Astro Minimal Starter

Overview:

The Astro Minimal Starter is a starter repository that provides a blog website with posts written in Markdown and powered by Astro. It offers excellent SEO, user-declared canonical URLs, Open Graph tags, RSS feed, XML sitemap, JSON LD schema, and a performant Google Fonts setup. The starter is designed to be minimal in terms of styles, allowing users to have a solid foundation for a personal blog while making no assumptions about the visual appearance.

Features:

• Excellent SEO Built In
• Open Graph Tags (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
• User Declared Canonical URLs
• RSS Feed
• XML Sitemap
• Robots.txt
• JSON LD Schema
• Markdown based blog posts with featured images
• Extremely minimal styles
• Performant Google Fonts Setup

Installation:

To install the Astro Minimal Starter, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the src/data/site.js file and edit it to match your site’s information.
2. Start writing new blog posts in Markdown at src/pages/blog/.

Summary:

The Astro Minimal Starter is a simplistic yet powerful solution for creating a personal blog with posts written in Markdown. It provides essential features like SEO optimization, canonical URLs, Open Graph tags, and more, without imposing specific styling choices. This starter is ideal for users seeking a lightweight and customizable foundation for their blog website.