fix(cms): remove unpublished content fallbacks

2026-07-31 14:25:11 +02:00
parent b18bbbe36a
commit 8dc17c0fea
17 changed files with 358 additions and 273 deletions
--- a/src/collections/Pages/pressIndexFields.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Pages/pressIndexFields.ts
@@ -29,32 +29,11 @@ const sectionAdmin = (description: string) => ({
  initCollapsed: true,
 })

-const eventFields: Field[] = [
-  text('title', 'Title'),
-  text('date', 'Date'),
-  text('location', 'Location'),
-  text('cat', 'Category'),
-  text('status', 'Status'),
-  uploadField('image', 'Image'),
-  text('img', 'Image URL or path'),
-  textarea('desc', 'Description'),
-  text('slug', 'Route'),
-]
-
 const statusLabelFields: Field[] = [
  text('value', 'Raw status value'),
  text('label', 'Display label'),
 ]

-const newsFields: Field[] = [
-  text('title', 'Title'),
-  textarea('excerpt', 'Excerpt'),
-  text('cat', 'Category'),
-  uploadField('image', 'Image'),
-  text('img', 'Image URL or path'),
-  text('slug', 'Route'),
-]
-
 export const pressIndexFields: Field[] = [
  {
    name: 'pressIndex',
@@ -62,7 +41,7 @@ export const pressIndexFields: Field[] = [
    type: 'group',
    admin: {
      description:
-        'Edit the Presse listing page chrome. Event and news records are managed through Events and Presse collections; fallback cards remain editable here.',
+        'Edit the Presse listing page chrome. Event and news records are managed through Events and Presse collections.',
    },
    fields: [
      {
@@ -82,7 +61,7 @@ export const pressIndexFields: Field[] = [
        name: 'events',
        label: '02 · Events section',
        type: 'group',
-        admin: sectionAdmin('Section header, labels, and fallback event rows.'),
+        admin: sectionAdmin('Section header, labels, and missing-field presentation fallbacks.'),
        fields: [
          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', pressIndexContent.events.eyebrow),
          textarea('heading', 'Heading', pressIndexContent.events.heading),
@@ -102,21 +81,13 @@ export const pressIndexFields: Field[] = [
            defaultValue: pressIndexContent.events.statusLabels,
            fields: statusLabelFields,
          },
-          {
-            name: 'fallbackItems',
-            label: 'Fallback event rows',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'press_events_fb',
-            defaultValue: pressIndexContent.events.fallbackItems,
-            fields: eventFields,
-          },
        ],
      },
      {
        name: 'news',
        label: '03 · Newsroom section',
        type: 'group',
-        admin: sectionAdmin('Section header, read-more label, and fallback news cards.'),
+        admin: sectionAdmin('Section header, read-more label, and missing-field presentation fallbacks.'),
        fields: [
          text('eyebrow', 'Eyebrow', pressIndexContent.news.eyebrow),
          textarea('heading', 'Heading', pressIndexContent.news.heading),
@@ -125,14 +96,6 @@ export const pressIndexFields: Field[] = [
          text('missingTitleLabel', 'Missing news title label', pressIndexContent.news.missingTitleLabel),
          text('missingCategoryLabel', 'Missing news category label', pressIndexContent.news.missingCategoryLabel),
          uploadField('collectionFallbackImage', 'Missing news image fallback', `Current frontend image: /images/${pressIndexContent.news.collectionFallbackImageFilename}`),
-          {
-            name: 'fallbackItems',
-            label: 'Fallback news cards',
-            type: 'array',
-            dbName: 'press_news_fb',
-            defaultValue: pressIndexContent.news.fallbackItems,
-            fields: newsFields,
-          },
        ],
      },
      {
--- a/src/migrations/20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import { type MigrateDownArgs, type MigrateUpArgs, sql } from '@payloadcms/db-sqlite'
+
+type MigrationDB = MigrateUpArgs['db']
+
+const ident = (value: string) => `\`${value.replace(/`/g, '``')}\``
+const literal = (value: string) => `'${value.replace(/'/g, "''")}'`
+
+const fallbackTables = [
+  'press_events_fb',
+  '_press_events_fb_v',
+  'press_news_fb',
+  '_press_news_fb_v',
+] as const
+
+async function tableExists(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string) {
+  const rows = (await db.all(
+    sql.raw(`SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ${literal(tableName)}`),
+  )) as Array<{ name: string }>
+
+  return rows.length > 0
+}
+
+async function createIndex(db: MigrationDB, tableName: string, suffix: string, columnName: string) {
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(
+      `CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ${ident(`${tableName}_${suffix}_idx`)} ON ${ident(tableName)} (${ident(columnName)});`,
+    ),
+  )
+}
+
+async function createLiveFallbackTable(
+  db: MigrationDB,
+  tableName: 'press_events_fb' | 'press_news_fb',
+  itemColumns: string,
+) {
+  if (await tableExists(db, tableName)) return
+
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(`
+    CREATE TABLE ${ident(tableName)} (
+      ${ident('_order')} integer NOT NULL,
+      ${ident('_parent_id')} integer NOT NULL,
+      ${ident('id')} text PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+      ${itemColumns},
+      FOREIGN KEY (${ident('image_id')}) REFERENCES ${ident('media')}(${ident('id')}) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null,
+      FOREIGN KEY (${ident('_parent_id')}) REFERENCES ${ident('pages')}(${ident('id')}) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE cascade
+    );
+  `),
+  )
+
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'order', '_order')
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'parent_id', '_parent_id')
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'image', 'image_id')
+}
+
+async function createVersionFallbackTable(
+  db: MigrationDB,
+  tableName: '_press_events_fb_v' | '_press_news_fb_v',
+  itemColumns: string,
+) {
+  if (await tableExists(db, tableName)) return
+
+  await db.run(
+    sql.raw(`
+    CREATE TABLE ${ident(tableName)} (
+      ${ident('_order')} integer NOT NULL,
+      ${ident('_parent_id')} integer NOT NULL,
+      ${ident('id')} integer PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+      ${itemColumns},
+      ${ident('_uuid')} text,
+      FOREIGN KEY (${ident('image_id')}) REFERENCES ${ident('media')}(${ident('id')}) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE set null,
+      FOREIGN KEY (${ident('_parent_id')}) REFERENCES ${ident('_pages_v')}(${ident('id')}) ON UPDATE no action ON DELETE cascade
+    );
+  `),
+  )
+
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'order', '_order')
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'parent_id', '_parent_id')
+  await createIndex(db, tableName, 'image', 'image_id')
+}
+
+const eventColumns = [
+  `${ident('title')} text`,
+  `${ident('date')} text`,
+  `${ident('location')} text`,
+  `${ident('cat')} text`,
+  `${ident('status')} text`,
+  `${ident('image_id')} integer`,
+  `${ident('img')} text`,
+  `${ident('desc')} text`,
+  `${ident('slug')} text`,
+].join(',\n      ')
+
+const newsColumns = [
+  `${ident('title')} text`,
+  `${ident('excerpt')} text`,
+  `${ident('cat')} text`,
+  `${ident('image_id')} integer`,
+  `${ident('img')} text`,
+  `${ident('slug')} text`,
+].join(',\n      ')
+
+export async function up({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateUpArgs): Promise<void> {
+  for (const tableName of fallbackTables) {
+    await db.run(sql.raw(`DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${ident(tableName)};`))
+  }
+}
+
+export async function down({ db, payload: _payload, req: _req }: MigrateDownArgs): Promise<void> {
+  await createLiveFallbackTable(db, 'press_events_fb', eventColumns)
+  await createVersionFallbackTable(db, '_press_events_fb_v', eventColumns)
+  await createLiveFallbackTable(db, 'press_news_fb', newsColumns)
+  await createVersionFallbackTable(db, '_press_news_fb_v', newsColumns)
+}
--- a/src/migrations/index.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import * as migration_20260713_163000_participation_supporting_awards_copy from
 import * as migration_20260713_194500_contact_submissions from './20260713_194500_contact_submissions';
 import * as migration_20260713_213000_netzwerk_jury_selection from './20260713_213000_netzwerk_jury_selection';
 import * as migration_20260713_220000_preistraeger_detail_cleanup from './20260713_220000_preistraeger_detail_cleanup';
+import * as migration_20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks from './20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks';

