major update

frontend/src/app/category/[category]/CategoryPage.css

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   flex-wrap: wrap;
   gap: 10px;
   justify-content: center;
-  overflow-y: auto;
-  height: 100%;
+  height: auto;
   width: 100%;
 }
 
@@ -13,38 +12,62 @@
   text-align: center;
 }
 
-.music-card-section {
+.category-page-loading-container {
   display: flex;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  gap: 10px;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
-  overflow-y: auto;
-  height: auto; /* Allow height to adjust to content */
-  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  color: var(--foreground);
+}
+
+.category-page-loader {
+  border: 8px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
+  border-top: 8px solid var(--foreground);
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  width: 60px;
+  height: 60px;
+  animation: spin 1s linear infinite;
 }
 
-.loading {
+.category-page-loading-text {
+  margin-top: 10px;
   font-size: 1.5rem;
   color: #555;
 }
 
 .error {
   font-size: 1.2rem;
-  color: red; /* Change to a more visually impactful color */
+  color: red;
+  margin-top: 20px;
 }
 
 .load-more {
   margin-top: 20px;
-  padding: 10px 20px;
+  padding: 12px 24px;
   font-size: 1rem;
-  background-color: #0070f3; /* Use your preferred button color */
+  background-color: var(--foreground-2);
   color: white;
   border: none;
-  border-radius: 5px;
+  border-radius: 25px; /* Increased border-radius for a modern look */
   cursor: pointer;
-  transition: background-color 0.3s;
+  transition: background-color 0.3s, transform 0.3s; /* Added transform transition */
+  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); /* Added shadow for depth */
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center; /* Center text inside button */
 }
 
 .load-more:hover {
-  background-color: #005bb5; /* Darker shade on hover */
+  background-color: var(--foreground-3);
+  transform: scale(1.05); /* Slightly increase size on hover */
+}
+
+.load-more:active {
+  transform: scale(0.95); /* Shrink on click for feedback */
+}
+
+@keyframes spin {
+  0% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
+  100% { transform: rotate(360deg); }
 }

frontend/src/app/category/[category]/page.js

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-'use client';
+"use client";
 import Card from "@/components/Card";
 import './CategoryPage.css';
-import { useEffect, useState, useRef } from 'react';
-import { use } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useState, use } from 'react';
 
 export default function CategoryPage({ params }) {
   const { category } = use(params); // Unwrap params using React.use()
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ export default function CategoryPage({ params }) {
   const [error, setError] = useState(null);
   const [page, setPage] = useState(1);
   const [hasMore, setHasMore] = useState(true);
-  const [maxPage, setMaxPage] = useState(Infinity); // Store the calculated max page
+  const [maxPage, setMaxPage] = useState(Infinity);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const fetchMusicByCategory = async () => {
@@ -25,18 +24,13 @@ export default function CategoryPage({ params }) {
         }
 
         const data = await response.json();
-
-        // Update music items based on response, avoiding duplicates
         setMusicItems(prevItems => {
           const newItems = data.files.filter(file => !prevItems.includes(file));
           return [...prevItems, ...newItems];
         });
 
-        // Calculate maxPage based on total_files and limit, then set it
         const calculatedMaxPage = Math.ceil(data.total_files / data.limit);
         setMaxPage(calculatedMaxPage);
-
-        // Update hasMore based on whether we have reached maxPage
         setHasMore(page < calculatedMaxPage);
       } catch (err) {
         setError(err.message);
@@ -48,40 +42,33 @@ export default function CategoryPage({ params }) {
     fetchMusicByCategory();
   }, [category, page]);
 
