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Getting started with this Astro starter

This repository is meant to be used quickly.

The intended flow is not to configure every option before you begin. It is to start from a sensible default, replace the content that is specific to the demo, and keep the parts that help you ship.

Starter flow overview

Start with the defaults

The starter already includes a production-oriented baseline:

  • Astro 6
  • Tailwind CSS 4
  • DaisyUI 5
  • a typed blog collection
  • sitemap and robots support
  • icons, dark mode, and accessibility basics

That means the first useful step is usually not adding more tooling. It is updating the existing project metadata and content.

pnpm create astro@latest --template aholbreich/astro-tailwind-daisyui-starter
cd my-project
pnpm install
pnpm dev

Replace the project identity first

Start in src/site-config.ts and astro.config.mjs.

That gives you the highest-value changes early:

  1. site title
  2. description
  3. production URL
  4. footer text
  5. social metadata

If you do only that and delete the content you do not need, the starter already becomes your project instead of a template preview.

Use the blog as a real content area

Posts live in src/content/blog/ and use the typed blog collection from src/content.config.ts.

That means frontmatter errors fail early, which is exactly what you want in a starter intended for reuse.

Example post structure

---
title: My first post
description: A short summary shown in listings and meta tags.
pubDate: 2026-04-21
draft: false
---

Video example

The blog supports MDX, so you can embed richer content where it helps.

Use this sparingly. The starter should remain content-first, not media-heavy by default.

Keep the repository understandable

A useful rule for edits in this project:

  • DaisyUI component classes first
  • Tailwind layout utilities second
  • custom CSS only when the first two are not enough

That keeps the codebase easier to scan and easier to remix later.

What to delete early

If you are adapting this repository for a real project, the first likely deletions are:

  • placeholder legal text
  • sample blog content
  • the DaisyUI reference page, if you no longer need it
  • any starter copy that still mentions the template directly

The goal is not to preserve every part of the starter. The goal is to keep the parts that still reduce work.