 export const migrations = [
  {
@@ -102,4 +103,9 @@ export const migrations = [
    down: migration_20260713_220000_preistraeger_detail_cleanup.down,
    name: '20260713_220000_preistraeger_detail_cleanup',
  },
+  {
+    up: migration_20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks.up,
+    down: migration_20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks.down,
+    name: '20260731_143000_remove_press_record_fallbacks',
+  },
 ];
--- a/src/payload-types.ts
+++ b/src/payload-types.ts
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ export interface Page {
    };
  };
  /**
-   * Edit the Presse listing page chrome. Event and news records are managed through Events and Presse collections; fallback cards remain editable here.
+   * Edit the Presse listing page chrome. Event and news records are managed through Events and Presse collections.
   */
  pressIndex?: {
    /**
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ export interface Page {
      description?: string | null;
    };
    /**
-     * Section header, labels, and fallback event rows.
+     * Section header, labels, and missing-field presentation fallbacks.
     */
    events?: {
      eyebrow?: string | null;
@@ -1536,23 +1536,9 @@ export interface Page {
            id?: string | null;
          }[]
        | null;
-      fallbackItems?:
-        | {
-            title?: string | null;
-            date?: string | null;
-            location?: string | null;
-            cat?: string | null;
-            status?: string | null;
-            image?: (number | null) | Media;
-            img?: string | null;
-            desc?: string | null;
-            slug?: string | null;
-            id?: string | null;
-          }[]
-        | null;
    };
    /**
-     * Section header, read-more label, and fallback news cards.
+     * Section header, read-more label, and missing-field presentation fallbacks.
     */
    news?: {
      eyebrow?: string | null;
@@ -1565,17 +1551,6 @@ export interface Page {
       * Current frontend image: /images/gala-saal-overview.jpg
       */
      collectionFallbackImage?: (number | null) | Media;
-      fallbackItems?:
-        | {
-            title?: string | null;
-            excerpt?: string | null;
-            cat?: string | null;
-            image?: (number | null) | Media;
-            img?: string | null;
-            slug?: string | null;
-            id?: string | null;
-          }[]
-        | null;
    };
    /**
     * Download button and press contact block.
@@ -4176,20 +4151,6 @@ export interface PagesSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
                    label?: T;
                    id?: T;
                  };
-              fallbackItems?:
-                | T
-                | {
-                    title?: T;
-                    date?: T;
-                    location?: T;
-                    cat?: T;
-                    status?: T;
-                    image?: T;
-                    img?: T;
-                    desc?: T;
-                    slug?: T;
-                    id?: T;
-                  };
            };
        news?:
          | T
@@ -4201,17 +4162,6 @@ export interface PagesSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
              missingTitleLabel?: T;
              missingCategoryLabel?: T;
              collectionFallbackImage?: T;
-              fallbackItems?:
-                | T
-                | {
-                    title?: T;
-                    excerpt?: T;
-                    cat?: T;
-                    image?: T;
-                    img?: T;
-                    slug?: T;
-                    id?: T;
-                  };
            };
        downloads?:
          | T
--- a/src/scripts/preload-press-index-page-cms.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/preload-press-index-page-cms.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,11 @@
 import 'dotenv/config'

