Notes on building independent sites.

EmDash 1.3 adds readable revision history, visual editing changes and AI training controls. Check upgrade notes and Cloudflare D1 session settings.

Upload and activate your Ghost theme, then import its sample posts, pages and photographs. Configure your menus, branding and membership before replacing the sample content.

Nine Peachfin Ghost themes organize stories, guides, journals, image series and professional services. Each includes membership styling, newsletter signup and a separate demo content import.

A landscaping website should show the work you do, the places you serve and how to request a visit. Local Business and Plumb Line provide two practical starting structures.

A freelance writing website should connect relevant samples with clear services and a commission inquiry. Freelance Desk provides that structure; Side Quest suits a regularly updated writing log.

A doula website should explain your support, packages and service area before the first conversation. First Person and Local Business offer two ways to organize those details.

A wedding photography site needs strong galleries and a clear route from viewing your work to checking a date. Rate Card leads with photographs; Proof suits a separate print-selling offer.

Choose a coaching website around the way clients work with you. First Person suits individual sessions, while Signal gives structured programs room for detailed comparisons.

A therapist website should explain your practice, fees and first appointment clearly. First Person and Freelance Desk provide two starting layouts with optional EmDash editing.

Compare Framer, Webflow and an Astro template for design control, CMS, hosting, export and costs, with practical advice for choosing your workflow.

Compare Lovable and Replit for app building, existing projects, databases, hosting and usage costs, plus where an Astro template fits.

Compare Cursor and Claude Code for website editing, code review, costs and deployment, and see how an Astro template fits both workflows.

Choose an Astro theme by the site you need to build. Compare free projects and Peachfin designs for blogs, portfolios, documentation, startups, stores and agencies.

EmDash brings a browser-based CMS into an Astro website, with editable content, Astro themes and sandboxed plugins.

Import WordPress content through XML or the EmDash Exporter, then rebuild the design and plugin features. EmDash 1.3 improves dynamic block preservation, internal links and ACF imports.

WordPress offers visual site editing and a much larger plugin catalog. EmDash combines an Astro website with a database-backed CMS, sandboxed plugin options and a development workflow that needs someone to maintain…

Compare Bolt and v0 for website design, full-stack features, GitHub workflows, hosting and pricing, plus how an Astro template fits each tool.

EmDash 1.2 adds a redesigned editor, video blocks and domain moves. See what’s new, four upgrade checks and how to use the upgrade command.

Compare Lovable and Framer for web apps, visual design, CMS, hosting and code export, with an honest look at the Astro template alternative.

Choose a WordPress block theme for a portfolio, blog or studio site. Compare layouts, test your content and decide whether a theme library fits.

Compare Bolt and Lovable for editing, hosting, databases, code export and costs, plus where an Astro template can give your project a head start.

The first version of an AI-built website can appear quickly. Getting it ready for real content often takes longer. A navigation menu needs to work on a phone. Product pages need consistent…

EmDash can schedule a post to go live, but not to come down. This guide shows how to unpublish, trash or retag entries at a set time, one by one or by…

EmDash has a moderation setting for each collection, and an official AI Moderation plugin. This guide explains what each does, where rules-based checks help, and how to use them together.

You can write a blog post in Markdown in Astro by adding a content file with the fields required by your template, then previewing and building the result. This guide uses an…

Install EmDash, create your administrator account, publish a post, and configure menus, redirects and comment spam protection. Includes Node.js and Cloudflare hosting steps, updates, and EmDash 1.3 features.

To install an Astro template and run it locally, extract the download, install its dependencies and start its development server from the project folder. This guide uses an example template running Astro…

To remove the page title in a WordPress block theme, change the Title block in the template that displays the page. First decide whether the change should affect one page or every…

You can duplicate a page in WordPress without a plugin by copying all of its blocks into a new page, then rebuilding the page settings that do not come with them. WordPress…

You can link a button to a page in WordPress by selecting the Button block, opening its Link control and choosing the destination page. The label and destination are separate parts of…

You can add pages and dropdowns to a WordPress menu by editing the Navigation block in your block theme’s header. A top-level link gives a page its own place in the menu,…

To make a page your homepage in WordPress, publish the page and select it under Settings → Reading. With a block theme, you also need to check whether a Front Page template…

You can add a page in WordPress by opening Add Page, writing the content in blocks and publishing it after a preview. The process gives you time to check both the page’s…

To create a website with WordPress, work through the setup in the order a visitor will experience the result: establish the site, prepare its content, organize its links and check the finished…

The answer to “what is WordPress?” is that WordPress is free, open-source content management software for creating and managing a website through your browser. You write and organize the content in its…

You can upload and change a WordPress theme from the Themes screen while keeping your existing posts and pages. The useful distinction is between installing the theme, previewing your content in it,…