diff --git a/tools/extract_messages.sh b/tools/extract_messages.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env zsh
-
-# Script to extract and organize user-facing strings from the codebase
-
-set -e
-
-# Configuration
-SOURCE_DIR="$(dirname "$0")/.."
-LANG_DIR="${SOURCE_DIR}/include/qsgen2/lang"
-OUTPUT_FILE="${LANG_DIR}/extracted_messages.txt"
-
-# Create output directory if it doesn't exist
-mkdir -p "$(dirname "$OUTPUT_FILE")"
-
-# Initialize output file
-cat > "$OUTPUT_FILE" << 'EOF'
-# Quick Site Generator 2 - Extracted Messages
-# This file contains all user-facing strings extracted from the codebase
-# Generated on: $(date)
-
-# Format:
-# [message_id] = "message"
-# Where message_id is in the format: category_subject_description
-# Example: error_file_not_found = "File not found: %s"
-
-# Categories:
-# - config: Configuration related messages
-# - file: File operation messages
-# - build: Build process messages
-# - blog: Blog system messages
-# - page: Page system messages
-# - error: Error messages
-# - warning: Warning messages
-# - info: Informational messages
-# - debug: Debug messages
-
-# Message Dictionary
-[messages]
-
-EOF
-
-# Function to add a message to the output file
-add_message() {
-    local category="$1"
-    local subject="$2"
-    local description="$3"
-    local message="$4"
-    
-    # Generate message ID
-    local msg_id="${category}_${subject}_${description}"
-    
-    # Clean up the message ID
-    msg_id=$(echo "$msg_id" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '_' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9_]/_/g' | sed 's/__*/_/g' | sed 's/^_//;s/_$//')
-    
-    # Add to output file
-    echo "${msg_id} = \"${message}\"" >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-}
-
-# Extract messages from _msg calls
-echo "# Extracting messages from _msg calls..."
-
-grep -r --include="*.zsh" --include="*.sh" -h "_msg " "$SOURCE_DIR" | \
-  grep -v '^\s*#' | \
-  grep -v '^\s*$' | \
-  while read -r line; do
-    # Extract message type and content
-    msg_type=$(echo "$line" | awk -F'"' '{print $1}' | awk '{print $NF}' | tr -d ' ')
-    msg_content=$(echo "$line" | sed -E 's/.*_msg[[:space:]]+[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+["]([^"]+)["].*/\1/')
-    
-    # Skip if we couldn't extract content
-    if [[ "$msg_content" == "$line" ]]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-    
-    # Determine category based on message type
-    case "$msg_type" in
-        error)
-            category="error"
-            ;;
-        warning)
-            category="warning"
-            ;;
-        info|other)
-            category="info"
-            ;;
-        debug)
-            category="debug"
-            ;;
-        *)
-            category="info"
-            ;;
-    esac
-    
-    # Generate a description from the message content
-    description=$(echo "$msg_content" | \
-        head -n 1 | \
-        tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | \
-        sed 's/[^a-z0-9 ]/ /g' | \
-        sed 's/  */ /g' | \
-        cut -c1-30 | \
-        tr ' ' '_' | \
-        sed 's/_$//')
-    
-    # Add the message
-    add_message "$category" "general" "$description" "$msg_content"
-done
-
-# Extract messages from echo/print statements
-echo "# Extracting messages from echo/print statements..."
-
-grep -r --include="*.zsh" --include="*.sh" -h -E 'echo|printf|print' "$SOURCE_DIR" | \
-  grep -v '^\s*#' | \
-  grep -v '^\s*$' | \
-  grep -v '\\n' | \
-  grep -v '\$\|`' | \
-  grep -E '".*[a-z].*"' | \
-  while read -r line; do
-    # Extract message content
-    msg_content=$(echo "$line" | grep -o '"[^"]*"' | head -n 1 | tr -d '"')
-    
-    # Skip if no content
-    if [[ -z "$msg_content" ]]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-    
-    # Skip common debug/technical messages
-    if [[ "$msg_content" =~ ^[^a-zA-Z]*$ ]]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-    
-    # Add as an info message
-    description=$(echo "$msg_content" | \
-        head -n 1 | \
-        tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | \
-        sed 's/[^a-z0-9 ]/ /g' | \
-        sed 's/  */ /g' | \
-        cut -c1-30 | \
-        tr ' ' '_' | \
-        sed 's/_$//')
-    
-    add_message "info" "general" "$description" "$msg_content"
-done
-
-echo "Message extraction complete. Review the output in $OUTPUT_FILE"
diff --git a/tools/migrate_messages.sh b/tools/migrate_messages.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env zsh
-
-# Script to help migrate message strings to the new format
-
-set -e
-
-# Configuration
-SOURCE_DIR="$(dirname "$0")/.."
