diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e32e984..7cb005c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ utils/.caldav_pass
 content/pages/termine.md
 lighttpd.conf
 newsletter.sqlite
+config.ini
diff --git a/content/images/tr/motif-fireworks.jpg b/content/images/tr/motif-fireworks.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fd931a
Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/tr/motif-fireworks.jpg differ
diff --git a/content/images/tr/motif-termine-towfiqu-barbhuiya-unsplash.jpg b/content/images/tr/motif-termine.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from content/images/tr/motif-termine-towfiqu-barbhuiya-unsplash.jpg
rename to content/images/tr/motif-termine.jpg
diff --git a/content/js/Message.js b/content/js/Message.js
index 09e3dba..dcaa37c 100644
--- a/content/js/Message.js
+++ b/content/js/Message.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 let query = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
-let msg = 'keine Fehlermeldung gefunden';
+let msg = 'keine Statusmeldung gefunden';
 if (query.has('msg')) {
   msg = query.get('msg');
 }
-if ( document.getElementById('error-msg').firstChild != null ) {
-  document.getElementById('error-msg').firstChild.nodeValue = msg;
+if ( document.getElementById('msg').firstChild != null ) {
+  document.getElementById('msg').firstChild.nodeValue = msg;
 }
diff --git a/content/pages/danke.md b/content/pages/danke.md
index d8f3467..64858df 100644
--- a/content/pages/danke.md
+++ b/content/pages/danke.md
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 ---
-title: Kleines Dankeschön
+title: Du bist Abonnent!
 date: 2025-02-04 10:20
 author: Tobias Radloff
 summary: Danke für deine Nachricht.
 lang: de
 slug: danke
 save_as: newsletter/danke.html
+featured_image:
+  - pic: ../images/tr/motif-fireworks.jpg
+    alt: prächtige Feuerwerksraketen explodieren am Nachthimmel über einem See
+    credit: Ray Hennessy | unsplash.com
+    credit_link: https://unsplash.com/@rayhennessy
 ---
 
 Klasse, dass du dich für meinen Newsletter angemeldet hast. Als kleines Dankeschön und um die Wartezeit auf die nächste Ausgabe zu verkürzen, ist hier ein bislang unveröffentlichtes Gedicht von mir. Viel Spaß :-)
diff --git a/content/pages/error.md b/content/pages/error.md
index 978c878..a173446 100644
--- a/content/pages/error.md
+++ b/content/pages/error.md
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ featured_image:
     credit_link: https://unsplash.com/@elisa_ventur
 ---
 
-Verflixt, es ist ein Fehler bei der Newsletter-Verwaltung aufgetreten. Vielleicht hilft dir die Fehlermeldung weiter? 
+Verflixt, es ist ein Fehler bei der Newsletter-Verwaltung aufgetreten. Vielleicht hilft dir die Statusmeldung weiter? 
 
-`suche Fehlermeldung`{: #error-msg}
+`suche Statusmeldung`{: #msg}
 
 <script src="{static}/js/Message.js"></script>
 
diff --git a/content/pages/success.md b/content/pages/success.md
index d2f03dd..cdc5a22 100644
--- a/content/pages/success.md
+++ b/content/pages/success.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ featured_image:
     credit_link: https://unsplash.com/@ianstauffer
 ---
 
+<p id="msg">Erfolg auf der ganzen Linie.</p>
+
 <script src="{static}/js/Message.js"></script>
 
 [&larr; zur Startseite](/)
diff --git a/content/pages/termine.md.metadata b/content/pages/termine.md.metadata
index e555a47..4f511dd 100644
--- a/content/pages/termine.md.metadata
+++ b/content/pages/termine.md.metadata
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ slug: termine
 url: termine/
 save_as: termine/index.html
 featured_image:
-  - pic: ../images/tr/motif-termine-towfiqu-barbhuiya-unsplash.jpg
+  - pic: ../images/tr/motif-termine.jpg
     alt: in einem Kalender stecken rote Reißzwecken und ein Tag ist rot eingekringelt
     credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya | unsplash.com
     credit_link: https://unsplash.com/@towfiqu999999 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/php/confirm.php b/content/php/confirm.php
index c99fc4a..77dcaef 100644
--- a/content/php/confirm.php
+++ b/content/php/confirm.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 // inspired by https://www.mailgun.com/blog/email/double-opt-in-with-php-mailgun/
 
-require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../settings.php');
+require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../functions.php');
 
 $successURL = '/newsletter/danke.html';
 $errorURL = '/error.html';
diff --git a/content/php/contact.php b/content/php/contact.php
index 047e2ea..c6d0a4a 100644
--- a/content/php/contact.php
+++ b/content/php/contact.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if ( $_POST['address'] != '' ) {
   exit;
 }
 
-require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../settings.php');
+require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../functions.php');
 
 $successURL = '/success.html';
 $errorURL = '/error.html';
diff --git a/content/php/settings.php b/content/php/functions.php
similarity index 85%
rename from content/php/settings.php
rename to content/php/functions.php
index 84f1ff4..73609c8 100644
--- a/content/php/settings.php
+++ b/content/php/functions.php
@@ -9,13 +9,17 @@ require $dname . '/Exception.php';
 require $dname . '/PHPMailer.php';
 require $dname . '/SMTP.php';
 
