Overview:

Netlify Statusastro-minimal-starter is a simple yet powerful starter repo for creating a blog website using Astro, with posts written in Markdown. It offers excellent SEO capabilities, a developer-friendly environment, and performance best practices. The minimal styles provided allow for full customization without unnecessary assumptions about the visual design.

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:

1. Clone the starter repo.

   git clone [repo_url]
   

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

Summary:

Netlify Statusastro-minimal-starter is a feature-rich starter repo for creating a personal blog using Astro technology. With its focus on SEO, customization flexibility, and performance optimization, it provides a strong foundation for users to build their blogs without unnecessary complexities.