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+@{
+    Layout = null;
+}
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+    <title>Sign In — Scratching Post</title>
+    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.11.3/font/bootstrap-icons.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <style>
+        body { background: #f4f6f9; min-height: 100vh; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-family: 'Segoe UI', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, sans-serif; }
+        .login-card { width: 100%; max-width: 400px; }
+        .login-brand { text-align: center; margin-bottom: 2em; }
+        .login-brand i { font-size: 2.5em; color: #d48806; }
+        .login-brand h1 { font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: 700; margin: 0.3em 0 0; color: #1a1a2e; }
+        .login-brand p { color: #6b7280; font-size: 0.85em; }
+    </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <div class="login-card">
+        <div class="login-brand">
+            <i class="bi bi-sun"></i>
+            <h1>Sunbeam</h1>
+            <p>Scratching Post Admin</p>
+        </div>
+        <div class="card shadow-sm">
+            <div class="card-body p-4">
+                @if (ViewBag.Error != null)
+                {
+                    <div class="alert alert-danger py-2"><i class="bi bi-exclamation-circle me-1"></i>@ViewBag.Error</div>
+                }
+                <form method="post" asp-action="Login">
+                    @if (ViewBag.ReturnUrl != null) { <input type="hidden" name="returnUrl" value="@ViewBag.ReturnUrl" /> }
+                    <div class="mb-3"><label class="form-label">Username</label><input type="text" name="username" class="form-control" required autofocus /></div>
+                    <div class="mb-4"><label class="form-label">Password</label><input type="password" name="password" class="form-control" required /></div>
+                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary w-100"><i class="bi bi-box-arrow-in-right me-1"></i>Sign In</button>
+                </form>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <p class="text-center text-muted mt-3" style="font-size:0.8em;">© Jess Rogerson — 2026</p>
+    </div>
+</body>
+</html>