-  // Load more when scrolled to the bottom of the app container
   useEffect(() => {
-    const appContainer = document.querySelector('.app-container'); // Get the app-container element
+    const appContainer = document.querySelector('.app-container');
     if (!appContainer) return;
 
     const handleScroll = () => {
       const { scrollTop, clientHeight, scrollHeight } = appContainer;
-
-      // Check if we are at the bottom of the scrollable container
       if (scrollHeight - scrollTop <= clientHeight + 10 && hasMore && !loading) {
         loadMore();
       }
     };
 
     appContainer.addEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
-
     return () => {
       appContainer.removeEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
     };
   }, [hasMore, loading]);
 
   const loadMore = () => {
-    if (hasMore && page < maxPage) { // Ensure page does not exceed maxPage
+    if (hasMore && page < maxPage) {
       setPage(prevPage => prevPage + 1);
     }
   };
 
-  // Initial loading logic to fill the app-container
   useEffect(() => {
-    const appContainer = document.querySelector('.app-container'); // Get the app-container element
+    const appContainer = document.querySelector('.app-container');
     if (appContainer) {
       const { scrollHeight, clientHeight } = appContainer;
-
-      // If content height is less than or equal to client height, load more
       if (scrollHeight <= clientHeight && hasMore) {
         loadMore();
       }
@@ -89,7 +76,12 @@ export default function CategoryPage({ params }) {
   }, [musicItems, hasMore]);
 
   if (loading && musicItems.length === 0) {
-    return <div className="loading">Loading music...</div>;
+    return (
+      <div className="category-page-loading-container">
+        <div className="category-page-loader"></div>
+        <span className="category-page-loading-text">Loading music...</span>
+      </div>
+    );
   }
 
   if (error) {
@@ -97,16 +89,16 @@ export default function CategoryPage({ params }) {
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="category-page font-[family-name:var(--font-geist-sans)]">
+    <div className="category-page">
       <h1>{category.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + category.slice(1)} Music</h1>
       <div className="music-card-section">
         {musicItems.map((file, index) => (
           <Card 
-            key={`${file}-${index}`} // Ensure unique key by using index
-            src={file} // Assuming the base URL is handled correctly
+            key={`${file}-${index}`} 
+            src={file}
           />
         ))}
-        {loading && <div className="load-more">Loading more...</div>} {/* Loading indicator at the bottom */}
+        {loading && <div className="load-more">Loading more...</div>}
       </div>
     </div>
   );

frontend/src/app/globals.css

@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 
 :root {
   --background: #080523;
+  --background-secondary: #121029;
+  --background-2: #1e2b57;
+  --background-3: #0d0e1e;
+  --background-4: #313c51;
   --foreground: #ededed;
-  --background-secondary: #060a52;
   --foreground-secondary: #1d85b9;
-  --background-2: #2a3477;
   --foreground-2: #0b5da9;
-  --foreground-3: #0f0e60;
+  --foreground-3: #25253c;
+  --foreground-4: #878787;
 }
 
 html,
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ body {
 
 body {
   color: var(--foreground);
-  background: var(--background);
+  background: var(--background-3);
   font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;

frontend/src/app/layout.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import "./globals.css";
 import MusicPlayer from "@/components/MusicPlayer";
 import { MusicPlayerProvider } from "@/context/MusicPlayerContext";
 import { AppProgressBar as ProgressBar } from 'next-nprogress-bar';
+import Header from "@/components/Header";
 
 const geistSans = localFont({
   src: "./fonts/GeistVF.woff",
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export default function RootLayout({ children }) {
             options={{ showSpinner: false }}
             shallowRouting
           />
+          <Header/>
           <div className="app-container">{children}</div>
           <footer className="bottom-0 flex items-center w-full">
             <MusicPlayer />

frontend/src/components/Card.css

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .music-card {
   width: 250px;
   height: 40;
-  background-image: linear-gradient(var(--background-2), var(--foreground-3));
+  background-image: linear-gradient(var(--background-4), var(--foreground-3));
   border-top-left-radius: 20px;
   border-bottom-left-radius: 20px;
   border-top-right-radius: 5px;

frontend/src/components/CategoriesSection.css

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
+/* CategoriesSection.css */
+
 .categories-section {
   display: flex;
-  gap: 10px;
+  gap: 15px;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
-  padding: 10px;
+  padding: 20px;
   justify-content: center;
 }
 
