Kestrel's Builds

Write-ups of things I've made, each with a guide and whatever files that project needs.

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 an <a class="build"> card to the top of the list and change the link, image, alt text, title and the three lines of text. The newest build carries the extra class first, which gives it the full-width card; take first off the one it replaces. Card images are cropped to fit, so set object-position for the new image as .greenman does.
3. Give the new build's page a link back to the index, as greenman/index.html has at its top and bottom: <a href="../">← Kestrel's Builds</a>.
4. 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).