diff --git a/ye-snippet.js b/ye-snippet.js
index eebc5bf..78e20ad 100644
--- a/ye-snippet.js
+++ b/ye-snippet.js
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ const Render=()=>
 {
     if(new Date() < new Date(`Jan 1 2026`))
     {
+        const layoutBase =(hexColor, ...messages)=>`<div style="padding: 1rem; text-align: center; background:${hexColor}; color:white;">${messages.join("")}</div>`;
+        const messageSmall = `<p style="margin:0;">The Bible teaching from Truth For Life is funded by your donations!</p>`;
+        const messageLarge =(message)=> `<p style="margin:0; font-size:2rem; font-family: Sanchez;">${message}</p>`;
+
         /** @type {(selector:string)=>false|(markup:string)=>void} */
         const BuildInserter =(selector)=>{
             const element = document.querySelector(selector);
             return element ? (markup)=>element.insertAdjacentHTML("afterend", markup) : false;
         }
-        
-        const layoutBase =(hexColor, ...messages)=>`<div style="padding: 1rem; text-align: center; background:${hexColor}; color:white;">${messages.join("")}</div>`;
-        const messageSmall = `<p style="margin:0;">The Bible teaching from Truth For Life is funded by your donations!</p>`;
-        const messageLarge =(message)=> `<p style="margin:0; font-size:2rem; font-family: Sanchez;">${message}</p>`;
-
         const insert = BuildInserter(".nav-outer-wrapper");
+
         if(insert) // if the main nav exists
         {
             if(location.pathname.startsWith("/store/")) // if we are on a store page
             {
-                if(location.pathname === `/store/category/gifts/`) // if we are on the gifts page, add this css and keep going
+                if(location.pathname === `/store/category/gifts/`) // if we are on the store category for the gifts page, add this tweak css and *keep going*
                 {
                     insert(`<style>
   .cards.cards-default .row
@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ const Render=()=>
 </style>`)
                 }
 
-                if(!location.pathname.startsWith("/store/checkout/")) // if not on the checkout, show store messaging and quit
+                if(!location.pathname.startsWith("/store/checkout/")) // if not on the checkout, show CHECKOUT BANNER and *quit*
                 {
-                    
                     insert(
                         layoutBase(
                             "#945c57",
@@ -96,9 +95,24 @@ const Render=()=>
                     );
                     return;
                 }
+
+                if(location.pathname == "/store/checkout/donate/") // if we are on the donation part of the checkout process, replace the messaging "header" over the form and *quit*
+                {
+                    document.querySelector(".checkout-donate-header__wrapper").innerHTML = `<img src="https://info.truthforlife.org/hubfs/__Misc/year-end/donation-messge.jpg" style="
+                        width: 100%;
+                        margin-bottom: 2rem;
+                    "><p class="padded_text checkout-donate-header">Your year-end donation will help sustain the global Gospel outreach of Truth&nbsp;For&nbsp;Life. <em>Thank&nbsp;you</em>.</p>`
+                    return;
+                }
             }
-            else if(!location.pathname.startsWith("/donate/")) // if we are on a page with the main nav, but its not any store or donate process page, show donation mesaging and quit
+
+            if(!location.pathname.startsWith("/donate/")) // if we are not on any donate process page, show the DONATION BANNER and *quit*
             {
+                // if(localStorage.getItem("ye-2025-donation")) // TODO: don't show donatio messaing if a donation has been madee
+                // {
+                //     return;
+                // }
+
                 insert(
                     layoutBase(
                         "#bb8618",
@@ -109,29 +123,15 @@ const Render=()=>
                 return;
             }
 
-            if(location.pathname == "/store/checkout/donate/")
-            {
-                document.querySelector(".checkout-donate-header__wrapper").innerHTML = `<img src="https://info.truthforlife.org/hubfs/__Misc/year-end/donation-messge.jpg" style="
-                    width: 100%;
-                    margin-bottom: 2rem;
-                "><p class="padded_text checkout-donate-header">Your year-end donation will help sustain the global Gospel outreach of Truth&nbsp;For&nbsp;Life. <em>Thank&nbsp;you</em>.</p>`
-                return;
-            }
-
-        }
-        else
-        {
-
-            if(location.pathname.startsWith("/donate/thank-you/"))
+            if(location.pathname.startsWith("/donate/thank-you/")) // if we are on the donation thank you page, take note
             {
                 localStorage.setItem("ye-2025-donation", "true");
             }
-            if(localStorage.getItem("ye-2025-donation"))
-            {
-                return;
-            }
 
-            if(location.pathname == "/donate/")
+        }
+        else // we are on a non-standard header page
+        {
+            if(location.pathname == "/donate/") // if we are on the donate page, insert a THIN DONATION BANNER
             {
                 const insert = BuildInserter(".donation-header");
                 if(insert)