Made English the default site so that people dont see a redirect page first

src/pages/index.astro

@@ -6,8 +6,16 @@ import { detectPreferredLanguage } from '~/utils/language';
 const url = new URL(Astro.request.url);
 const hash = url.hash;
 
-// Detect preferred language
+// Check for language preference in cookies (set by client-side JS)
-const preferredLanguage = detectPreferredLanguage(Astro.request);
+const cookies = Astro.request.headers.get('cookie') || '';
+const cookieLanguage = cookies
+  .split(';')
+  .map((cookie) => cookie.trim())
+  .find((cookie) => cookie.startsWith('preferredLanguage='))
+  ?.split('=')[1];
+
+// Only use detected language if there's an explicit cookie preference
+const preferredLanguage = cookieLanguage || 'en';
 
 // Redirect to the language-specific homepage
 return Astro.redirect(`/${preferredLanguage}/${hash}`);

src/utils/language.ts

@@ -6,23 +6,14 @@ type SupportedLanguage = (typeof supportedLanguages)[number];
 export function detectPreferredLanguage(request: Request): SupportedLanguage {
   // Check for language preference in cookies (set by client-side JS)
   const cookies = request.headers.get('cookie') || '';
-  const cookieLanguage = cookies
+  const cookieMatch = cookies.match(/preferredLanguage=([^;]+)/);
-    .split(';')
+  const cookieLanguage = cookieMatch ? cookieMatch[1] : null;
-    .map((cookie) => cookie.trim())
-    .find((cookie) => cookie.startsWith('preferredLanguage='))
-    ?.split('=')[1];
 
-  // Get the user's preferred language from the browser if no cookie
+  // Only use browser language if there's an explicit cookie preference
-  const acceptLanguage = request.headers.get('accept-language') || '';
+  if (cookieLanguage && supportedLanguages.some((lang) => lang === cookieLanguage)) {
+    return cookieLanguage as SupportedLanguage;
+  }
 
-  // Use cookie language if available, otherwise detect from browser
+  // Default to English
-  const preferredLanguage =
+  return 'en';
-    cookieLanguage && supportedLanguages.includes(cookieLanguage as SupportedLanguage)
-      ? (cookieLanguage as SupportedLanguage)
-      : acceptLanguage
-          .split(',')
-          .map((lang) => lang.split(';')[0].trim().substring(0, 2))
-          .find((lang) => supportedLanguages.includes(lang as SupportedLanguage)) || 'en';
-
-  return preferredLanguage as SupportedLanguage;
 }