GirlCon Website

The new home for GirlCon's website- showcasing our mission, sponsors, and team <3

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Contributors' Guide

Stack

• Astro — static site generator (builds fast, no React required)
• Tailwind CSS — utility-based styling
• GitHub Pages — free hosting, auto-deploys on every push to main

Getting Access

To contribute, you'll need write access to this repo. Reach out to a board member and ask to be added as a collaborator on the girlcon/website GitHub repository.

Running the Site Locally

# 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/girlcon/website.git
cd website

# 2. Install dependencies (only needed once)
npm install

# 3. Start the local dev server
npm run dev

Then open http://localhost:4321 in your browser. Changes you save will hot-reload instantly.

Deploying

Just push to main — GitHub Actions will automatically build and deploy the site to girlcon.org within a minute or two.

git add .
git commit -m "your message here"
git push

Where Content Lives

You should rarely need to touch component files. Almost everything you'd update year-to-year is in these files:

File	What's in it
src/data/sponsors.js	Sponsor names, logos, and links
src/data/board.js	Board of Directors + Co-Founders
src/data/core-team.js	CORE Team members
src/data/faqs.js	FAQ questions and answers
src/components/Announcement.astro	The banner at the top ("Apply to organize...")
src/components/Stats.astro	Attendee/professional/country numbers
src/components/Video.astro	YouTube video IDs for the session recordings
public/images/	All photos — team headshots, event photos, sponsor logos

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Annual Update Timeline

Conference is always held in June. Here's when to update what:

Right after conference (June)

• Announcement banner — update src/components/Announcement.astro to say something like "GirlCon 2025 has wrapped! Stay tuned for 2026."
• Stats — update the attendee, professional, and country numbers in src/components/Stats.astro
• Videos — upload session recordings to YouTube, then add the video IDs to src/components/Video.astro
• Past Events photos — add new event photos to public/images/events/ and add them to the list in src/components/PastEvents.astro

September

• Announcement banner — update to advertise the CORE Team application opening, with a link to the application form
• FAQs — update any dates or details in src/data/faqs.js that reference the upcoming year

November (once new team is formed)

• CORE Team — update src/data/core-team.js with new member names, roles, schools, and photos
• Board — update src/data/board.js if there are any board changes
• Team photos — add headshots to public/images/board/ and public/images/core-team/ (filename should match the photo field in the data file)
• Announcement banner — update to advertise National team applications opening

Before conference (Spring)

• Chicago + Virtual pages — update src/pages/chicago.astro and src/pages/virtual.astro with the confirmed date, location, speakers, and registration link
• Sponsors — update src/data/sponsors.js with the current year's sponsors and drop new logos into public/images/sponsors/
• FAQs — update any answers that mention specific dates or the current year