From 329e22cfd6b9b74df7f2d2de826d350e78999670 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: directlx <directlx.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:49:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Configure app for Nginx Proxy Manager reverse proxy. Add
 ProxyFix middleware to Flask and X-Forwarded-Host header to nginx config for
 proper proxy header handling.

---
 app.py                | 4 ++++
 nginx.conf            | 1 +
 static/css/styles.css | 4 ++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index d9be10d..bdb2954 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 from datetime import datetime
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, redirect, url_for, flash, jsonify
 from slugify import slugify
+from werkzeug.middleware.proxy_fix import ProxyFix
 
 from config import config
 from models import db, User, BlogPost, ForumCategory, ForumTopic, ForumReply, ContactMessage
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ def create_app(config_name=None):
     app = Flask(__name__)
     app.config.from_object(config[config_name])
 
+    # Trust proxy headers from Nginx Proxy Manager → local nginx (2 proxies)
+    app.wsgi_app = ProxyFix(app.wsgi_app, x_for=2, x_proto=1, x_host=1, x_prefix=1)
+
     db.init_app(app)
 
     with app.app_context():
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 579a252..90f8bea 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ server {
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
         proxy_connect_timeout 300s;
         proxy_read_timeout 300s;
     }
diff --git a/static/css/styles.css b/static/css/styles.css
index 347bd2e..dda3e8d 100644
--- a/static/css/styles.css
+++ b/static/css/styles.css
@@ -873,6 +873,10 @@ video {
   height: 4rem;
 }
 
+.h-20 {
+  height: 5rem;
+}
+
 .h-24 {
   height: 6rem;
 }