 import config from '@payload-config'
-import { getPayload, type Payload } from 'payload'
+import { getPayload } from 'payload'
 import { mediaByFilename } from './mediaByFilename'

 import { pressIndexContent } from '@/spa/pressIndexContent'

-const filenameFromPath = (source: string) => source.split('?')[0]?.split('/').filter(Boolean).pop()
-
-const fallbackItemsWithImages = async <T extends { img?: string }>(
-  payload: Payload,
-  items: T[],
-) =>
-  Promise.all(
-    items.map(async (item) => {
-      const filename = item.img ? filenameFromPath(item.img) : undefined
-      return {
-        ...item,
-        image: filename ? await mediaByFilename(payload, filename) : undefined,
-      }
-    }),
-  )
-
 async function main() {
  const payload = await getPayload({ config })

@@ -48,11 +32,6 @@ async function main() {
  const { imageFilename: _heroFilename, ...heroContent } = pressIndexContent.hero
  const { collectionFallbackImageFilename: _eventFallbackFilename, ...eventsContent } = pressIndexContent.events
  const { collectionFallbackImageFilename: _newsFallbackFilename, ...newsContent } = pressIndexContent.news
-  const [eventFallbackItems, newsFallbackItems] = await Promise.all([
-    fallbackItemsWithImages(payload, pressIndexContent.events.fallbackItems),
-    fallbackItemsWithImages(payload, pressIndexContent.news.fallbackItems),
-  ])
-
  await payload.update({
    collection: 'pages',
    id: page.id,
@@ -68,12 +47,10 @@ async function main() {
        events: {
          ...eventsContent,
          collectionFallbackImage: eventFallbackImage,
-          fallbackItems: eventFallbackItems,
        },
        news: {
          ...newsContent,
          collectionFallbackImage: newsFallbackImage,
-          fallbackItems: newsFallbackItems,
        },
        downloads: {
          ...pressIndexContent.downloads,
--- a/src/spa/components/HomeWinnersSection.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/components/HomeWinnersSection.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export default function HomeWinnersSection({ content }: { content?: HomeWinnersC
  const placeholderImage = usePreistraegerPlaceholderImage();
  const cmsPreistraeger = useCmsCollection('preistraeger');
  const winnersSection = content || {};
-  const homeWinners = resolveHomeWinners(winnersSection.featured, cmsPreistraeger, WINNERS);
+  const homeWinners = resolveHomeWinners(winnersSection.featured, cmsPreistraeger);
  const scrollDesktopWinners = !isMobile && homeWinners.length > 8;
  const scrollWinnerGrid = isMobile || scrollDesktopWinners;

--- a/src/spa/homeWinnerSelection.ts
+++ b/src/spa/homeWinnerSelection.ts
@@ -3,21 +3,12 @@ import { resolveCmsRelationships, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
 const FALLBACK_YEAR = 2025
 const FALLBACK_LIMIT = 8

