familyfedie-website/docs/MAINTENANCE.md

Maintenance guide

Use this guide when making regular content changes to the live static site.

Safe change workflow

1. Start from an up-to-date main.

2. Create a branch.

3. Edit the smallest set of files needed.

4. Start a local server from the repo root:

   python3 -m http.server 8000
   

5. Preview each changed page at http://localhost:8000/.

6. Check that images, internal links, and forms still behave as expected.

7. Commit, push, and open a PR into main.

What to edit first

For a maintained public website, prioritize these pages:

• index.html
• about-us/index.html
• contact/index.html
• events/index.html
• services/index.html
• videos/index.html

These are the most visitor-facing pages. Archive pages can be improved later unless they contain broken links or outdated information that visitors rely on.

What to avoid

• Do not rename public route folders without a redirect plan.
• Do not edit .forgejo/ for content or design changes.
• Do not add build tools, package managers, or framework dependencies.
• Do not delete WordPress-looking assets just because they look unused. Verify references first with rg and a browser preview.

Suggested cleanup order

1. Confirm contact details, service times, and current event information.
2. Check the core pages on desktop and mobile.
3. Fix broken internal links and missing images.
4. Remove or adjust forms that cannot submit on a static site.
5. Clean duplicated WordPress metadata only after confirming pages render the same.
6. Later, consider a tiny static templating workflow if shared navigation/footer edits become frequent.