dependencies["@vue-skuilder/db"] = "file:/home/skuilder/dist/db"' > ./packages/express/temp-package.json
-          # Upload the modified package.json
-          rsync -rl ./packages/express/temp-package.json ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com:/home/skuilder/dist/express/${{github.sha}}/package.json
-          
-          # First install dependencies for common and db packages
-          if [ -d "./packages/common" ]; then
-            echo "Installing dependencies for common package..."
-            ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com "cd /home/skuilder/dist/common && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && NODE_ENV=production yarn install --no-immutable"
-          fi
-          
-          if [ -d "./packages/db" ]; then
-            echo "Installing dependencies for db package..."
-            ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com "cd /home/skuilder/dist/db && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && NODE_ENV=production yarn install --no-immutable"
-          fi
-          
-          # Now install dependencies for express app
-          echo "Installing dependencies for Express app..."
-          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com "cd /home/skuilder/dist/express/${{github.sha}} && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && NODE_ENV=production yarn install --no-immutable"
-
-          # Update symlink to new version
-          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com ln -sfn /home/skuilder/dist/express/${{github.SHA}} /home/skuilder/api
-
-          # Update environment variables
-          ssh ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com rm -f /home/skuilder/.env.development.local
-          ssh -t ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com 'echo VERSION=${{ github.SHA }} >> /home/skuilder/.env.development.local'
-          ssh -t ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com 'echo COUCHDB_ADMIN=${{ secrets.COUCHDB_ADMIN }} >> /home/skuilder/.env.development.local'
-          ssh -t ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com 'echo COUCHDB_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.COUCHDB_PASSWORD }} >> /home/skuilder/.env.development.local'
-          ssh -t ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com 'echo COUCHDB_PROTOCOL=${{ secrets.COUCHDB_PROTOCOL }} >> /home/skuilder/.env.development.local'
-          ssh -t ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com 'echo COUCHDB_SERVER=${{ secrets.COUCHDB_SERVER }} >> /home/skuilder/.env.development.local'
-
-          # Restart service
-          echo "Restarting Express service..."
-          ssh -t ${{ secrets.DO_USERNAME }}@eduquilt.com 'echo ${{ secrets.DO_PASSWORD }} | sudo -S systemctl restart eqExpress'
-
-          echo "Waiting for service to start..."
-          sleep 10s
-      - name: Verify deployment
-        run: |
-          echo "Verifying Express API deployment..."
-          max_retries=3
-          retry_count=0
-          while [ $retry_count -lt $max_retries ]; do
-            response=$(curl -sS https://eduquilt.com/express)
-            if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-              echo "Error: Failed to fetch https://eduquilt.com/express"
-              retry_count=$((retry_count+1))
-              if [ $retry_count -lt $max_retries ]; then
-                echo "Retrying in 5 seconds... (Attempt $retry_count of $max_retries)"
-                sleep 5
-                continue
-              else
-                exit 1
-              fi
-            fi
-
-            if echo "$response" | grep -q "${{ github.SHA }}"; then
-              echo "Success. Current version found in production"
-              
-              # Log deployment success
-              echo "✅ Express API deployed successfully with version ${{ github.SHA }}"
-              echo "✅ Deployment triggered by: ${{ github.event.inputs.reason }}"
-              echo "✅ Deployment timestamp: $(date -u)"
-              
-              exit 0
-            else
-              echo "Current version not found in production. Retrying..."
-              retry_count=$((retry_count+1))
-              if [ $retry_count -lt $max_retries ]; then
-                echo "Retrying in 5 seconds... (Attempt $retry_count of $max_retries)"
-                sleep 5
-              else
-                echo "Error! Max retries reached. Current version not reported by production."
-                echo "Response received:"
-                echo "$response"
-                exit 1
-              fi
-            fi
-          done