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Visualizes the current layout nesting in the App Router, identifies gaps where shared sub-layouts could be added (cart/checkout, wholesale, water, admin/communications, admin/settings), and shows how to add a new nested layout or parallel route for modal-style navigation.
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256 lines
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# Nested Layout Skeleton
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Visual map of how pages nest inside each other in the Next.js App Router.
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Each level persists across navigation — children swap, parents stay.
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## Mental model
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ app/layout.tsx (root) │
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│ html / body / fonts / Providers / Toast / CookieBanner │
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│ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │
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│ No global header. Each route group renders its own chrome. │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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│
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┌─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┐
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│ │ │
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▼ ▼ ▼
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Public routes Storefronts Admin
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(/, /pricing, (/tuxedo/*, (/admin/*)
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/contact, /login) /indian-river-direct/*)
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```
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## Full tree
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```
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src/app/
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├── layout.tsx ────────────────────────────────────────────────── [ROOT]
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│ • <html>, <body>
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│ • next/font: Fraunces (display), Manrope (sans), Fragment_Mono
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│ • <Providers> (theme, posthog, sentry, etc.)
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│ • <ToastNotificationContainer />
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│ • <CookieConsentBanner />
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│ ─── pages render INSIDE ───
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│ │
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│ ├── error.tsx [ROOT-LEVEL] Atelier error page
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│ ├── loading.tsx [ROOT-LEVEL] "Preparing your harvest"
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│ ├── not-found.tsx [ROOT-LEVEL] "Off the beaten path"
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│ │
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│ ├── page.tsx / LandingPageClient
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│ │ └── renders its own SiteHeader + Hero + SiteFooter
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│ │
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│ ├── login/
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│ │ ├── page.tsx /login LoginClient (standalone)
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│ │ └── loading.tsx [isolated]
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│ │
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│ ├── cart/
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│ │ ├── page.tsx /cart CartClient (standalone)
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│ │ └── loading.tsx
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│ │
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│ ├── checkout/
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│ │ ├── page.tsx /checkout CheckoutClient (standalone)
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│ │ ├── loading.tsx
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│ │ └── success/page.tsx /checkout/success
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│ │
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│ ├── change-password/page.tsx
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│ ├── pricing/page.tsx + loading.tsx
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│ ├── contact/page.tsx + loading.tsx
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│ ├── blog/page.tsx
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│ ├── changelog/page.tsx
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│ ├── roadmap/page.tsx
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│ ├── waitlist/page.tsx
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│ ├── security/page.tsx
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│ ├── privacy-policy/page.tsx
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│ ├── terms-and-conditions/page.tsx
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│ ├── maintenance/page.tsx
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│ │
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│ ├── ─── STOREFRONTS ─────────────────────────────────────────
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│ │
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│ ├── tuxedo/
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│ │ ├── layout.tsx ─────────────────────── [TUXEDO CHROME]
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│ │ │ • Dark emerald gradient backdrop
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│ │ │ • Ambient emerald orb (top-right blur)
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│ │ │ • <StorefrontHeader> + <StorefrontFooter> per page
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│ │ │ • BreadcrumbList + LocalBusiness JSON-LD in metadata
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│ │ │ ─── INSIDE ───
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│ │ │ ├── error.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── loading.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── page.tsx /tuxedo
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│ │ │ ├── stops/
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│ │ │ │ ├── page.tsx /tuxedo/stops
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│ │ │ │ ├── loading.tsx
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│ │ │ │ └── [slug]/
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│ │ │ │ ├── page.tsx /tuxedo/stops/:slug
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│ │ │ │ ├── error.tsx
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│ │ │ │ └── loading.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── about/
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│ │ │ │ ├── layout.tsx
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│ │ │ │ ├── page.tsx /tuxedo/about
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│ │ │ │ ├── error.tsx
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│ │ │ │ └── loading.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── faq/
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│ │ │ │ ├── layout.tsx
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│ │ │ │ ├── page.tsx /tuxedo/faq
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│ │ │ │ ├── error.tsx
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│ │ │ │ └── loading.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── contact/
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│ │ │ │ ├── layout.tsx
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│ │ │ │ ├── page.tsx /tuxedo/contact
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│ │ │ │ ├── error.tsx
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│ │ │ │ └── loading.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── products/
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│ │ │ │ └── [slug]/page.tsx /tuxedo/products/:slug
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│ │ │ └── time-clock/page.tsx /tuxedo/time-clock
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│ │
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│ ├── indian-river-direct/
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│ │ ├── layout.tsx ─────────────────── [IRD CHROME]
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│ │ │ • Light blue/white glass gradient backdrop
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│ │ │ • Three decorative blue orbs
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│ │ │ • <StorefrontHeader> + <StorefrontFooter> per page
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│ │ │ • LocalBusiness (FL, family-owned 1985) JSON-LD
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│ │ │ ─── INSIDE ───
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│ │ │ ├── error.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── loading.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── page.tsx /indian-river-direct
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│ │ │ ├── stops/
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│ │ │ │ ├── page.tsx
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│ │ │ │ └── [slug]/
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│ │ │ │ ├── page.tsx
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│ │ │ │ ├── error.tsx
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│ │ │ │ └── loading.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── about/ (layout + page + error + loading)
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│ │ │ ├── faq/ (layout + page + error + loading)
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│ │ │ └── contact/ (layout + page + error + loading)
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│ │
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│ ├── ─── ADMIN ──────────────────────────────────────────────
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│ │
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│ └── admin/
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│ ├── layout.tsx ───────────────────── [ADMIN SHELL]
