postit: point Register button at /Account/Register

/signin only renders the local-account sign-in form on Yavsc.Org;
new accounts live at /Account/Register. Update RegisterUrl in
LoginPageViewModel and the matching test accordingly.

src/PostIt.Tests/LoginPageViewModelTests.cs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class LoginPageViewModelTests
 
         // Trailing slash on Authority is normalised away.
         Assert.Equal(
-            "https://yavsc.example.com/signin?ReturnUrl=~%2F&AllowRememberLogin=true",
+            "https://yavsc.example.com/Account/Register",
             vm.RegisterUrl);
         Assert.Equal(
             "https://yavsc.example.com/Account/ForgotPassword",

src/PostIt.Tests/SettingsLoadTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace PostIt.Tests;
+
+public class SettingsLoadTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// On the dev machine, the user-level settings file
+    /// (~/.config/PostIt/postit-settings.json) does not exist, so Load()
+    /// must fall back to the embedded default resource shipped inside
+    /// PostIt.dll.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Load_falls_back_to_embedded_resource_when_user_file_missing()
+    {
+        // Skip if a user-level file exists (CI / different dev machines).
+        var userConfigPath = Path.Combine(
+            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData),
+            "PostIt",
+            "postit-settings.json");
+        if (File.Exists(userConfigPath))
+        {
+            return; // nothing to assert: user file wins.
+        }
+
+        var settings = new PostIt.Settings();
+        await settings.Load();
+
+        // The bundled postit-settings.json points at yavsc.pschneider.fr.
+        Assert.False(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(settings.Authentication?.Authority));
+        Assert.Equal("postit", settings.Authentication.ClientId);
+    }
+}

src/PostIt/PostIt/PostIt.csproj

@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="postit-settings.json">
+      <LogicalName>PostIt.postit-settings.json</LogicalName>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

src/PostIt/PostIt/Settings/Settings.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using Avalonia;
 using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Avalonia.Platform.Storage;
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
+[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("PostIt.Tests")]
+
 namespace PostIt;
 
 public partial class Settings : ObservableObject
@@ -87,7 +91,16 @@ public partial class Settings : ObservableObject
         if (!configFileInfo.Exists)
         {
             Console.Error.WriteLine($"🩎 Settings file not found at {configFileInfo.FullName}");
-            return; // no settings file
+            // Only fall back to the embedded default when the in-memory
+            // settings haven't been populated yet. This protects callers
+            // (notably tests) that pre-load Settings with explicit values
+            // from being silently overwritten by the bundled default.
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.Authentication?.Authority)
+                && !TryLoadEmbeddedFallback())
+            {
+                Console.Error.WriteLine("🩎 No embedded default settings; running with empty configuration.");
+            }
+            return; // no user settings file
         }
 
         Console.WriteLine($"🔎 Loading settings from {configFileInfo.FullName}");
@@ -97,17 +110,49 @@ public partial class Settings : ObservableObject
             using var stream = configFileInfo.OpenRead();
             using var reader = new StreamReader(stream);
             var json = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(json))
-            {
-                Console.Error.WriteLine("🩎 Settings file is empty.");
-                return;
-            }
+            ApplyJson(json, $"user file {configFileInfo.FullName}");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine($"🩎 Error loading settings: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
 
+    private bool TryLoadEmbeddedFallback()
+    {
+        const string ResourceName = "PostIt.postit-settings.json";
+        var assembly = typeof(Settings).Assembly;
+        using var stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(ResourceName);
+        if (stream is null)
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine($"🩎 Embedded resource {ResourceName} not found.");
+            return false;
+        }
+        using var reader = new StreamReader(stream);
+        var json = reader.ReadToEnd();
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(json))
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine("🩎 Embedded settings resource is empty.");
+            return false;
+        }
+        Console.WriteLine($"🔎 Loading embedded default settings ({ResourceName}).");
+        ApplyJson(json, $"embedded resource {ResourceName}");
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private void ApplyJson(string json, string source)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(json))
+        {
+            Console.Error.WriteLine($"🩎 Settings payload is empty (source: {source}).");
+            return;
+        }
+        try
+        {
             var settings = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Settings>(json);
-
             if (settings is null)
             {
-                Console.Error.WriteLine("🩎 Settings file is invalid.");
+                Console.Error.WriteLine($"🩎 Settings payload is invalid (source: {source}).");
                 return;
             }
             this.Authentication = settings.Authentication;
@@ -115,11 +160,10 @@ public partial class Settings : ObservableObject
             this.ApiUrl = settings.ApiUrl;
             this.RedirectUri = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(settings.RedirectUri) ? DefaultLoopbackRedirectUri : settings.RedirectUri;
             this.Scopes = settings.Scopes;
-
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Console.Error.WriteLine($"🩎 Error loading settings: {ex.Message}");
+            Console.Error.WriteLine($"🩎 Error applying settings from {source}: {ex.Message}");
         }
     }
 }

src/PostIt/PostIt/ViewModels/LoginPageViewModel.cs

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ public partial class LoginPageViewModel : ViewModelBase
     public string Password { get; set; }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// URL of the Yavsc.Org register/sign-in page for new users.
+    /// URL of the Yavsc.Org account-registration page.
     /// Derived from <see cref="Settings.Authentication"/>'s Authority.
     /// Empty when the authority is not configured.
     /// </summary>
     public string RegisterUrl =>
-        BuildExternalUrl("/signin?ReturnUrl=~%2F&AllowRememberLogin=true");
+        BuildExternalUrl("/Account/Register");
 
     /// <summary>
     /// URL of the Yavsc.Org password-reset page (open to anonymous users).