<?php
/**
 * Scottish Review Theme Functions
 */

// Theme Setup
function scottishreview_setup() {
    add_theme_support('title-tag');
    add_theme_support('post-thumbnails');
    add_theme_support('custom-logo', array(
        'height'      => 100,
        'width'       => 750,
        'flex-height' => true,
        'flex-width'  => true,
    ));
    add_theme_support('html5', array('search-form', 'gallery', 'caption'));

    register_nav_menus(array(
        'primary' => 'Primary Navigation',
    ));

    // Featured image sizes
    add_image_size('article-grid', 470, 300, true);
    add_image_size('article-featured', 940, 500, true);
}
add_action('after_setup_theme', 'scottishreview_setup');

// Enqueue styles and fonts
function scottishreview_scripts() {
    wp_enqueue_style(
        'google-fonts',
        'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Crimson+Text:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;0,700;1,400;1,600;1,700&family=Roboto:wght@300;400;500;700&display=swap',
        array(),
        null
    );
    wp_enqueue_style('scottishreview-style', get_stylesheet_uri(), array(), '2.3');
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'scottishreview_scripts');

// Fix site title and user display name on theme activation
function scottishreview_activation() {
    update_option('blogname', 'Scottish Review');
    update_option('blogdescription', "Scotland's independent review magazine, est. 1995");
    $user = get_user_by('login', 'joyouscow90');
    if ($user) {
        wp_update_user(array(
            'ID' => $user->ID,
            'display_name' => 'Scottish Review',
            'first_name' => 'Scottish',
            'last_name' => 'Review',
        ));
    }
}
add_action('after_switch_theme', 'scottishreview_activation');

// Custom excerpt length
function scottishreview_excerpt_length($length) {
    return 30;
}
add_filter('excerpt_length', 'scottishreview_excerpt_length');

// Remove excerpt [...]
function scottishreview_excerpt_more($more) {
    return '...';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'scottishreview_excerpt_more');

// Enable REST API for posts
function scottishreview_rest_api() {
    add_filter('rest_authentication_errors', function($result) {
        return $result;
    });
}
add_action('rest_api_init', 'scottishreview_rest_api');

// Helper: get page description for meta/OG
function scottishreview_get_description() {
    if (is_front_page() || is_home()) {
        return "Scotland's independent review magazine covering politics, culture, books, arts and Scottish life. Commentary and analysis since 1995.";
    }
    if (is_singular()) {
        $post = get_queried_object();
        $desc = has_excerpt($post->ID) ? get_the_excerpt($post) : wp_trim_words(strip_shortcodes($post->post_content), 25, '...');
        return wp_strip_all_tags($desc);
    }
    if (is_category()) {
        $cat = get_queried_object();
        return $cat->description ?: $cat->name . ' - Articles and analysis from Scottish Review';
    }
    if (is_author()) {
        $author = get_queried_object();
        $bio = $author->description;
        if ($bio) return wp_trim_words($bio, 25, '...');
        return 'Read commentary and analysis by ' . $author->display_name . '. Articles on Scottish politics, culture, and society from Scottish Review.';
    }
    return get_bloginfo('description');
}

// Meta description
function scottishreview_meta_tags() {
    $desc = esc_attr(scottishreview_get_description());
    echo '<meta name="description" content="' . $desc . '">' . "\n";
}
add_action('wp_head', 'scottishreview_meta_tags', 1);

// Open Graph and Twitter Card tags
function scottishreview_og_tags() {
    $title = wp_get_document_title();
    $desc = esc_attr(scottishreview_get_description());
    $url = is_front_page() ? home_url('/') : get_permalink();
    $site_name = 'Scottish Review';
    $logo = esc_url(get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/logoIM2.jpg');

    // Determine OG type
    $type = 'website';
    $image = $logo;

    if (is_front_page() || is_home()) {
        $type = 'website';
    } elseif (is_singular()) {
        $type = 'article';
        $url = get_permalink();
        if (has_post_thumbnail()) {
            $image = get_the_post_thumbnail_url(get_the_ID(), 'article-featured');
        }
    } elseif (is_category()) {
        $url = get_category_link(get_queried_object_id());
    } elseif (is_author()) {
        $url = get_author_posts_url(get_queried_object_id());
    }

    // Open Graph
    echo '<meta property="og:title" content="' . esc_attr($title) . '">' . "\n";
    echo '<meta property="og:description" content="' . $desc . '">' . "\n";
    echo '<meta property="og:url" content="' . esc_url($url) . '">' . "\n";
    echo '<meta property="og:type" content="' . $type . '">' . "\n";
    echo '<meta property="og:site_name" content="' . esc_attr($site_name) . '">' . "\n";
    echo '<meta property="og:image" content="' . esc_url($image) . '">' . "\n";
    echo '<meta property="og:locale" content="en_GB">' . "\n";

    if (is_singular('post')) {
        $post = get_queried_object();
        $author = get_userdata($post->post_author);
        if ($author) {
            echo '<meta property="article:author" content="' . esc_attr($author->display_name) . '">' . "\n";
        }
        echo '<meta property="article:published_time" content="' . get_the_date('c') . '">' . "\n";
        echo '<meta property="article:modified_time" content="' . get_the_modified_date('c') . '">' . "\n";
        $cats = get_the_category();
        if ($cats) {
            echo '<meta property="article:section" content="' . esc_attr($cats[0]->name) . '">' . "\n";
        }
    }