-type FallbackWinner = {
-  id: string | number
-  year?: string | number
-}
-
-export function resolveHomeWinners(
-  featured: unknown,
-  cmsWinners: CmsRouteDoc[],
-  fallbackWinners: FallbackWinner[],
-) {
+export function resolveHomeWinners(featured: unknown, cmsWinners: CmsRouteDoc[]) {
  const selectedWinners = Array.isArray(featured) ? featured : []

  if (selectedWinners.length) return resolveCmsRelationships(selectedWinners, cmsWinners)

-  return (cmsWinners.length ? cmsWinners : fallbackWinners)
+  return cmsWinners
    .filter((winner) => Number(winner.year) === FALLBACK_YEAR)
    .slice(0, FALLBACK_LIMIT)
 }
--- a/src/spa/pages/Netzwerk.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/Netzwerk.tsx
@@ -483,15 +483,11 @@ const Netzwerk: React.FC = () => {
  const sponsoring = { ...netzwerkContent.sponsoring, ...(cms.sponsoring || {}) };
  const patronPeople = fallbackArray<PatronPerson>(patronage.people, netzwerkContent.patronage.people);
  const cmsJurySelection = cms.jury?.members;
-  const hasCmsJurySelection = cmsJurySelection !== undefined;
  const sourcedJuryDocs = selectJuryDocs(cmsJurySelection, cmsJuryMembers);
  const normalizedJuryMembers = sourcedJuryDocs
    .map(normalizeJuryMember)
    .filter((member) => member.active !== false && member.name);
-  const jurySourceMembers: JuryMember[] = normalizedJuryMembers.length || hasCmsJurySelection
-    ? normalizedJuryMembers
-    : netzwerkContent.jury.members;
-  const juryMembers = sortJuryMembersQuoteFirst(jurySourceMembers);
+  const juryMembers = sortJuryMembersQuoteFirst(normalizedJuryMembers);
  const expertiseRows = fallbackArray<ExpertiseRow>(expertise.rows, netzwerkContent.expertise.rows);
  const partners = sortedPartners(cmsPartners)
    .filter((partner) => partner.active !== false)
--- a/src/spa/pages/Preistraeger.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/Preistraeger.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { Link } from '@/spa/router';
 import { Trophy, ArrowRight, Medal } from 'lucide-react';
-import { WINNERS, type Winner } from '@/spa/data/winners';
+import type { Winner } from '@/spa/data/winners';
 import { useCmsCollection, useCmsRoute, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute';
 import { docImageUrl, mediaAlt, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField';
 import { useIsMobile } from '@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile';
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ export default function Preistraeger() {
  );
  const winners = useMemo(() => {
    const fallbackWinner = card.fallbackWinner || preistraegerIndexContent.card.fallbackWinner;
-    if (cmsPreistraeger.length) return cmsPreistraeger.map((doc) => normalizeWinner(doc, placeholderImage, fallbackWinner)).filter((winner) => winner.slug);
-    return WINNERS;
+    return cmsPreistraeger.map((doc) => normalizeWinner(doc, placeholderImage, fallbackWinner)).filter((winner) => winner.slug);
  }, [card, cmsPreistraeger, placeholderImage]);
  const periods = useMemo<WinnerPeriod[]>(() => {
    const annualYears = [...new Set(
--- a/src/spa/pages/PreistraegerDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/PreistraegerDetail.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Link, useParams, Navigate } from '@/spa/router';
 import { ArrowLeft, Globe, ChevronRight, Download, ChevronLeft, X } from 'lucide-react';
-import { WINNERS } from '@/spa/data/winners';
 import { useCmsRoute } from '@/spa/cmsRoute';
 import { docImageUrl, mediaAlt, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField';
 import { useIsMobile } from '@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile';
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ export default function PreistraegerDetail() {
    website: String(cmsWinner.website || '#'),
    hasMedia: Boolean(cmsWinner.hasMedia),
    detailPage: (cmsWinner.detailPage || {}) as PreistraegerDetailCms,
-  } : WINNERS.find(w => w.slug === slug);
+  } : undefined;
  const isMobile = useIsMobile();

  const detail = (winner && 'detailPage' in winner ? { ...preistraegerDetailContent, ...(winner.detailPage || {}) } : cmsDetail) as PreistraegerDetailCms;
--- a/src/spa/pages/Press.tsx
+++ b/src/spa/pages/Press.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { Calendar, MapPin } from 'lucide-react';
 import MunichSkylineBg from '@/spa/components/ui/munich-skyline-bg';
 import { useIsMobile } from '@/spa/hooks/useIsMobile';
-import { useCmsCollection, useCmsRoute, type CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute';
-import { docImageUrl, mediaAlt, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField';
+import { useCmsCollection, useCmsRoute } from '@/spa/cmsRoute';
+import { mediaAlt, mediaUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField';
 import Image from '@/spa/components/ui/UnoptimizedImage'
+import {
+  pressEventsFromCms,
+  pressNewsFromCms,
+  type PressEventItem,
+  type PressNewsItem,
+} from '@/spa/pressCollectionItems';
 import { pressIndexContent } from '@/spa/pressIndexContent';
 import { Link } from '@/spa/router';

