From db8f1e2e825d11a86cc4d01c1ab229a7c4ece983 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stef Kariotidis <stef.kariotidis@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 17:42:44 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] WIP: start footer version year fix (checkpoint)


From b60d70dfd78cb067c8c78352fc6116a771831ec1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stef Kariotidis <stef.kariotidis@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 17:45:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(ui): move footer version next to dynamic year

---
 Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml                               | 5 ++---
 tests/Wayfarer.Tests/Versioning/AppVersionDisplayTests.cs | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
index decf1ebe..b2490b4f 100644
--- a/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
             <footer data-bs-theme="light">
                 <div class="container">
-                    &copy; 2025 - Wayfarer by <a href="https://stefk.me"
+                    &copy; @DateTime.UtcNow.Year - @AppVersionDisplay.FooterText(AppVersionProvider) by <a href="https://stefk.me"
                         class="link-offset-2 link-offset-3-hover link-underline link-underline-opacity-0 link-underline-opacity-75-hover"
                         target="_blank" title="Hi, I am Stef check out my blog!">Stef</a> -
                     <a href="/docs/" target="_blank"
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@
                     <a href="https://stef-k.github.io/WayfarerMobile/" target="_blank"
                         class="link-offset-2 link-offset-3-hover link-underline link-underline-opacity-0 link-underline-opacity-75-hover">Mobile</a> -
                     <a asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Privacy"
-                        class="link-offset-2 link-offset-3-hover link-underline link-underline-opacity-0 link-underline-opacity-75-hover">Privacy</a> -
-                    @AppVersionDisplay.FooterText(AppVersionProvider)
+                        class="link-offset-2 link-offset-3-hover link-underline link-underline-opacity-0 link-underline-opacity-75-hover">Privacy</a>
                 </div>
             </footer>
 
diff --git a/tests/Wayfarer.Tests/Versioning/AppVersionDisplayTests.cs b/tests/Wayfarer.Tests/Versioning/AppVersionDisplayTests.cs
index f86e117b..3ad57c39 100644
--- a/tests/Wayfarer.Tests/Versioning/AppVersionDisplayTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Wayfarer.Tests/Versioning/AppVersionDisplayTests.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ public void SharedLayout_UsesProviderBackedFooterHelper()
 
         layout.Should().Contain("@inject IAppVersionProvider AppVersionProvider");
         layout.Should().Contain("@AppVersionDisplay.FooterText(AppVersionProvider)");
+        layout.Should().Contain("&copy; @DateTime.UtcNow.Year - @AppVersionDisplay.FooterText(AppVersionProvider) by");
+        layout.Should().NotContain("&copy; 2025");
+        layout.Should().NotContain("Privacy</a> -");
         layout.Should().NotContain("Wayfarer v1.4.0");
     }