A History of Papua New Guinea – Project Site

This repository powers the promotional site for Eric Johns’ book A History of Papua New Guinea from Prehistory to Independence. The live site is available at http://eric.johns.com.au.

What’s on the site

• Hero & Overview – introduces the book launch and the mission to place copies in PNG classrooms.
• The Book – highlights the 635-page volume, chapter previews, and publication journey.
• Support – form for sponsors, educators, and community members to register interest.
• Meet the People – profiles of Eric Johns, publisher Chris Roering, and UPNG lecturer Keimelo Gima.
• Videos – embedded YouTube series featuring PNG history segments.

All of the storytelling content is written in Markdown under src/content/sections, making updates straightforward without touching layout files.

Visual preview

Hero banner	Book interior	Support form

Author profile	Additional titles	Transparent promo

Local development

npm install
npm run dev

Visit http://localhost:4321/ to preview changes with hot reload.

Production build

npm run build
npm run preview

Static assets are written to dist/ and deployed via GitHub Actions to GitHub Pages.

Tech stack

Built with Astro, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript. Continuous deployment uses GitHub Actions and GitHub Pages.