vincentmakes · vincentmakes · May 5, 2026 · May 5, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ All notable changes to CV Manager will be documented in this file.
 
 Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/), versioning follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [1.49.3] - 2026-05-05
+
+### Fixed
+- **Public site was being deindexed by Google after the multi-language rollout.** Two issues combined into a strong "don't index" signal:
+    1. The admin "Preview Mode — This is a saved version and not publicly accessible" banner was hardcoded into `public-readonly/index.html` and only hidden via CSS. Crawlers read hidden text, so every public page advertised itself as not publicly accessible — a textbook soft-404 signal that caused Google to drop the URL even after re-indexing requests.
+    2. The public homepage was a near-empty shell server-side: `<h1>Loading…</h1>` with empty section containers. All CV content was hydrated client-side, but Googlebot frequently skips the second render pass on low-authority subdomains and treated the page as thin content.
+
+  The preview banner DOM is now built and inserted from JavaScript only when `window.DATASET_PREVIEW` is true (admin preview context), so its text never appears in HTML served to public visitors. `servePublicIndex` and `serveDatasetPage` in `src/server.js` now server-render the profile, about, experience, certifications, education, skills, and projects sections into the HTML before sending — the client JS still hydrates the same nodes on load, so behaviour is unchanged for users while crawlers see real CV content on first byte. Also set `<html lang>` correctly in the live-DB fallback path (it was already correct on the default-dataset path).
+
 ## [1.49.2] - 2026-05-04
 
 ### Fixed

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cv-manager",
-  "version": "1.49.2",
+  "version": "1.49.3",
   "description": "Professional CV Management System",
   "main": "src/server.js",
   "scripts": {

diff --git a/public-readonly/index.html b/public-readonly/index.html
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@
         <div class="public-lang-dropdown" id="publicLangDropdown"></div>
     </div>
 
-    <!-- Preview Banner (only shown for versioned dataset URLs) -->
-    <div class="preview-banner no-print" id="previewBanner" style="display: none;">
-        <div class="preview-banner-content">
-            <span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size:18px">visibility</span>
-            <span class="preview-banner-text">Preview Mode — This is a saved version and not publicly accessible</span>
-        </div>
-        <a href="/" class="preview-banner-btn">
-            <span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size:14px">arrow_back</span>
-            Back to Admin
-        </a>
-    </div>
-
     <div class="container" role="main">
         <!-- ATS-friendly hidden text version -->
         <div id="ats-content" class="ats-only" aria-hidden="true"></div>
@@ -295,9 +283,11 @@ <h2 class="section-title" data-i18n="section.projects">Featured Projects</h2>
                     return;
                 }
 
-                // Show preview banner only in admin preview mode (not on public-facing versioned URLs)
+                // Show preview banner only in admin preview mode (not on public-facing versioned URLs).
+                // Banner DOM is built here rather than shipped in the HTML so the banner copy
+                // never appears in raw HTML on canonical public pages (a soft-404 SEO signal).
                 if (window.DATASET_PREVIEW) {
-                    document.getElementById('previewBanner').style.display = 'flex';
+                    injectPreviewBanner();
                     document.body.classList.add('has-preview-banner');
                 }
 
@@ -373,6 +363,24 @@ <h2 class="section-title" data-i18n="section.projects">Featured Projects</h2>
             }
         }
 
+        function injectPreviewBanner() {
+            if (document.getElementById('previewBanner')) return;
+            const banner = document.createElement('div');
+            banner.className = 'preview-banner no-print';
+            banner.id = 'previewBanner';
+            banner.style.display = 'flex';
+            banner.innerHTML = `
+                <div class="preview-banner-content">
+                    <span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size:18px">visibility</span>
+                    <span class="preview-banner-text">${escapeHtml(t('preview.banner_text'))}</span>
+                </div>
+                <a href="/" class="preview-banner-btn">
+                    <span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size:14px">arrow_back</span>
+                    ${escapeHtml(t('preview.back_to_admin'))}
+                </a>`;
+            document.body.insertBefore(banner, document.body.firstChild);
+        }
+
         // Render functions for dataset data
         function renderProfileFromData(p) {
             if (!p) return;

