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Getting Started with Astro Rocket — From Install to Live in Minutes

How to install, configure, and deploy Astro Rocket — covering site.config.ts, brand colours, navigation, writing posts, and deploying to Vercel.

Jessie
Jessie
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Astro Rocket Configuration — Every Toggle, Theme, and Layout Option Explained

A complete walkthrough of Astro Rocket's configuration options: 12 colour themes, OKLCH colours, typography, radius and shadow tokens, header styles, dark mode, and more.

Sandra
Sandra
2 min read
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Animations in Astro Rocket — How the Premium Motion Design Works

A deep dive into every animation layer in Astro Rocket: the spring-curve hero entrance, staggered cascades, scroll-reveal, and how it all stays smooth without a JS animation library.

Rahul Woll
Rahul Woll
2 min read
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57 Components Ready to Use — Astro Rocket's Full UI Library

Astro Rocket ships with 57 production-ready components from the Velocity library — buttons, cards, dialogs, forms, data display, and full page-structure components. All accessible, all themed.

Hans Atkins
Hans Atkins
2 min read
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Hero Scroll Indicator — Desktop-Only, Hides on Scroll

Astro Rocket's hero has an animated scroll indicator: two bouncing chevrons that fade in after the hero animation and disappear the moment you start scrolling. Here's how every part of it works.

Hans Martens
Hans Martens
2 min read
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Scroll Progress Ring — A Circular Indicator on the Back-to-Top Button

Astro Rocket's back-to-top button now has a circular SVG progress ring that fills as you scroll. It's brand-coloured, theme-aware, and runs entirely in CSS and a small inline script.

Hans Martens
Hans Martens
2 min read
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Contact Form Setup: Resend, Vercel, and GoDaddy Step by Step

Astro Rocket's contact form is wired up but needs three things to actually deliver email: a Resend account, a verified domain, and one environment variable on Vercel.

Hans Martens
Hans Martens
2 min read
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Scroll Progress Bar — Reading Progress at a Glance

Astro Rocket now has a scroll progress bar: a thin brand-coloured line that fills as you scroll. Here's how it works, where it lives, and how to enable it on any page.

Hans Martens
Hans Martens
2 min read
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SEO in Astro Rocket: What's Built In and How to Configure It

Astro Rocket handles structured data, Open Graph, canonical URLs, sitemaps, and more out of the box. Here's exactly what ships and where to configure it.

Hans Martens
Hans Martens
2 min read
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How Astro Rocket's Design System Works — Tokens, Colors, and Dark Mode

Astro Rocket uses a three-tier token architecture with OKLCH colors. Change one value and the entire site updates. Here's how it works and how to make it yours.

Hans Martens
Hans Martens
2 min read
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The Hero Typing Effect in Astro Rocket — How It Works and How to Tune It

Astro Rocket's hero headline cycles through words with a typing animation. Learn how it works, how to tune every speed and pause, and how to disable it entirely.

Hans Martens
Hans Martens
2 min read
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Why Astro Rocket Uses sessionStorage for Dark Mode (Not localStorage)

Dark mode is the default experience in Astro Rocket — and that's a deliberate design decision. Here's the reasoning, the code, and exactly how to change it.

Raul Martins
Raul Martins
2 min read
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