AstroPaper is a minimal, responsive, accessible and SEO-friendly Astro blog theme. This theme is designed and crafted based on my personal blog.

This theme follows best practices and provides accessibility out of the box. Light and dark mode are supported by default. Moreover, additional color schemes can also be configured.

This theme is self-documented _ which means articles/posts in this theme can also be considered as documentations. Read the blog posts or check the README Documentation Section for more info.

• type-safe markdown
• super fast performance
• accessible (Keyboard/VoiceOver)
• responsive (mobile ~ desktops)
• SEO-friendly
• light & dark mode
• fuzzy search
• draft posts & pagination
• sitemap & rss feed
• followed best practices
• highly customizable
• dynamic OG image generation for blog posts #15 (Blog Post)

Note: I've tested screen-reader accessibility of AstroPaper using VoiceOver on Mac and TalkBack on Android. I couldn't test all other screen-readers out there. However, accessibility enhancements in AstroPaper should be working fine on others as well.

Inside of AstroPaper, you'll see the following folders and files:

/
├── public/
│   ├── assets/
│   │   └── logo.svg
│   │   └── logo.png
│   └── favicon.svg
│   └── astropaper-og.jpg
│   └── robots.txt
│   └── toggle-theme.js
├── src/
│   ├── assets/
│   │   └── socialIcons.ts
│   ├── components/
│   ├── content/
│   │   |  blog/
│   │   |    └── some-blog-posts.md
│   │   └── config.ts
│   ├── layouts/
│   └── pages/
│   └── styles/
│   └── utils/
│   └── config.ts
│   └── types.ts
└── package.json

Astro looks for .astro or .md files in the src/pages/ directory. Each page is exposed as a route based on its file name.

Any static assets, like images, can be placed in the public/ directory.

All blog posts are stored in src/content/blog directory.

Documentation can be read in two formats_ markdown & blog post.

• Configuration - markdown | blog post
• Add Posts - markdown | blog post
• Customize Color Schemes - markdown | blog post
• Predefined Color Schemes - markdown | blog post

For AstroPaper v1, check out this branch and this live URL

Main Framework - Astro
Type Checking - TypeScript
Component Framework - ReactJS
Styling - TailwindCSS
UI/UX - Figma
Fuzzy Search - FuseJS
Icons - Boxicons | Tablers
Code Formatting - Prettier
Deployment - Cloudflare Pages
Illustration in About Page - https://freesvgillustration.com
Linting - ESLint

The easiest way to run this project locally is to run the following command in your desired directory.

# npm 6.x
npm create astro@latest --template satnaing/astro-paper

# npm 7+, extra double-dash is needed:
npm create astro@latest -- --template satnaing/astro-paper

# yarn
yarn create astro --template satnaing/astro-paper

You can easily add your Google Site Verification HTML tag in AstroPaper using environment variable. This step is optional. If you don't add the following env variable, the google-site-verification tag won't appear in the html <head> section.

# in your environment variable file (.env)
PUBLIC_GOOGLE_SITE_VERIFICATION=your-google-site-verification-value

All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:

Note! For Docker commands we must have it installed in your machine.

Warning! Windows PowerShell users may need to install the concurrently package if they want to run diagnostics during development (astro check --watch & astro dev). For more info, see this issue.

If you have any suggestions/feedback, you can contact me via my email. Alternatively, feel free to open an issue if you find bugs or want to request new features.

Licensed under the MIT License, Copyright © 2023

Made with 🤍 by Sat Naing 👨🏻‍💻 and contributors.