fix: post creation working again, also slugs

src/main/engine/PostEngine.ts

@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ export class PostEngine extends EventEmitter {
     const post: PostData = {
       id,
       projectId: data.projectId || this.currentProjectId,
-      title: data.title || 'Untitled',
+      title: data.title ?? '',
       slug,
       excerpt: data.excerpt,
       content: data.content || '',
@@ -303,11 +303,18 @@ export class PostEngine extends EventEmitter {
       newStatus = 'draft';
     }
 
+    // Auto-update slug when title changes, but only if post was never published
+    let newSlug = data.slug ?? existing.slug;
+    if (data.title !== undefined && data.title !== existing.title && !existing.publishedAt) {
+      newSlug = await this.generateUniqueSlug(data.title || 'untitled', id);
+    }
+
     const updated: PostData = {
       ...existing,
       ...data,
       id, // Ensure ID doesn't change
       projectId: existing.projectId, // Ensure projectId doesn't change
+      slug: newSlug,
       status: newStatus as 'draft' | 'published' | 'archived',
       updatedAt: new Date(),
     };

src/main/main.ts

@@ -44,8 +44,14 @@ function createWindow(): void {
   }
 
   // Forward events to renderer
-  ipcMain.on('forward-to-renderer', (_event, eventName: string, ...args: unknown[]) => {
-    if (mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
+  // Note: ipcMain.emit() (used by forwardEvent in handlers) is a raw EventEmitter emit,
+  // so the first arg is NOT an IpcMainEvent — it's the event name string directly.
+  ipcMain.on('forward-to-renderer', (eventNameOrEvent: any, ...args: unknown[]) => {
+    // When called via ipcMain.emit(), first arg is the channel string directly
+    const eventName: string = typeof eventNameOrEvent === 'string'
+      ? eventNameOrEvent
+      : args.shift() as string;
+    if (mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed() && typeof eventName === 'string') {
       mainWindow.webContents.send(eventName, ...args);
     }
   });

src/renderer/App.tsx

@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
     unsubscribers.push(
       window.electronAPI?.on('menu:newPost', async () => {
         const post = await window.electronAPI?.posts.create({
-          title: 'New Post',
-          content: '# New Post\n\nStart writing...',
+          title: '',
+          content: '',
         });
         if (post) {
           setSelectedPost((post as PostData).id);

src/renderer/components/Editor/Editor.tsx

@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ const PostEditor: React.FC<PostEditorProps> = ({ post }) => {
               type="text"
               value={title}
               onChange={(e) => setTitle(e.target.value)}
-              placeholder="Post title"
+              placeholder="Untitled"
             />
           </div>
           <div className="editor-field">
@@ -667,18 +667,17 @@ const MediaEditor: React.FC<{ mediaId: string }> = ({ mediaId }) => {
 };
 
 const WelcomeScreen: React.FC = () => {
-  const { addPost, setSelectedPost } = useAppStore();
+  const { setSelectedPost } = useAppStore();
 
   const handleNewPost = async () => {
     try {
       const newPost = await window.electronAPI?.posts.create({
-        title: 'Untitled',
+        title: '',
         content: '',
         tags: [],
         categories: [],
       });
       if (newPost) {
-        addPost(newPost as PostData);
         setSelectedPost(newPost.id);
       }
     } catch (error) {

src/renderer/components/Sidebar/Sidebar.tsx

@@ -324,15 +324,14 @@ const PostsList: React.FC = () => {
   const handleCreatePost = async () => {
     // Create a real post immediately in the database with default empty content
     try {
-      const { addPost, setSelectedPost: selectPost } = useAppStore.getState();
+      const { setSelectedPost: selectPost } = useAppStore.getState();
       const newPost = await window.electronAPI?.posts.create({
-        title: 'Untitled',
+        title: '',
         content: '',
         tags: [],
         categories: [],
       });
       if (newPost) {
-        addPost(newPost as PostData);
         selectPost(newPost.id);
       }
     } catch (error) {
@@ -434,7 +433,7 @@ const PostsList: React.FC = () => {
                 >
                   <span className="post-type-icon" title={postType.type}>{postType.icon}</span>
                   <div className="sidebar-item-content">
-                    <div className="sidebar-item-title">{post.title}</div>
+                    <div className="sidebar-item-title">{post.title || 'Untitled'}</div>
                     <div className="sidebar-item-meta">{formatDate(post.updatedAt)}</div>
                   </div>
                 </div>
@@ -461,7 +460,7 @@ const PostsList: React.FC = () => {
                 >
                   <span className="post-type-icon" title={postType.type}>{postType.icon}</span>
                   <div className="sidebar-item-content">
-                    <div className="sidebar-item-title">{post.title}</div>
+                    <div className="sidebar-item-title">{post.title || 'Untitled'}</div>
                     <div className="sidebar-item-meta">{formatDate(post.publishedAt || post.updatedAt)}</div>
                   </div>
                 </div>
@@ -488,7 +487,7 @@ const PostsList: React.FC = () => {
                 >
                   <span className="post-type-icon" title={postType.type}>{postType.icon}</span>
                   <div className="sidebar-item-content">
-                    <div className="sidebar-item-title">{post.title}</div>
+                    <div className="sidebar-item-title">{post.title || 'Untitled'}</div>
                     <div className="sidebar-item-meta">{formatDate(post.updatedAt)}</div>
                   </div>
                 </div>