Builds

Write-ups of things I've made, each with its templates, print files and a step-by-step guide.

Live: https://builds.kestrelsnest.social

A static site with no build step. Each build is a self-contained folder; the top-level index.html links to them.

Files

index.html        - Site index: one card per build
og-image.jpg      - OpenGraph image for the index (1200 x 630)
deploy            - Deployment script (rsync to server)
greenman/         - Green Man mask
  index.html      - The build and painting guides as one page
  img/            - Photos and part renders
  dl/             - Downloads: templates, guide PDFs, print files

Adding a build

1. Make a folder for it, named in lowercase with no spaces (greenman, atompunk). Put its page at <folder>/index.html, with its images and downloads inside the folder so its links stay relative.
2. In the top-level index.html, copy a <li class="build"> block to the top of the list and change the link, image, alt text, title, description and tags. The card image is cropped to 4:3, biased toward the top of the photo.
3. Run ./deploy -n to check what will be uploaded, then ./deploy.

Local preview

python3 -m http.server 8000

Then open http://localhost:8000.

Deployment on YunoHost (My Webapp)

1. Install My Webapp

In the YunoHost admin panel:

1. Go to Applications → Install
2. Search for "My Webapp"
3. Configure:
   • Label: Builds
   • Domain/Path: builds.kestrelsnest.social
   • PHP version: none needed
   • Database: none needed
4. Install

2. Point the deploy script at it

Each My Webapp gets a numbered folder on the server. Find this one:

ssh social 'ls -d /var/www/my_webapp*'

Set DIR in deploy to that folder's www directory, which for this site is /var/www/my_webapp__3/www (already set).

3. Deploy

./deploy -n    # dry run
./deploy

The script rsyncs this folder to the server and deletes anything there that is no longer here. It skips the project's own files (deploy, README.md, CLAUDE.md, .git).