+// read ini file
+$ini_file = '../../config.ini';
+$ini = parse_ini_file($ini_file, TRUE);
+
 // general constants
 $general = [
   // site domain (used for building confirmation links)
 /*  'domain' => 'tobias-radloff.de', */
   'domain' => 'localhost',
   // string concatenated with email address to create a non-recreatable md5 hash 
-  'uniqueKey' => '***REMOVED***', // works like password salt  
+  'uniqueKey' => $ini['hash']['uniqueKey'], // works like password salt  
   // file name of confirm script
   'confirmScript' => '/newsletter/confirm.php',
   // status code to be used when redirection to success or error page 
@@ -33,28 +37,8 @@ $general = [
 // complete site URL
 $general['siteURL'] = 'https://' . $general['domain']; 
 
-// SMTP server information
-$smtp = [
-  'host' => '***REMOVED***
-  'port' => 587,
-  'username' => 'tobias',
-  'password' => '***REMOVED***',
-  'auth' => TRUE,
-];
-
-// database information
-$db = [
-  'sqlite' => [
-    'dsn' => 'sqlite:../../newsletter.sqlite',
-  ],
-  'mysql' => [
-    'dsn' => '',
-    'host' => '',
-    'port' => '',
-    'username' => '',
-    'password' => ''
-  ]
-];
+$smtp = $ini['smtp'];
+$db = $ini['db'];
 
 function GetConfirmationHash($confEmail) {
   global $general;
@@ -68,22 +52,22 @@ function getPDO($dbType = 'sqlite') {
 }
 
 // Sends an email to single recipient with subject, body and sender info specified in an array
-function SendEmail($recipientAddress, $mailContents) {
+function SendEmail($toAddress, $mailContents) {
   global $general, $smtp;
   $mail = new PHPMailer(true);
 
   //Server settings
-  //    $mail->SMTPDebug = SMTP::DEBUG_SERVER;                      //Enable verbose debug output
+  //$mail->SMTPDebug = SMTP::DEBUG_SERVER;                      //Enable verbose debug output
   $mail->isSMTP();
   $mail->Host       = $smtp['host'];
+  $mail->Port       = $smtp['port'];   //TCP port to connect to; use 587 if you have set `SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS`
   $mail->SMTPAuth   = $smtp['auth'];
   $mail->Username   = $smtp['username'];
   $mail->Password   = $smtp['password'];
   //$mail->SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_SMTPS;            //Enable implicit TLS encryption
-  $mail->Port       = $smtp['port'];   //TCP port to connect to; use 587 if you have set `SMTPSecure = PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS`
 
   // recipient
-  $mail->addAddress($recipientAddress);     //Add a recipient
+  $mail->addAddress($toAddress); 
 
   // content
   $mail->CharSet = 'UTF-8';
diff --git a/content/php/subscribe.php b/content/php/subscribe.php
index 1bc888a..119ef7c 100644
--- a/content/php/subscribe.php
+++ b/content/php/subscribe.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 // inspired by https://www.mailgun.com/blog/email/double-opt-in-with-php-mailgun/
 
-require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../settings.php');
+require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../functions.php');
 
 $successURL = '/success.html';
 $errorURL = '/error.html';
@@ -59,5 +59,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 // success
+$mailContents['subject'] = 'Jemand will den Newsletter abonnieren und hat eine Kopie dieser Mail bekommen';
+SendEmail($general['notificationAddress'], $mailContents);
 GracefulExit($successURL, "Anmeldung erfolgreich: Email mit Bestätigungslink wurde an {$email} versandt.");
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/php/unsubscribe.php b/content/php/unsubscribe.php
index ef636c0..c308d41 100644
--- a/content/php/unsubscribe.php
+++ b/content/php/unsubscribe.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../settings.php');
+require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../functions.php');
 
 $successURL = '/success.html';
 $errorURL = '/error.html';
diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
index 1df19f5..86f8c17 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ IGNORE_FILES = ['**/.*', '__pycache__', 'favicon-from-svg.sh', '*.metadata']
 
 EXTRA_PATH_METADATA = {
     'favicon/favicon.ico': {'path': 'favicon.ico'},
-    'php/settings.php': {'path': 'settings.php'}, 
+    'php/functions.php': {'path': 'functions.php'}, 
     'php/subscribe.php': {'path': 'newsletter/subscribe.php'}, 
     'php/confirm.php': {'path': 'newsletter/confirm.php'}, 
     'php/unsubscribe.php': {'path': 'newsletter/unsubscribe.php'}, 
diff --git a/theme/static/css/custom.css b/theme/static/css/custom.css
index 6dc8ea8..af7c0b7 100644
--- a/theme/static/css/custom.css
+++ b/theme/static/css/custom.css
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ figcaption {
   .index-link::after {
     content: "\00a0\02192"; /* arrow to the right */
   }
+
+  a { color: var(--pico-h1-color);}
 }