fixed nav, added sanity and guides pages

middleware.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function isPublicPath(pathname: string) {
   // Public pages
   if (pathname === "/") return true;
   if (pathname === "/login") return true;
+  if (pathname === "/register") return true;
   if (pathname === "/tos") return true;
   if (pathname === "/privacy") return true;
   if (pathname === "/beta") return true;
@@ -20,12 +21,19 @@ function isPublicPath(pathname: string) {
   if (pathname.startsWith("/auth")) return true;
   if (pathname.startsWith("/api/auth")) return true;
 
+  // Content / guides — always public, no auth required
+  if (pathname === "/guides") return true;
+  if (pathname.startsWith("/guides/")) return true;
+
   // Static / framework assets
   if (pathname.startsWith("/_next")) return true;
   if (pathname === "/favicon.ico") return true;
   if (pathname === "/robots.txt") return true;
   if (pathname === "/sitemap.xml") return true;
 
+  // Static images in /public
+  if (pathname.startsWith("/battl/")) return true;
+
   // Health / misc APIs you may want public
   if (pathname === "/api/health") return true;
 
@@ -45,11 +53,12 @@ function isProtectedLaunchPath(pathname: string) {
 
 export function middleware(req: NextRequest) {
   const { pathname } = req.nextUrl;
+
+  // Short-circuit: always let public paths through without any token checks.
+  if (isPublicPath(pathname)) return NextResponse.next();
+
   const token = req.cookies.get("session_token")?.value;
   const isLoggedIn = Boolean(token);
-  console.log("is logged in: " + isLoggedIn);
-  console.log("MW:", req.nextUrl.pathname)
-
   // IMPORTANT: Use a server-only env var for middleware behavior.
   // Set LAUNCH_ONLY_ROOT=true in your Docker compose.
   const launchOnlyRoot = process.env.LAUNCH_ONLY_ROOT === "true";