Revert to dynamic deployment - keep all API routes and dynamic features

Author: bryanmax9

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build & Deploy Next.js to cPanel (Static Export)
+name: Build & Deploy Next.js to cPanel (Dynamic)
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -19,35 +19,40 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install deps
         run: npm ci
 
-      - name: Build Next.js app (Static Export)
+      - name: Build Next.js app (Dynamic)
         env:
           NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL }}
           MONGODB_URI: ${{ secrets.MONGODB_URI }}
           JWT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.JWT_SECRET }}
           BREVO_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BREVO_API_KEY }}
-        run: npm run build # produces out/
+        run: npm run build:next
 
       - name: Deploy via FTP to cPanel
         uses: SamKirkland/[email protected]
         with:
           server: ${{ secrets.FTP_HOST }}
           username: ${{ secrets.FTP_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.FTP_PASS }}
-          local-dir: out/
+          local-dir: ./
           server-dir: /
           exclude: |
             **/.git*
             **/.github*
             **/node_modules/**
             **/*.map
             **/.next/cache/**
+            **/out/**
             **/.env*
             **/README.md
             **/deploy.yml
             **/deploy.sh
+            **/build-static.js
 
       - name: Notify deployment completion
         run: |
-          echo "🚀 Static deployment completed!"
-          echo "✅ Your site is now live at: https://csulb.acm.org/acm"
-          echo "📝 No manual steps required - static hosting!"
+          echo "🚀 Dynamic deployment completed!"
+          echo "📝 Manual steps required:"
+          echo "   1. Go to cPanel → Node.js Apps"
+          echo "   2. Click 'Install Dependencies'"
+          echo "   3. Click 'Build Application'"
+          echo "   4. Click 'Start Application'"

.htaccess

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Static Hosting Configuration
+# Node.js App Configuration
 RewriteEngine On
 
-# Handle Next.js routing for static export
+# Handle Next.js routing
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /acm/index.html [QSA,L]
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.html [QSA,L]
 
 # Security headers
 Header always set X-Frame-Options DENY

build-static.js

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
 const nextConfig = {
-  // Static export for cPanel - uses much less memory
-  output: "export",
-  images: { unoptimized: true }, // needed when exporting
+  // Dynamic deployment - keep all features
+  // output: "export", // static export
+  // images: { unoptimized: true }, // needed when exporting
+
+  // Enable image optimization for better performance
+  images: {
+    domains: ["localhost", "csulb.acm.org"], // Add your domain here
+  },
 
   // Configure for subfolder deployment
   basePath: "/acm",
   assetPrefix: "/acm/",
 
-  // Exclude API routes from static export
-  trailingSlash: true,
-  
   // Webpack optimization for memory
   webpack: (config, { isServer }) => {
     if (!isServer) {

next.config.mjs

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev",
-    "build": "node build-static.js",
-    "build:next": "next build",
+    "build": "next build",
     "start": "node server.js",
     "lint": "next lint"
   },