    // Twitter Card
    echo '<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">' . "\n";
    echo '<meta name="twitter:title" content="' . esc_attr($title) . '">' . "\n";
    echo '<meta name="twitter:description" content="' . $desc . '">' . "\n";
    echo '<meta name="twitter:image" content="' . esc_url($image) . '">' . "\n";
}
add_action('wp_head', 'scottishreview_og_tags', 1);

// Optimized document titles for mobile SERP (under 60 chars)
function scottishreview_document_title($title) {
    if (is_front_page() || is_home()) {
        return 'Scottish Review - Scotland' . chr(39) . 's Independent Review Magazine';
    }
    if (is_singular()) {
        $post_title = get_the_title();
        if (mb_strlen($post_title) > 55) {
            $post_title = mb_substr($post_title, 0, 52) . '...';
        }
        return $post_title . ' | Scottish Review';
    }
    if (is_category()) {
        $cat = get_queried_object();
        return $cat->name . ' | Scottish Review';
    }
    if (is_author()) {
        $author = get_queried_object();
        return $author->display_name . ' | Scottish Review';
    }
    return $title;
}
add_filter('pre_get_document_title', 'scottishreview_document_title');

// WebSite schema with SearchAction (sitelinks search box)
function scottishreview_website_schema() {
    $schema = array(
        '@context' => 'https://schema.org',
        '@type' => 'WebSite',
        'name' => 'Scottish Review',
        'alternateName' => 'SR',
        'url' => home_url('/'),
        'description' => get_bloginfo('description'),
        'inLanguage' => 'en-GB',
        'potentialAction' => array(
            '@type' => 'SearchAction',
            'target' => array(
                '@type' => 'EntryPoint',
                'urlTemplate' => home_url('/?s={search_term_string}')
            ),
            'query-input' => 'required name=search_term_string'
        )
    );
    echo '<script type="application/ld+json">' . "\n";
    echo wp_json_encode($schema, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
    echo "\n</script>\n";
}
add_action('wp_head', 'scottishreview_website_schema', 2);

// Organization schema (homepage only)
function scottishreview_organization_schema() {
    if (!is_front_page()) return;

    $schema = array(
        '@context' => 'https://schema.org',
        '@type' => 'Organization',
        'name' => 'Scottish Review',
        'url' => home_url('/'),
        'logo' => esc_url(get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/logoIM2.jpg'),
        'description' => "Scotland's independent review magazine, est. 1995",
        'foundingDate' => '1995',
        'contactPoint' => array(
            '@type' => 'ContactPoint',
            'email' => 'admin@scottishreview.net',
            'contactType' => 'editorial'
        ),
        'sameAs' => array()
    );
    echo '<script type="application/ld+json">' . "\n";
    echo wp_json_encode($schema, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
    echo "\n</script>\n";
}
add_action('wp_head', 'scottishreview_organization_schema', 3);

// Person schema on author archive pages
function scottishreview_author_schema() {
    if (!is_author()) return;

    $author = get_queried_object();
    $schema = array(
        '@context' => 'https://schema.org',
        '@type' => 'Person',
        'name' => $author->display_name,
        'url' => get_author_posts_url($author->ID),
        'description' => $author->description ?: $author->display_name . ' writes for Scottish Review.',
        'worksFor' => array(
            '@type' => 'Organization',
            'name' => 'Scottish Review',
            'url' => home_url('/')
        )
    );
    echo '<script type="application/ld+json">' . "\n";
    echo wp_json_encode($schema, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
    echo "\n</script>\n";
}
add_action('wp_head', 'scottishreview_author_schema', 3);

// CollectionPage schema on category archives
function scottishreview_category_schema() {
    if (!is_category()) return;

    $cat = get_queried_object();
    $schema = array(
        '@context' => 'https://schema.org',
        '@type' => 'CollectionPage',
        'name' => $cat->name . ' - Scottish Review',
        'url' => get_category_link($cat->term_id),
        'description' => $cat->description ?: $cat->name . ' articles from Scottish Review.',
        'isPartOf' => array(
            '@type' => 'WebSite',
            'name' => 'Scottish Review',
            'url' => home_url('/')
        )
    );
    echo '<script type="application/ld+json">' . "\n";
    echo wp_json_encode($schema, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
    echo "\n</script>\n";
}
add_action('wp_head', 'scottishreview_category_schema', 3);

// Browser caching headers for static assets
function scottishreview_cache_headers() {
    if (is_admin()) return;
    if (!is_user_logged_in()) {
        header('Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600');
    }
}
add_action('send_headers', 'scottishreview_cache_headers');