 .category-card {
-  width: 90px;
-  height: 70px;
+  width: 100px;
+  height: 80px;
   padding: 10px;
   background-image: linear-gradient(var(--foreground-secondary), var(--foreground-3));
   border-radius: 10px;
@@ -17,17 +19,54 @@
   display: flex;
   justify-content: center;
   align-items: center;
+  transition: transform 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease;
+  cursor: pointer;
 }
 
 .category-title {
   font-size: 1rem;
   text-transform: capitalize;
   font-weight: 600;
-  cursor: pointer;
-  transition: scale .3s ease;
   overflow-wrap: break-word;
 }
 
-.category-card:hover .category-title{
-scale: 1.1;
-}
+.category-card:hover {
+  transform: translateY(-5px);
+  box-shadow: 0 4px 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+}
+
+.loading-container {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  height: 100px; /* Adjust height as needed */
+}
+
+.loading-spinner {
+  border: 4px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
+  border-top: 4px solid var(--foreground);
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  width: 40px; /* Size of the spinner */
+  height: 40px; /* Size of the spinner */
+  animation: spin 1s linear infinite;
+}
+
+.loading-text {
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  color: var(--foreground);
+  font-weight: 500;
+}
+
+/* Spinner animation */
+@keyframes spin {
+  0% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
+  100% { transform: rotate(360deg); }
+}
+
+.error-message {
+  color: var(--foreground);
+  font-weight: 500;
+  text-align: center;
+  margin: 20px;
+}

frontend/src/components/CategoriesSection.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// CategoriesSection.js
 "use client";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import "./CategoriesSection.css";
@@ -28,11 +29,16 @@ const CategoriesSection = () => {
   }, []);
 
   if (loading) {
-    return <div>Loading categories...</div>;
+    return (
+      <div className="loading-container">
+        <div className="loading-spinner"></div>
+        <p className="loading-text">Loading categories...</p>
+      </div>
+    );
   }
 
   if (error) {
-    return <div>Error: {error}</div>;
+    return <div className="error-message">Error: {error}</div>;
   }
 
   return (
@@ -47,9 +53,9 @@ const CategoriesSection = () => {
 const CategoryCard = ({ label }) => {
   return (
     <Link href={`/category/${label}`}>
-    <div className="category-card">
-      <label className="category-title">{label}</label>
-    </div>
+      <div className="category-card">
+        <label className="category-title">{label}</label>
+      </div>
     </Link>
   );
 };

frontend/src/components/Header.css

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* Header.css */
+
+.header {
+  background-color: var(--background);
+  padding: 15px 10px;
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+}
+
+.header-container {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: center;
+}
+
+.logo {
+  color: var(--foreground);
+  font-size: 24px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.header-music{
+  font-weight: 300;
+  font-size: 1rem;
+  color: var(--foreground-4);
+}
+
+.nav {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 20px;
+}
+
+.nav-link {
+  color: var(--foreground);
+  text-decoration: none;
+  transition: color 0.3s ease;
+}
+
+.nav-link:hover {
+  color: var(--foreground-2);
+}
+
+.search-container {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.search-input {
+  padding: 8px 12px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--foreground-3);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  background-color: transparent;
+  color: var(--foreground);
+}
+
+.search-input::placeholder {
+  color: var(--foreground-4);
+}
+
+.search-input:focus {
+  outline: none;
+  border-color: var(--foreground-2);
+}

frontend/src/components/Header.js

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Header.js
+import React from "react";
+import Link from "next/link";
+import "./Header.css"; // Ensure to import the CSS file
+
+const Header = () => {
+  return (
+    <header className="header">
+      <div className="header-container">
+        <h1 className="logo">
+          Nexus <sup className="header-music"> Music</sup>
+        </h1>
+        <nav className="nav">
+          <Link href="/" className="nav-link">
+            Home
+          </Link>
+        </nav>
+      </div>
+    </header>
+  );
+};
+
+export default Header;