About the template

A reusable foundation for managed websites.

The template captures the standards proven across recent client builds so every new site starts polished and accessible.

It pairs a small set of canonical layouts, hero variants, and page elements with a typed data model and clean static publishing defaults.

Principles

What the template prioritizes

Each principle maps to a documented standard and a reusable element or layout in the template.

Reusable

Reusable content systems

Standardized hero, card, and section elements keep every site visually consistent and easy to maintain.

Accessible

Accessible defaults

Semantic markup, focus-visible outlines, and meaningful alt text guidance ship with the template.

Static

Static performance

Astro builds publish to static HTML so pages load fast on any host and stay cache-friendly.

Managed

Managed publishing ready

File-backed content keeps Git as the source of truth and prepares each site for the managed publishing workflow.

Responsive content

Responsive table example

Tables inside .prose pick up data-label attributes from the responsive-tables script. On narrow viewports the table switches to a stacked card layout that surfaces each column header through the generated label.

Area Purpose Owner
Content Reusable page sections and starter copy Editor
Components Hero, card, and section element library Engineering
Launch Pre-launch review and accessibility checks Project lead

Reusable elements

Compose pages from a small set of approved elements.

Hero variants, split features, info cards, image tile grids, quick action bars, and CTA bands cover most page structures across managed sites.

When a page needs something new, the standards add it once so every site benefits from the same contract.

Next step

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