diff --git a/public/shared/i18n/de.json b/public/shared/i18n/de.json
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@
     "datasets.make_private": "Privat machen",
     "datasets.make_shared": "Freigeben",
     "datasets.preview": "Vorschau",
+    "preview.banner_text": "Vorschaumodus — Dies ist eine gespeicherte Version und nicht öffentlich zugänglich",
+    "preview.back_to_admin": "Zurück zur Verwaltung",
     "datasets.copy_url": "URL kopieren",
     "ats.english_headers": "Abschnittsüberschriften auf Englisch",
     "datasets.legend_default": "Wird auf der öffentlichen Seite angezeigt",

diff --git a/public/shared/i18n/en.json b/public/shared/i18n/en.json
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@
     "datasets.make_private": "Make private",
     "datasets.make_shared": "Make shared",
     "datasets.preview": "Preview",
+    "preview.banner_text": "Preview Mode — This is a saved version and not publicly accessible",
+    "preview.back_to_admin": "Back to Admin",
     "datasets.copy_url": "Copy URL",
     "datasets.legend.radio": "select which dataset visitors see at your root URL",
     "datasets.legend.toggle": "share other datasets at their own /v/slug URL",

diff --git a/public/shared/i18n/es.json b/public/shared/i18n/es.json
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@
     "datasets.make_private": "Hacer privado",
     "datasets.make_shared": "Compartir",
     "datasets.preview": "Vista previa",
+    "preview.banner_text": "Modo vista previa — Esta es una versión guardada y no es accesible públicamente",
+    "preview.back_to_admin": "Volver a la administración",
     "datasets.copy_url": "Copiar URL",
     "ats.english_headers": "Encabezados de sección en inglés",
     "datasets.legend_default": "Publicado en el sitio público",

diff --git a/public/shared/i18n/fr.json b/public/shared/i18n/fr.json
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@
     "datasets.make_private": "Rendre privé",
     "datasets.make_shared": "Partager",
     "datasets.preview": "Aperçu",
+    "preview.banner_text": "Mode aperçu — Ceci est une version enregistrée et n'est pas accessible publiquement",
+    "preview.back_to_admin": "Retour à l'administration",
     "datasets.copy_url": "Copier l'URL",
     "ats.english_headers": "Titres de section en anglais",
     "datasets.legend_default": "Affiché sur le site public",

diff --git a/public/shared/i18n/it.json b/public/shared/i18n/it.json
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@
     "datasets.make_private": "Rendi privato",
     "datasets.make_shared": "Condividi",
     "datasets.preview": "Anteprima",
+    "preview.banner_text": "Modalità anteprima — Questa è una versione salvata e non è accessibile pubblicamente",
+    "preview.back_to_admin": "Torna all'amministrazione",
     "datasets.copy_url": "Copia URL",
     "ats.english_headers": "Intestazioni sezione in inglese",
     "datasets.legend_default": "Mostrato sul sito pubblico",

diff --git a/public/shared/i18n/nl.json b/public/shared/i18n/nl.json
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@
     "datasets.make_private": "Privé maken",
     "datasets.make_shared": "Delen",
     "datasets.preview": "Voorbeeld",
+    "preview.banner_text": "Voorbeeldmodus — Dit is een opgeslagen versie en niet publiekelijk toegankelijk",
+    "preview.back_to_admin": "Terug naar beheer",
     "datasets.copy_url": "URL kopiëren",
     "ats.english_headers": "Sectiekoppen in het Engels",
     "datasets.legend_default": "Weergegeven op de publieke site",

diff --git a/public/shared/i18n/pt.json b/public/shared/i18n/pt.json
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@
     "datasets.make_private": "Tornar privado",
     "datasets.make_shared": "Compartilhar",
     "datasets.preview": "Visualizar",
+    "preview.banner_text": "Modo de visualização — Esta é uma versão salva e não está acessível publicamente",
+    "preview.back_to_admin": "Voltar à administração",
     "datasets.copy_url": "Copiar URL",
     "ats.english_headers": "Cabeçalhos de secção em inglês",
     "datasets.legend_default": "Exibido no site público",

diff --git a/public/shared/i18n/zh.json b/public/shared/i18n/zh.json
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@
     "datasets.make_private": "设为私密",
     "datasets.make_shared": "设为共享",
     "datasets.preview": "预览",
+    "preview.banner_text": "预览模式 — 这是已保存的版本，未公开访问",
+    "preview.back_to_admin": "返回管理后台",
     "datasets.copy_url": "复制链接",
     "ats.english_headers": "章节标题使用英文",
     "datasets.legend_default": "显示在公开网站上",