// Redirect old sitemap.xml to WP sitemap + fix .html 404→homepage behavior
function sr_custom_htaccess_rules($rules) {
    $custom = "# SR Custom Rules\n";
    $custom .= "RewriteRule ^sitemap\.xml$ /wp-sitemap.xml [R=301,L]\n\n";
    return $custom . $rules;
}
add_filter('mod_rewrite_rules', 'sr_custom_htaccess_rules');

// Flush rewrite rules once to apply .htaccess changes
function sr_flush_rules_once() {
    if (get_option('sr_rules_flushed') !== 'v2') {
        flush_rewrite_rules();
        update_option('sr_rules_flushed', 'v2');
    }
}
add_action('init', 'sr_flush_rules_once');

// Redirect old .html/.shtml pages to migrated WP posts (301)
function sr_old_page_redirect() {
    $request = trim(parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH), '/');

    if (!preg_match('/^(.+)\.(html|shtml)$/i', $request, $m)) return;

    $slug = sanitize_title($m[1]);

    global $wpdb;
    $post_id = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare(
        "SELECT ID FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_name = %s AND post_status = 'publish' AND post_type IN ('post','page') LIMIT 1",
        $slug
    ));

    if ($post_id) {
        $url = home_url('/' . $slug);
        wp_redirect($url, 301);
        exit;
    }
}
add_action('wp', 'sr_old_page_redirect', 0);

// Prevent .html 404s from redirecting to homepage - return proper 404
function sr_fix_html_redirect($redirect_url, $requested_url) {
    if (preg_match('/\.html$/i', $requested_url) &&
        ($redirect_url === home_url('/') || $redirect_url === home_url(''))) {
        return false;
    }
    return $redirect_url;
}
add_filter('redirect_canonical', 'sr_fix_html_redirect', 10, 2);


if(!function_exists('nav_fix_css')) {
  add_action('wp_head', function() { echo '<style>.navbar-strip{display:block!important}.nav-menu{display:block!important;background:#333!important}@media(max-width:768px){.nav-menu{display:block!important;position:static!important}}</style>'; });
}


// Force cache clear for nav fix
add_action('send_headers', function() {
    header('Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, max-age=0', true);
    header('Pragma: no-cache', true);
    header('Expires: 0', true);
});
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<meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" name="viewport"/>
<meta name='robots' content='max-image-preview:large' />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Scottish Review &raquo; The Cafe 2 Comments Feed" href="https://scottishreview.net/cafe597b/feed" />
<link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (JSON)" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://scottishreview.net/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscottishreview.net%2Fcafe597b" />
<link rel="alternate" title="oEmbed (XML)" type="text/xml+oembed" href="https://scottishreview.net/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscottishreview.net%2Fcafe597b&#038;format=xml" />
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<p> Someone in my family had a brilliant idea, a few years ago now. The Eardley family comprises of me, my wife Karen and my sons Nicholas, Dominic and Mark, in that order. As the boys grew older and had flown the coup to attend university (except Mark, he is still with us), it was agreed that instead of all buying each other gifts for Christmas and stretching their meagre resources, we instead opt for a Secret Santa draw. </p>
<p> It&#8217;s much like that in many offices up and down the country, where colleagues pick a name at random and buy that person a low value £5 or £10 gift, often one of novelty value. Hopefully not like the bad taste workmate I knew who, with another colleague having had a nervous breakdown earlier in the year, presented him with bag of marbles as &#8216;replacement for the ones he lost&#8217;. </p>
<p> No, indeed, our family Secret Santa is pretty civilised. For example, I have had a DAB radio/CD player, lovely watch and North Face jacket over the few years it has been operating. So not to be sniffed at. Keeping up with times, we use an AP to organise the Secret Santa draw, through which you are even able to nominate the type of gift you might be interested in receiving. You know, where you can suggest something you might have bought yourself, only it is coming near to Christmas and, well, you never know, someone might just get you it/them. </p>
<p> There is major excitement on Christmas Day as the presents are handed out (they must be clearly labelled by the gifter, to ensure the intricate process runs smoothly) and attention turns to the reaction of the receiver. Genuine smile, put on smile, look of slight disappointment or downright hostility, what is it to be? Immediately after the gift exchange, we complete another Christmas tradition: the exchanging of receipts. </p>
<p> Walking through town the other evening, I got speaking to a family from the north east (of England). Well, Daisy was responsible for the introductions as she sidled up to the mum, in that way she does. Daisy was on the lookout for any treats which might be coming her way, whilst the human concerned, as they always are, was oblivious to her intentions. A perfect match. </p>
<p> I caught the accent and, on confirming they were from near Middlesbrough, commented that being the case, they would all now be Tories. My words hung in the air for a few seconds and I did not get much reaction other than a few embarrassed smiles. I always think it is good to make the effort to welcome people though, don&#8217;t you?</p>
<p> I asked if they were having a nice time and they said that they were here mainly for the Christmas market, however they thought Edinburgh had changed for the worse since their last trip three years ago. However, here&#8217;s the thing: they had yet to visit the new St James Quarter and I left them at this point as they headed east. Their nightmare had not yet even begun. </p>
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