Generating PHP templates from a static HTML design
How to convert a static HTML/CSS design into clean PHP include-based templates - variable contracts, conditional rendering, and how to automate the conversion without rewriting your structure.
Notes on Astro, build-time workflows, backend handoff, and keeping layout in code.
How to convert a static HTML/CSS design into clean PHP include-based templates - variable contracts, conditional rendering, and how to automate the conversion without rewriting your structure.
A step-by-step guide to converting a static HTML/CSS design into Twig templates - variable mapping, conditional blocks, layout inheritance, and how to automate the whole process.
The developer's approach to converting a static HTML/CSS design into WordPress-compatible PHP templates - partials, page templates, variable wiring, and how to skip the manual rewrite.
solo-check is a free open-source CLI that tells you exactly whether your Astro project is compatible with Frontmatter Solo — before you buy anything.
A practical checklist for frontend developers delivering an Astro project to a backend team. What to include, what to generate, and what to never hand off manually.
How to hand off an Astro project to a Symfony developer — Twig templates, controller variables, and the integration pattern that keeps both sides clean.
How to structure PHP templates generated from Astro so they work cleanly with WordPress — partials, escaping, variable passing, and what not to do.
A practical guide to converting Astro components into WordPress-compatible PHP templates — partials, page templates, and variable wiring — without a full rewrite.
The handoff is not a backend problem. It's a frontend artifact — and the frontend developer is the only one positioned to generate it correctly.
How to convert Astro components to plain PHP include-based templates — without a framework, without a runtime, and without rewriting your frontend structure.
What a proper Astro-to-backend handoff looks like, what usually goes wrong, and how to structure it so the backend developer can start immediately.
AI can generate websites in minutes. But when trends, tools, and business models change, content-driven architectures are the only ones that survive.
A step-by-step breakdown of what it takes to turn Astro components into Twig partials — manually, and with a build-time tool.
CMS adapters create hidden coupling and support debt. Keeping them outside the core is a deliberate architectural choice.
A simple rule that prevents CMS-driven rewrites: keep layout in code, expose content as structured data.
CMS are great at content, but they model structure too late. Astro exposes the mismatch — build-time IR fixes it.