Index: src/views/pages/welcome.ejs
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--- src/views/pages/welcome.ejs	(revision 2165b6d3d57ceaa8b5d1f70491868482149470cf)
+++ src/views/pages/welcome.ejs	(revision 7bc636b391c66ac399c33e54f7173a022c6a3cbd)
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <div class="container welcome-page">
-  <h1><%= t('welcome.title') %></h1>
-  <p class="welcome-tagline"><%= t('welcome.tagline') %></p>
-
+  <h1>Welcome to PrutCMS</h1>
+  <p class="welcome-tagline">A self-hosted publishing platform.</p>
+  
   <% if (!user) { %>
     <div class="welcome-actions">
-      <a href="/auth/register" class="btn btn-primary"><%= t('auth.create_admin') %></a>
-      <a href="/auth/login" class="btn"><%= t('welcome.have_account') %></a>
+      <a href="/auth/register" class="btn btn-primary">Create your account</a>
+      <a href="/auth/login" class="btn">Already have one? Login</a>
     </div>
-    <p class="welcome-note"><%= t('welcome.note') %></p>
+    <p class="welcome-note">The first user becomes <strong>god</strong> and gets a personal site auto-created.</p>
   <% } else { %>
-    <p><%= t('welcome.nosite', { user: user.username }) %></p>
+    <p>Hi <%= user.username %>! No site is configured yet.</p>
   <% } %>
 </div>