From 7adff99e288bfd26767c2dae8a900c2279c9b7be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Owen <owenrees.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:23:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add canonical url for locales

---
 src/app/[locale]/(main)/contact-us/ContactForm.tsx |  3 +++
 src/app/[locale]/layout.tsx                        | 12 +++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/app/[locale]/(main)/contact-us/ContactForm.tsx b/src/app/[locale]/(main)/contact-us/ContactForm.tsx
index 58a09c8..816716a 100644
--- a/src/app/[locale]/(main)/contact-us/ContactForm.tsx
+++ b/src/app/[locale]/(main)/contact-us/ContactForm.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const ContactForm = () => {
           name="email"
           control={form.control}
           label={t("emailLabel")}
+          aria-label={t("emailLabel")}
           placeholder={t("emailPlaceholder")}
           required
         />
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ const ContactForm = () => {
           name="subject"
           control={form.control}
           label={t("subjectLabel")}
+          aria-label={t("subjectLabel")}
           placeholder={t("subjectPlaceholder")}
           required
         />
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ const ContactForm = () => {
           control={form.control}
           rows={6}
           label={t("messageLabel")}
+          aria-label={t("messageLabel")}
           placeholder={t("messagePlaceholder")}
           required
         />
diff --git a/src/app/[locale]/layout.tsx b/src/app/[locale]/layout.tsx
index 89e27be..40d1629 100644
--- a/src/app/[locale]/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/[locale]/layout.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import { Inter, Julius_Sans_One } from "next/font/google";
 import { notFound } from "next/navigation";
 
 import { LocaleChecker } from "@/components/LocaleChecker";
+import { MatomoAnalytics } from "@/components/MatomoAnalytics";
 import "@/css/globals.css";
 import Providers from "@/providers";
 
 import Footer from "./(main)/components/Footer";
-import { MatomoAnalytics } from "@/components/MatomoAnalytics";
 
 const inter = Inter({ subsets: ["latin"], variable: "--font-inter" });
 const title = Julius_Sans_One({
@@ -31,10 +31,20 @@ export async function generateMetadata({
     namespace: "Metadata",
   });
 
+  const baseUrl = "https://echecsfrance.com";
+  const canonicalPath = locale === "fr" ? "" : `/${locale}`;
+
   return {
     title: t("title"),
     description: t("description"),
     keywords: t("keywords"),
+    alternates: {
+      canonical: `${baseUrl}${canonicalPath}`,
+      languages: {
+        fr: baseUrl,
+        en: `${baseUrl}/en`,
+      },
+    },
   };
 }