@@ -15,14 +21,11 @@ const FB = '"Inter", sans-serif';

 type PressIndexCms = Partial<typeof pressIndexContent> & {
  hero?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.hero> & { image?: unknown }
-  events?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.events> & { collectionFallbackImage?: unknown; fallbackItems?: PressEventItem[] }
-  news?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.news> & { collectionFallbackImage?: unknown; fallbackItems?: PressNewsItem[] }
+  events?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.events> & { collectionFallbackImage?: unknown }
+  news?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.news> & { collectionFallbackImage?: unknown }
  downloads?: Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.downloads> & { kitFile?: unknown }
 }

-type PressEventItem = (typeof pressIndexContent.events.fallbackItems)[number] & { image?: unknown }
-type PressNewsItem = (typeof pressIndexContent.news.fallbackItems)[number] & { image?: unknown }
-
 const fallbackText = (value: unknown, fallback: string) => typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 ? value : fallback;
 const fallbackArray = <T,>(value: unknown, fallback: T[]) => Array.isArray(value) && value.length ? value as T[] : fallback;

@@ -39,43 +42,6 @@ const statusLabelMap = (items: unknown) =>
    return labels
  }, {})

-const normalizeStatus = (status: unknown, labels: Record<string, string>, defaultStatusLabel: string) => {
-  const value = fallbackText(status, defaultStatusLabel)
-  return labels[value] || value
-}
-
-const detailPath = (spaPath: unknown, slug: unknown, prefix: '/presse/events' | '/presse/blog') => {
-  const path = fallbackText(spaPath, '')
-  if (path.startsWith(`${prefix}/`)) return path
-
-  const pathSlug = fallbackText(slug, '').replace(/^\/+/, '')
-  return pathSlug ? `${prefix}/${pathSlug}` : prefix
-}
-
-const eventFromCms = (
-  event: CmsRouteDoc,
-  fallbackImage: string,
-  labels: Record<string, string>,
-  eventsSection: NonNullable<PressIndexCms['events']>,
-): PressEventItem => ({
-  title: String(event.title || fallbackText(eventsSection.missingTitleLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingTitleLabel)),
-  date: String(event.date || fallbackText(eventsSection.missingDateLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingDateLabel)),
-  location: String(event.location || event.venue || fallbackText(eventsSection.missingLocationLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingLocationLabel)),
-  cat: String(event.category || fallbackText(eventsSection.missingCategoryLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingCategoryLabel)),
-  status: normalizeStatus(event.status, labels, fallbackText(eventsSection.defaultStatusLabel, pressIndexContent.events.defaultStatusLabel)),
-  img: docImageUrl(event, fallbackImage),
-  desc: String(event.description || event.meta?.description || ''),
-  slug: detailPath(event.spaPath, event.slug, '/presse/events'),
-})
-
-const postFromCms = (post: CmsRouteDoc, fallbackImage: string, newsSection: NonNullable<PressIndexCms['news']>): PressNewsItem => ({
-  title: String(post.title || fallbackText(newsSection.missingTitleLabel, pressIndexContent.news.missingTitleLabel)),
-  excerpt: String(post.excerpt || post.meta?.description || ''),
-  cat: String(post.cat || fallbackText(newsSection.missingCategoryLabel, pressIndexContent.news.missingCategoryLabel)),
-  img: docImageUrl(post, fallbackImage, 'heroImage'),
-  slug: detailPath(post.spaPath, post.slug, '/presse/blog'),
-})
-
 function Lines({ text }: { text: string }) {
  return <>{text.split('\n').map((line, i) => <React.Fragment key={`${line}-${i}`}>{i > 0 && <br />}{line}</React.Fragment>)}</>
 }
@@ -185,23 +151,14 @@ const Press: React.FC = () => {
  const eventStatusLabels = React.useMemo(() => statusLabelMap(eventsSection.statusLabels), [eventsSection.statusLabels]);
  const eventCollectionFallbackImage = mediaUrl(eventsSection.collectionFallbackImage, `/images/${pressIndexContent.events.collectionFallbackImageFilename}`);
  const newsCollectionFallbackImage = mediaUrl(newsSection.collectionFallbackImage, `/images/${pressIndexContent.news.collectionFallbackImageFilename}`);
-  const combinedEvents = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (cmsEvents.length) {
-      return cmsEvents.map((event) =>
-        eventFromCms(
-          event,
-          eventCollectionFallbackImage,
-          eventStatusLabels,
-          eventsSection,
-        ),
-      );
-    }
-    return fallbackArray<PressEventItem>(eventsSection.fallbackItems, pressIndexContent.events.fallbackItems);
-  }, [cmsEvents, eventCollectionFallbackImage, eventStatusLabels, eventsSection]);
-  const combinedNews = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (cmsPosts.length) return cmsPosts.map((post) => postFromCms(post, newsCollectionFallbackImage, newsSection));
-    return fallbackArray<PressNewsItem>(newsSection.fallbackItems, pressIndexContent.news.fallbackItems);
-  }, [cmsPosts, newsCollectionFallbackImage, newsSection]);
+  const combinedEvents = React.useMemo(
+    () => pressEventsFromCms(cmsEvents, eventCollectionFallbackImage, eventStatusLabels, eventsSection),
+    [cmsEvents, eventCollectionFallbackImage, eventStatusLabels, eventsSection],
+  );
+  const combinedNews = React.useMemo(
+    () => pressNewsFromCms(cmsPosts, newsCollectionFallbackImage, newsSection),
+    [cmsPosts, newsCollectionFallbackImage, newsSection],
+  );
  return (
    <div className="animate-fade-in">

