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These preview photographs are included in the demo content. Photo source links are provided.

Side Quest

Side Quest is an Astro template for journals with dated timelines, category shelves and checkpoint articles. It suits makers, students, artists, hobby groups and independent developers sharing progress, practical experiments and ongoing projects.

$47 USD

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Makers, students, artists, hobby groups, independent developers
Platform
Astro
Status
On sale
Price
$47 USD
Version
1.2.4
License
Astro edition: Peachfin Themes Astro License (LICENSE in the download). Font SIL OFL 1.1. Photo credits in src/data/photos.json and ASSETS.json.
Demo photography is licensed separately from theme code

Page inventory

Home
Home
Entries by category
Journal
Checkpoint article
Post
About
About
Contact
Contact
Category and subject archives
Archive
Photograph credits and not-found page
Utility

Design controls

Log rhythm
Choose alternating photographs, a photograph for every entry, or a text-only log. Adjust thumbnail size and spacing.
Reading and highlights
Adjust reading width, title highlights and date treatment. DM Sans and Fira Code are bundled locally.
Configuration and content
Edit src/site.config.ts and typed content files. This edition uses file editing; no hosted CMS is included.

Features

  • Dated timeline with category shelves
  • Checkpoint sections and compact entry facts
  • Photographic and text-only entry treatments
  • Native Astro components with typed Markdown and MDX content
  • Optional EmDash edition: edit entries and pages, menus and site settings (site title, tagline, logo and favicon) in EmDash's admin; set up with one command on a
  • The optional EmDash edition is tested with EmDash 1.2.0 on Node and Cloudflare Workers, including image and video blocks.

What the download includes

  • Astro source and pinned package lockfile
  • Six CC0 demonstration photographs with source credits
  • Local OFL fonts and license inventory
  • Installation and editing documentation, plus EMDASH.md
  • A switch script (scripts/emdash.mjs) and an emdash/ folder with Node.js and Cloudflare configurations, the content source and a demo seed

Setup

  1. Install Node.js 24 LTS, then run npm ci in the extracted folder.
  2. Edit the site configuration and Markdown or MDX content files.
  3. Build the site and deploy the successful static output.
  4. Optional: run npm run emdash:setup to switch to EmDash on a Node.js host, or npm run emdash:setup — –target cloudflare for Cloudflare Workers. See EMDASH.md for details and the Cloudflare go-live ch

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