https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/ Short, opinionated notes about Astro, build-time content modeling, and keeping layout in code. en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:44:29 GMT https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/html-to-php-templates/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/html-to-php-templates/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/html-to-twig-templates/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/html-to-twig-templates/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/html-to-wordpress-php-templates/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/html-to-wordpress-php-templates/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/solo-check-free-validator/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/solo-check-free-validator/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-project-delivery-checklist/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-project-delivery-checklist/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-twig-symfony-guide/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-twig-symfony-guide/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to hand off an Astro project to a Symfony developer — Twig templates, controller variables, and the integration pattern that keeps both sides clean. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-php-wordpress-templates/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-php-wordpress-templates/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to structure PHP templates generated from Astro so they work cleanly with WordPress — partials, escaping, variable passing, and what not to do. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-to-wordpress-theme/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-to-wordpress-theme/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical guide to converting Astro components into WordPress-compatible PHP templates — partials, page templates, and variable wiring — without a full rewrite. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/frontend-devs-own-the-handoff/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/frontend-devs-own-the-handoff/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-php-template-generator/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-php-template-generator/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to convert Astro components to plain PHP include-based templates — without a framework, without a runtime, and without rewriting your frontend structure. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/backend-handoff-astro/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/backend-handoff-astro/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/why-ai-built-websites-dont-age-well/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/why-ai-built-websites-dont-age-well/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI can generate websites in minutes. But when trends, tools, and business models change, content-driven architectures are the only ones that survive. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-to-twig-templates/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-to-twig-templates/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT A step-by-step breakdown of what it takes to turn Astro components into Twig partials — manually, and with a build-time tool. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/why-we-dont-ship-cms-adapters-in-the-core/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/why-we-dont-ship-cms-adapters-in-the-core/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT CMS adapters create hidden coupling and support debt. Keeping them outside the core is a deliberate architectural choice. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/layout-is-code-content-is-data/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/layout-is-code-content-is-data/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT A simple rule that prevents CMS-driven rewrites: keep layout in code, expose content as structured data. https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-exposes-cms-problem/ https://www.frontmatter.tech/blog/astro-exposes-cms-problem/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT CMS are great at content, but they model structure too late. Astro exposes the mismatch — build-time IR fixes it.