--- a/src/spa/pressCollectionItems.ts
+++ b/src/spa/pressCollectionItems.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { docImageUrl } from '@/spa/cmsMediaField'
+import type { CmsRouteDoc } from '@/spa/cmsRoute'
+import { pressIndexContent } from '@/spa/pressIndexContent'
+
+export type PressEventItem = {
+  title: string
+  date: string
+  location: string
+  cat: string
+  status: string
+  img: string
+  desc: string
+  slug: string
+  image?: unknown
+}
+
+export type PressNewsItem = {
+  title: string
+  excerpt: string
+  cat: string
+  img: string
+  slug: string
+  image?: unknown
+}
+
+type PressEventsSection = Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.events>
+type PressNewsSection = Partial<typeof pressIndexContent.news>
+
+const fallbackText = (value: unknown, fallback: string) =>
+  typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 ? value : fallback
+
+const normalizeStatus = (
+  status: unknown,
+  labels: Record<string, string>,
+  defaultStatusLabel: string,
+) => {
+  const value = fallbackText(status, defaultStatusLabel)
+  return labels[value] || value
+}
+
+const detailPath = (spaPath: unknown, slug: unknown, prefix: '/presse/events' | '/presse/blog') => {
+  const path = fallbackText(spaPath, '')
+  if (path.startsWith(`${prefix}/`)) return path
+
+  const pathSlug = fallbackText(slug, '').replace(/^\/+/, '')
+  return pathSlug ? `${prefix}/${pathSlug}` : prefix
+}
+
+export function pressEventsFromCms(
+  events: CmsRouteDoc[],
+  fallbackImage: string,
+  labels: Record<string, string>,
+  section: PressEventsSection,
+): PressEventItem[] {
+  return events.map((event) => ({
+    title: String(
+      event.title ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingTitleLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingTitleLabel),
+    ),
+    date: String(
+      event.date ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingDateLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingDateLabel),
+    ),
+    location: String(
+      event.location ||
+        event.venue ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingLocationLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingLocationLabel),
+    ),
+    cat: String(
+      event.category ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingCategoryLabel, pressIndexContent.events.missingCategoryLabel),
+    ),
+    status: normalizeStatus(
+      event.status,
+      labels,
+      fallbackText(section.defaultStatusLabel, pressIndexContent.events.defaultStatusLabel),
+    ),
+    img: docImageUrl(event, fallbackImage),
+    desc: String(event.description || event.meta?.description || ''),
+    slug: detailPath(event.spaPath, event.slug, '/presse/events'),
+  }))
+}
+
+export function pressNewsFromCms(
+  posts: CmsRouteDoc[],
+  fallbackImage: string,
+  section: PressNewsSection,
+): PressNewsItem[] {
+  return posts.map((post) => ({
+    title: String(
+      post.title ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingTitleLabel, pressIndexContent.news.missingTitleLabel),
+    ),
+    excerpt: String(post.excerpt || post.meta?.description || ''),
+    cat: String(
+      post.cat ||
+        fallbackText(section.missingCategoryLabel, pressIndexContent.news.missingCategoryLabel),
+    ),
+    img: docImageUrl(post, fallbackImage, 'heroImage'),
+    slug: detailPath(post.spaPath, post.slug, '/presse/blog'),
+  }))
+}
--- a/src/spa/pressIndexContent.ts
+++ b/src/spa/pressIndexContent.ts
@@ -24,38 +24,6 @@ export const pressIndexContent = {
      { value: 'intern', label: 'Intern' },
      { value: 'abgeschlossen', label: 'Abgeschlossen' },
    ],
-    fallbackItems: [
-      {
-        title: 'Preisverleihung 2026',
-        date: '22. Okt 2026',
-        location: 'München, Residenz',
-        cat: 'Gala / Event',
-        status: 'In Planung',
-        img: '/images/buehne-moderatoren.jpg',
-        desc: 'Der glanzvolle Höhepunkt des Jahres. Die Verleihung der Preise in der prachtvollen Kulisse der Residenz München.',
-        slug: '/presse/events/preisverleihung-2026',
-      },
-      {
-        title: 'Mittelstands-Gipfel',
-        date: '15. Juni 2026',
-        location: 'Nürnberg',
-        cat: 'Workshop',
-        status: 'Anmeldung offen',
-        img: '/images/networking-innenhof.jpg',
-        desc: 'Regionaler Austausch und Best-Practices für bayerische Unternehmen auf dem Weg zum Preis.',
-        slug: '/presse/events/mittelstands-gipfel-2026',
-      },
-      {
-        title: 'Nominierten-Auswahl',
-        date: '04. Aug 2026',
-        location: 'Regensburg',
-        cat: 'Jury-Sitzung',
-        status: 'Intern',
-        img: '/images/saal-gedeckt.jpg',
-        desc: 'Das Gremium sichtet die Ergebnisse der Audits und legt die Nominierten für die Hauptpreise fest.',
-        slug: '/presse/events/nominierten-auswahl-2026',
-      },
-    ],
  },
  news: {
    eyebrow: 'Newsroom',
@@ -65,29 +33,6 @@ export const pressIndexContent = {
    missingTitleLabel: 'Presse',
    missingCategoryLabel: 'Presse',
    collectionFallbackImageFilename: 'gala-saal-overview.jpg',
-    fallbackItems: [
-      {
-        title: 'Wie Bayerns KMU die KI nutzen',
-        excerpt: 'Ein Deep-Dive in die Bewerbungsunterlagen 2024 zeigt: Der Mittelstand treibt die Digitalisierung aktiv voran.',
-        cat: 'Innovation',
-        img: '/images/gala-saal-overview.jpg',
-        slug: '/presse/blog/ki-nutzung-bayerischer-kmu',
-      },
-      {
-        title: 'Start der Ehrenamts-Initiative',
-        excerpt: 'Gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern fördern wir soziale Projekte mittelständischer Unternehmen.',
-        cat: 'Engagement',
-        img: '/images/networking-innenhof.jpg',
-        slug: '/presse/blog/ehrenamts-initiative-2026',
-      },
-      {
-        title: 'Bayerische Wirtschaft wächst',
-        excerpt: 'Neue Prognosen zeigen ein stabiles Wachstum für den Mittelstand – gute Aussichten für die Awards.',
-        cat: 'Wirtschaft',
-        img: '/images/gala-dinner.jpg',
-        slug: '/presse/blog/bayerische-wirtschaft-waechst',
-      },
-    ],
  },
  downloads: {
    eyebrow: 'Pressekontakt & Material',
--- a/tests/int/home-winner-selection.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/home-winner-selection.int.spec.ts
@@ -18,18 +18,14 @@ const published2025Winners: CmsRouteDoc[] = Array.from({ length: 9 }, (_, index)
 describe('home winner selection', () => {
  it('uses a non-empty CMS selection without appending winners from the fallback year', () => {
    const featured = selected2026Winners.map(({ id }) => id)
-    const winners = resolveHomeWinners(
-      featured,
-      [...selected2026Winners, ...published2025Winners],
-      [],
-    )
+    const winners = resolveHomeWinners(featured, [...selected2026Winners, ...published2025Winners])