-LANG_DIR="${SOURCE_DIR}/include/qsgen2/lang"
-OUTPUT_FILE="${LANG_DIR}/message_migration.txt"
-
-# Create output directory if it doesn't exist
-mkdir -p "$(dirname "$OUTPUT_FILE")"
-
-# Initialize output file
-cat > "$OUTPUT_FILE" << EOF
-# Quick Site Generator 2 - Message Migration
-# This file helps migrate from old message format to the new format
-# Generated on: $(date)
-#
-# Format:
-# OLD_ID = "message"
-# NEW_ID = "new.message.id"
-#
-# [Additional notes]
-
-EOF
-
-# Find all _msg calls in the codebase
-echo "# Messages from _msg calls" >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-grep -r --include="*.zsh" --include="*.sh" -h "_msg " "$SOURCE_DIR" | \
-  grep -o "_msg \w\+ \"[^\"]\+" | \
-  sort -u | \
-  while read -r line; do
-    # Extract message type and content
-    msg_type=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $2}')
-    msg_content=$(echo "$line" | cut -d'"' -f2)
-    
-    # Generate a message ID based on content
-    msg_id=$(echo "$msg_content" | \
-      tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | \
-      sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/_/g' | \
-      sed 's/__*/_/g' | \
-      sed 's/^_//;s/_$//')
-    
-    # Add to output file
-    echo "# $line" >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-    echo "msg_${msg_id} = \"${msg_content}\"" >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-    echo >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-done
-
-# Find all existing message IDs in language files
-echo -e "\n# Existing message IDs in language files" >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-find "$LANG_DIR" -type f -name "*.en" -o -name "en_*" | while read -r langfile; do
-  echo "## From $(basename "$langfile"):" >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-  grep -o '"_\?[a-zA-Z0-9_]\+"' "$langfile" | \
-    sort -u | \
-    sed 's/^"//;s/"$//' >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-  echo >> "$OUTPUT_FILE"
-done
-
-echo "Migration file created at: $OUTPUT_FILE"
-echo "Please review and update the message IDs as needed."
diff --git a/tools/migrate_messages_to_system.sh b/tools/migrate_messages_to_system.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env zsh
-
-# Script to migrate hardcoded messages to the message system
-
-set -e
-
-# Configuration
-SOURCE_DIR="$(dirname "$0")/.."
-LANG_FILE="${SOURCE_DIR}/include/qsgen2/lang/qsgen2.en"
-TEMP_FILE="${SOURCE_DIR}/.qsgen2.tmp"
-
-# Create a backup of the original file
-backup_file() {
-    local file="$1"
-    local backup="${file}.bak.$(date +%s)"
-    cp "$file" "$backup"
-    echo "Created backup at: $backup"
-}
-
-# Replace a message in the code
-replace_message() {
-    local old_msg="$1"
-    local new_key="$2"
-    local file="$3"
-    
-    # Escape special characters for sed
-    local escaped_old=$(printf '%s\n' "$old_msg" | sed 's/[&/\^$*.]/\\&/g')
-    local escaped_new="_msg i18n \"$new_key\""
-    
-    # Handle messages with parameters
-    if [[ "$old_msg" == *"%s"* ]]; then
-        escaped_new="${escaped_new} \"\${1:-\"\"}\""
-    fi
-    
-    # Replace in file
-    sed -i "s/_msg \(info\|warning\|error\|debug\|other\) \"$escaped_old\"/$escaped_new/g" "$file"
-}
-
-# Process a single file
-process_file() {
-    local file="$1"
-    echo "Processing file: $file"
-    
-    # Create a backup
-    backup_file "$file"
-    
-    # Replace messages
-    while IFS= read -r line; do
-        if [[ "$line" =~ ^([a-z.]+)[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*"([^"]+)" ]]; then
-            local key="${match[1]}"
-            local msg="${match[2]}"
-            
-            # Skip comments and empty lines
-            [[ "$key" == "#"* ]] && continue
-            [[ -z "$key" ]] && continue
-            
-            # Replace in file
-            replace_message "$msg" "$key" "$file"
-        fi
-    done < "$LANG_FILE"
-}
-
-# Find all shell scripts in the project
-find "$SOURCE_DIR" -type f \( -name "*.zsh" -o -name "*.sh" \) -not -path "*/.*" | while read -r file; do
-    process_file "$file"
-done
-
-echo "Migration complete. Please review the changes and test the application."