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Everything you need to know about Astro Rocket, explained in practical guides.

System, Light, Dark: How Colour Mode Works

A 3-state colour mode with no flash, live OS-preference tracking, and a pill dropdown that respects what the user picked. Here is how it is built.

H Hans Martens
5 min read
#astro-rocket #dark-mode #design-system #ux #tutorial

Add a LetterGlitch Effect to Astro 7

How to drop a brand-tinted LetterGlitch canvas effect into an Astro 7 project: the full component, an Astro wrapper, and the production-ready details.

H Hans Martens
8 min read
#astro-rocket #astro #react #canvas #tutorial

Animations: How the Motion Design Works

Every animation layer in Astro Rocket: the ease-out hero entrance, the staggered scroll-reveal cascade, and how it stays smooth with no JS animation library.

H Hans Martens
10 min read
#astro-rocket #animation #css #ux #performance

44 Components Ready to Use

A 44-component UI library: buttons, cards, dialogs, forms, data display, and full page-structure components. All accessible, all themed.

H Hans Martens
8 min read
#astro-rocket #components #ui #velocity

SEO: 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.

H Hans Martens
5 min read
#astro-rocket #seo #structured-data #tutorial #configuration

Hero Scroll Indicator: Hides on Scroll

Two bouncing chevrons that fade in after the hero animation and disappear the moment you start scrolling. How every part of the indicator works.

H Hans Martens
4 min read
#astro-rocket #features #ux #animation

A Progress Ring on the Back-to-Top Button

The back-to-top button has a circular SVG ring that fills as you scroll: brand-coloured, theme-aware, and built from CSS and a small inline script.

H Hans Martens
4 min read
#astro-rocket #features #ux #animation

Contact Form Setup: Resend, Vercel, GoDaddy

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

H Hans Martens
5 min read
#astro-rocket #tutorial #email #vercel #deployment

The Scroll Progress Bar

A thin brand-coloured line that fills as you scroll. How the progress bar works, where it lives, and how to enable it on any page.

H Hans Martens
3 min read
#astro-rocket #features #header #ux

The Design System: Tokens, Colours, 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.

H Hans Martens
4 min read
#astro-rocket #design-system #tailwind #customization #tutorial

The Hero Typing Effect: How to Tune It

The hero headline cycles through words with a typing animation. How it works, how to tune every speed and pause, and how to turn it off.

H Hans Martens
7 min read
#astro-rocket #components #customization #tutorial #javascript

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