    expect(winners).toEqual(selected2026Winners)
    expect(winners.some((winner) => winner.year === 2025)).toBe(false)
  })

  it('falls back to at most eight 2025 winners when the CMS selection is empty', () => {
-    const winners = resolveHomeWinners([], published2025Winners, [])
+    const winners = resolveHomeWinners([], published2025Winners)

    expect(winners).toEqual(published2025Winners.slice(0, 8))
  })
@@ -37,12 +33,8 @@ describe('home winner selection', () => {
  it('omits an unpublished selected winner without changing the remaining page order', () => {
    const [first, unpublished, third] = selected2026Winners
    const selection = [third, { ...unpublished, image: { id: 99 } }, first]
-    const publicWinners = resolveHomeWinners(selection, [first, third], published2025Winners)
-    const previewWinners = resolveHomeWinners(
-      selection,
-      [first, unpublished, third],
-      published2025Winners,
-    )
+    const publicWinners = resolveHomeWinners(selection, [first, third])
+    const previewWinners = resolveHomeWinners(selection, [first, unpublished, third])

    expect(publicWinners).toEqual([third, first])
    expect(previewWinners).toEqual([third, unpublished, first])
@@ -51,8 +43,10 @@ describe('home winner selection', () => {
  it('does not replace an entirely unpublished CMS selection with fallback winners', () => {
    const [unpublished] = selected2026Winners

