Daily Devotionals

A lightweight daily devotional website built with Astro. Displays Bible-based devotional readings with automatic redirection to today's devotional.

Features

• Automatic Daily Redirect: Index page redirects to today's devotional (/{day}-{month})
• Multi-Year History: Shows devotionals for the same day from previous years
• Static Generation: All pages pre-generated at build time for maximum performance
• Markdown-Based: Devotionals written in Markdown with frontmatter
• Terminal-Style Theme: Consistent with other nievas.dev projects (dark theme, monospace font, green accents)

Project Structure

daily/
├── src/
│   ├── data/
│   │   └── devotionals/          # Devotional markdown files
│   │       ├── 22-10-2023.md
│   │       ├── 22-10-2024.md
│   │       └── 22-10-2025.md
│   ├── layouts/
│   │   └── Layout.astro          # Base layout with terminal theme
│   ├── pages/
│   │   ├── index.astro           # Redirects to today's devotional
│   │   └── [day]-[month].astro   # Dynamic devotional page
│   └── utils/
│       └── devotionalLoader.ts   # Utility to load/parse devotionals
├── astro.config.mjs
└── package.json

Devotional File Format

Devotionals are stored in src/data/devotionals/ with the naming format: DD-MM-YYYY.md

Example: 22-10-2025.md

---
title: Trust in the Lord
---

## Proverbs 3:5-6

> Trust in the Lord with all your heart...

Your devotional content here in Markdown format.

### Reflection

- Reflection points
- Questions to consider

**Prayer**: Your prayer here.

Adding New Devotionals

1. Create a new .md file in src/data/devotionals/
2. Name it using the format: DD-MM-YYYY.md (e.g., 15-12-2025.md)
3. Add frontmatter with title field
4. Write your devotional content in Markdown
5. Rebuild the site

The system will automatically:

• Generate a page for that day-month combination
• Group it with other devotionals from the same day in previous years
• Sort by year (most recent first)

Development

npm install       # Install dependencies
npm run dev       # Start dev server (http://localhost:4321)
npm run build     # Build for production
npm run preview   # Preview production build

Page Behavior

• / (index): Automatically redirects to today's date (e.g., /22-10 on October 22)
• /{day}-{month}: Shows all devotionals for that day across all years
  • Most recent year appears first
  • Each year's devotional is in its own section
  • Older years displayed below separated by horizontal rules

Styling

Terminal-style theme matching other nievas.dev projects:

• Background: Black (#000)
• Text: Light gray (#ddd)
• Accent: Neon green (#08CB00)
• Font: Monaco, Courier New (monospace)

Deployment

The site is fully static and can be deployed to any static hosting provider:

• Netlify
• Vercel
• GitHub Pages
• Cloudflare Pages
• Any static file server

Build output is in dist/ directory after running npm run build.

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