Long Haul Astro

Long Haul Astro is a minimal, long-form blog theme built with Astro, bringing a classic Jekyll theme into the modern web. Designed for performance and accessibility, it provides a clean and focused reading experience for extensive articles.

Key Features:

• Built with Astro: Leverages Astro's modern architecture for fast, efficient static site generation.
• Performance: Achieves a perfect Lighthouse score, ensuring quick loading times and a smooth user experience.
• Accessibility: Includes features like a skip-to-main-content link, accessible focus styling, and an accessible mobile menu.
• SEO-Friendly: Comes with an automatic sitemap via @astrojs/sitemap and a generated robots.txt using astro-robots-txt.
• Content Syndication: Provides an XML feed for RSS readers, making it easy for users to subscribe to your content.
• Modern Styling: Incorporates a modern CSS reset, system font stack for optimal performance, and fluid type/space scale from UTOPIA.
• Customization: Easily modify site settings, navigation menus, primary colors, and header images through configuration files.
• Netlify Ready: Pre-configured for seamless deployment with Netlify Forms and a one-click deploy button.
• Development Tools: Includes astro-compress for efficient asset compression and Astro Icons for scalable vector graphics.

Use Cases: This theme is ideal for developers, writers, and content creators looking to launch a personal blog or a dedicated platform for long-form articles. Its focus on minimalism and performance makes it suitable for showcasing high-quality written content without distractions. The straightforward setup and customization options allow users to quickly get started and tailor the theme to their specific needs.

Commands for local development and building:

• npm install: Installs project dependencies.
• npm run dev: Starts a local development server at localhost:3000.
• npm run build: Builds the production site to the ./dist/ directory.
• npm run preview: Previews the built site locally before deployment.

The project is licensed under MIT, offering flexibility for personal and commercial use.