-    expect(
-      resolveHomeWinners([{ ...unpublished, image: { id: 99 } }], [], published2025Winners),
-    ).toEqual([])
+    expect(resolveHomeWinners([{ ...unpublished, image: { id: 99 } }], [])).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('does not resurrect static winners when the published collection is empty', () => {
+    expect(resolveHomeWinners([], [])).toEqual([])
  })
 })
--- a/tests/int/jury-members.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/jury-members.int.spec.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ describe('Netzwerk jury members', () => {
    expect(selectJuryDocs([3, { id: 1 }], docs).map((member) => member.id)).toEqual([3, 1])
    expect(selectJuryDocs([], docs)).toEqual([])
    expect(selectJuryDocs(undefined, docs)).toEqual(docs)
+    expect(selectJuryDocs(undefined, [])).toEqual([])
  })

  it('omits an unpublished selected member publicly and restores it in preview order', () => {
--- a/tests/int/press-collection-items.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/press-collection-items.int.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { pressEventsFromCms, pressNewsFromCms } from '@/spa/pressCollectionItems'
+import { pressIndexContent } from '@/spa/pressIndexContent'
+
+describe('press collection items', () => {
+  it('does not replace an empty published events collection with demo event rows', () => {
+    expect(
+      pressEventsFromCms([], '/images/event-placeholder.jpg', {}, pressIndexContent.events),
+    ).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('does not replace an empty published posts collection with demo news cards', () => {
+    expect(pressNewsFromCms([], '/images/news-placeholder.jpg', pressIndexContent.news)).toEqual([])
+  })
+})
--- a/tests/int/public-route-hydration.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/public-route-hydration.int.spec.ts
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ describe('public route hydration', () => {
    const publicDocs = await findFixtureDocs('preistraeger', ids, false)
    const previewDocs = await findFixtureDocs('preistraeger', ids, true)

-    expect(resolveHomeWinners(selection, publicDocs, []).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+    expect(resolveHomeWinners(selection, publicDocs).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
      third.id,
      first.id,
    ])
-    expect(resolveHomeWinners(selection, previewDocs, []).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+    expect(resolveHomeWinners(selection, previewDocs).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
      third.id,
      unpublished.id,
      first.id,
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ describe('public route hydration', () => {
    })
    const republishedDocs = await findFixtureDocs('preistraeger', ids, false)

-    expect(resolveHomeWinners(selection, republishedDocs, []).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+    expect(resolveHomeWinners(selection, republishedDocs).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
      third.id,
      unpublished.id,
      first.id,
@@ -297,6 +297,43 @@ describe('public route hydration', () => {
    expect(previewDocs.map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([first.id, unpublished.id, third.id])
  })

+  it('leaves no event row after the final /presse event is unpublished', async () => {
+    const event = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'events',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'published',
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-event-final`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} event final`,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    cleanup.push(() =>
+      payload.delete({
+        collection: 'events',
+        context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+        id: event.id,
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect((await findFixtureDocs('events', [event.id], false)).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      event.id,
+    ])
+
+    await payload.update({
+      collection: 'events',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      id: event.id,
+      data: { _status: 'draft' },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+
+    expect(await findFixtureDocs('events', [event.id], false)).toEqual([])
+    expect((await findFixtureDocs('events', [event.id], true)).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      event.id,
+    ])
+  })
+
  it('omits an unpublished event previously rendered on /presse', async () => {
    const published = await payload.create({
      collection: 'events',
@@ -341,6 +378,44 @@ describe('public route hydration', () => {
    expect(previewDocs.map((doc) => doc.id).sort()).toEqual(ids.sort())
  })

+  it('leaves no news card after the final /presse article is unpublished', async () => {
+    const post = await payload.create({
+      collection: 'posts',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      data: {
+        _status: 'published',
+        content: lexicalDocument,
+        slug: `${fixtureKey}-post-final`,
+        title: `${fixtureKey} post final`,
+      },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+    cleanup.push(() =>
+      payload.delete({
+        collection: 'posts',
+        context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+        id: post.id,
+      }),
+    )
+
+    expect((await findFixtureDocs('posts', [post.id], false)).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      post.id,
+    ])
+
+    await payload.update({
+      collection: 'posts',
+      context: { disableRevalidate: true },
+      id: post.id,
+      data: { _status: 'draft' },
+      draft: false,
+    })
+
+    expect(await findFixtureDocs('posts', [post.id], false)).toEqual([])
+    expect((await findFixtureDocs('posts', [post.id], true)).map((doc) => doc.id)).toEqual([
+      post.id,
+    ])
+  })
+
  it('omits an unpublished press article previously rendered on /presse', async () => {
    const published = await payload.create({
      collection: 'posts',