CLAUDE.md

Project Overview

Palnackie — the official community website for Palnackie village, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Target URL: https://www.palnackie.com.

Goal: A clean, modern, easily navigable community site replacing the outdated Drupal site. Serves both residents and visitors.

Audience: Palnackie residents, people visiting or planning to visit the village.

Development Commands

bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload   # http://localhost:4000
bundle exec jekyll build

No test suite or linting — content and template site with no JavaScript.

Architecture

No JavaScript. All styling is inline CSS in _layouts/default.html.

Layout hierarchy:

• _layouts/default.html — base shell (sticky nav, footer, all CSS inline)
• _layouts/home.html — extends default, for the homepage
• _layouts/page.html — extends default, wraps content in .page-wrap

Pages — each section is a directory with an index.html:

• index.html — homepage
• village-shop/
• flounders/
• village-hall/
• glenisle-inn/
• the-port/
• places-to-stay/
• orchardton-tower/
• village-walks/
• businesses/
• community-council/
• buittle-quest/
• emergencies/

Colour palette:

• --navy: #1c3345 — header, headings, footer
• --slate: #2a4a63 — secondary headings, hover states
• --teal: #2e7d8c — accent, links, badges
• --stone: #f4f0e8 — body background
• --white: #ffffff — cards, contact blocks

Navigation:

• Main nav: Village Shop, Flounders, Village Hall, Glenisle Inn, The Port
• “More” CSS dropdown: Places to Stay, Orchardton Tower, Village Walks, Businesses & Services, Community Council, Buittle Quest, Emergencies

Content to Add Later

• Village walks leaflet PDF (upload to assets/ and link from village-walks/)
• Buittle Quest constitution PDF (link from buittle-quest/)
• Household Emergency Lifesaving Plan (add to emergencies/)
• Hero image for the homepage (add to assets/images/ and set as hero background-image)

Deployment

GitHub Pages — push to main, site rebuilds automatically.