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│ │ • dynamic = "force-dynamic" (reads cookies)
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│ │ • getAdminUser() → AdminSidebar + content area
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│ │ • ToastProvider + ToastContainer
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│ │ • Sidebar persists across all /admin/* routes
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│ │ • Parchment background via .admin-section
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│ │ ─── INSIDE ───
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│ │ ├── error.tsx Admin error page
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│ │ ├── loading.tsx Skeleton: header + stats + table
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│ │ ├── page.tsx /admin (Dashboard)
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│ │ │
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│ │ ├── orders/
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│ │ │ ├── page.tsx /admin/orders
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│ │ │ ├── [id]/page.tsx /admin/orders/:id
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│ │ │ └── new/page.tsx /admin/orders/new
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│ │ │
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│ │ ├── products/
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│ │ │ ├── page.tsx /admin/products
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│ │ │ ├── [id]/page.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── new/page.tsx
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│ │ │ └── import/page.tsx
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│ │ │
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│ │ ├── stops/
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│ │ │ ├── page.tsx /admin/stops
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│ │ │ ├── [id]/page.tsx
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│ │ │ └── new/page.tsx
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│ │ │
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│ │ ├── communications/
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│ │ │ ├── loading.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── page.tsx /admin/communications
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│ │ │ ├── compose/page.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── campaigns/[id]/page.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── contacts/page.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── logs/page.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── segments/page.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── settings/page.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── templates/page.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── templates/[id]/page.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── analytics/page.tsx
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│ │ │ ├── abandoned-carts/page.tsx
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│ │ │ └── welcome-sequence/page.tsx
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│ │ │
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│ │ ├── settings/ (sub-tree of 13 pages: billing, brand,
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│ │ │ payments, shipping, ai, apps,
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│ │ │ integrations, square-sync, ...)
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│ │ │
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│ │ ├── route-trace/ (lots, lookup, settings)
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│ │ ├── me/
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│ │ ├── pickup/ Store-employee landing
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│ │ ├── sales/import/
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│ │ ├── import/
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│ │ ├── analytics/
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│ │ ├── command-center/
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│ │ ├── advanced/
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│ │ ├── reports/
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│ │ ├── shipping/
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│ │ ├── taxes/
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│ │ ├── time-tracking/
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│ │ ├── water-log/ (sub-tree)
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│ │ ├── wholesale/
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│ │ └── launch-checklist/
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│ │
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│ ├── wholesale/ (separate sub-app, not under admin/layout)
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│ │ ├── login/page.tsx
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│ │ ├── portal/page.tsx
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│ │ ├── register/page.tsx
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│ │ ├── employee/page.tsx
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│ │ └── payment/{success,cancel}/page.tsx
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│ │
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│ ├── water/ (separate sub-app, not under admin/layout)
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│ │ ├── page.tsx
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│ │ ├── loading.tsx
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│ │ └── admin/ (login + page)
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│ │
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│ ├── ird/time-clock/ (time-clock for IRD employees)
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│ ├── trace/[lotNumber]/page.tsx (public route-trace lookup)
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│ └── protected-example/page.tsx (smoke test for middleware)
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```
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## Key nesting rules
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1. **The root `app/layout.tsx` is the only one that renders `<html>` and `<body>`**. Every other layout is a child of it.
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2. **A `layout.tsx` in a folder wraps every `page.tsx` in that folder and all subfolders**. Children swap; layout state persists.
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3. **`loading.tsx` and `error.tsx` are per-folder** — Next.js shows them when navigating to a sibling `page.tsx`. They re-render as you move between sections.
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4. **Storefronts are fully isolated**: each `tuxedo/layout.tsx` and `indian-river-direct/layout.tsx` provides its own backdrop and lets individual pages render their own `StorefrontHeader` / `StorefrontFooter`.
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5. **Admin is a single SPA-feeling shell**: navigating between `/admin/orders` and `/admin/products` keeps the `AdminSidebar` mounted, only the content area swaps.
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## Things that DO NOT yet nest (gaps)
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| `/cart` | No shared layout with `/checkout` | Add `app/(shop)/layout.tsx` route group to wrap both |
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| `/wholesale/*` | Wholesale pages have no shared layout | Add `app/wholesale/layout.tsx` with auth gate + nav |
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| `/water/*` | Water pages have no shared layout | Add `app/water/layout.tsx` |
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| `/admin/communications/*` | 13 pages share no sub-layout | Could add `app/admin/communications/layout.tsx` with section tabs |
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| `/admin/settings/*` | 13 settings pages share no sub-layout | Add `app/admin/settings/layout.tsx` with settings sidebar |
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## How to add a nested layout
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```bash
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# Example: add a settings sub-layout
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mkdir -p src/app/admin/settings
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# Create src/app/admin/settings/layout.tsx
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# It will wrap every page under /admin/settings/* automatically.
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```
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```tsx
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// src/app/admin/settings/layout.tsx
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export default function SettingsLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
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return (
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<div className="grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-[14rem_1fr] gap-6">
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<SettingsNav /> {/* sticks while content swaps */}
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<section>{children}</section>
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</div>
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);
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}
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```
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## How to add parallel routes (modals as overlays)
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```bash
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mkdir -p 'src/app/@modal'
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mkdir -p 'src/app/admin/products/(.)new' # intercepts /admin/products/new
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# Layout returns <>{children}{modal}</>
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```
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This makes `/admin/products/new` open as a modal over `/admin/products` instead of a hard navigation.
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