Using the Astro edition

Install it and put it online

1. Unzip the download from your delivery email and open the folder in your editor. You need Node.js 22 or later.
2. Run npm install, then npm run dev. The site opens at http://localhost:4321 and reloads as you change files.
3. Set your address and build. Run SITE_URL=https://your-domain.com npm run build: the finished site lands in dist/, plain HTML, CSS and a little JavaScript, no server code.
4. Host it anywhere that serves static files: Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages or your own server. Upload dist/, or connect the folder’s Git repository and use npm run build as the build command. The README covers each host and the contact form, which sends nothing until you connect your own form service.

Change it with your AI, keep the design

The zip includes AGENTS.md (where everything lives and the rules that keep the site consistent), DESIGN.md (colours, type, spacing, motion) and EDIT-WITH-AI.md, a five-step guide. Start every session in Claude Code, Cursor or Codex with: “Read AGENTS.md and DESIGN.md. Follow them for every change. Do not add dependencies.” Then ask for one page or one section at a time, and name an existing page it should look like.

Text, posts, events and integrations live in src/content/ and src/data/, so most changes are edits to Markdown or JSON files.

Astro updates

Each Astro edition pins the Astro version it was built with, so it keeps building as delivered. When a new major version of Astro comes out, we update every edition that has been bought within 60 days, and you download the new zip from the same delivery link. Your own changes stay yours: compare the release notes and copy across what you need.