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A modern, production-ready Next.js starter template built by Valiance Media for fast, elegant marketing websites. Includes complete dynamic SEO, blogging support, a premade design system, and more!

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# Valiance Media Next.js Starter Boilerplate

A production-ready Next.js boilerplate with built-in SEO optimization, content management system, and modern development practices. Created by [Valiance Media LLC](https://valiancemedia.com) to accelerate the development of professional marketing websites and web applications.

## Homepage

 <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/18bcfa52-7716-4c04-9eb9-4daf86f94297" alt="valiance-media-nextjs-starter-preview" width="49%" />
 <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c8d6405a-36de-4295-a78e-31bcc65d6a05" alt="image" width="49%" />

## Admin Dashboard

 <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4467133b-a70d-41e6-ae4a-98ab6eadc103" alt="valiance-media-nextjs-starter-preview" width="49%" />
 <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/03770c68-f2e3-465c-ba45-0420c49b0724" alt="image" width="49%" />

## Manage Pages

 <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6e0ff488-817b-4f7d-acdd-7de121ffb916" alt="valiance-media-nextjs-starter-preview" width="49%" />
 <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/98273f47-4bcf-4067-a1d2-a7f917b2f1db" alt="image" width="49%" />

## SEO Dashboard

 <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cd01fba4-0825-45b0-bb60-37711a31ddb9" alt="valiance-media-nextjs-starter-preview" width="49%" />
 <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c26b7647-1788-4a54-861f-bb027d156f8a" alt="image" width="49%" />

## Application Settings

 <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f61d3e1f-a9dc-4066-aabd-369536c14b37" alt="valiance-media-nextjs-starter-preview" width="49%" />
 <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4472540e-c69e-40ee-ab7d-246312598249" alt="image" width="49%" />

## 🚀 Features

### Advanced SEO Management
- **Visual SEO Dashboard**: Complete SEO health monitoring with actionable insights
- **Multi-Sitemap Architecture**: Automatic generation of separate sitemaps for pages, blog posts, and categories
- **Schema Markup Generator**: Visual interface for 13+ schema types (Article, Product, FAQ, HowTo, Event, etc.)
- **Social Media Previews**: Live preview of content on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn
- **Redirect Management**: Intelligent redirect system with chain and circular redirect prevention
- **Robots.txt Editor**: GUI editor with validation and best practices
- **Meta Tag Automation**: Automatic generation of optimal meta tags for all pages
- **Search Console Integration**: Direct integration with verification codes

### Professional Content Management System
- **Comprehensive Admin Dashboard**: Multi-tab interface with Overview, Content, and System management
- **Visual Blog Editor**: Rich text editor with formatting tools, image management, and SEO fields
- **Local File Storage**: Content saved to local files, commit via your IDE/git client
- **Advanced Page Management**:
  - CRUD operations for static pages with individual SEO settings
  - Automatic detection of static vs dynamic (client) components
  - Support for nested page structures (e.g., `/auth/login`, `/docs/api/reference`)
  - Visual indicators for page types in admin panel
  - Read-only SEO fields for client components
  - "Rescan Pages" feature to discover newly added pages
- **Category Management**: Full category system with descriptions, slugs, and post counting
- **Draft/Published Workflow**: Complete content workflow with featured content highlighting
- **Content Organization**: Tags, categories, reading time, and author management
- **Bulk Operations**: Manage multiple posts and pages efficiently

### System Configuration & Monitoring
- **Multi-Provider Email Support**: SMTP, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, and Resend
- **Analytics Integration**: Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity
- **Site Verification**: Google, Bing, Yandex, Pinterest verification management
- **Real-time Health Monitoring**: System status indicators for all components
- **Environment Variable Validation**: Automatic checking of required configurations
- **Performance Metrics**: Publishing rates, content statistics, system health scores

### Developer Experience
- **TypeScript**: Full type safety across the application with proper interfaces
- **Tailwind CSS**: Utility-first CSS framework with custom blue-based theme
- **Theme System**: Built-in dark/light mode with CSS variables
- **Component Library**: 50+ reusable UI components with consistent naming
- **ESLint & Prettier**: Code quality and formatting enforcement
- **Design System**: Comprehensive typography and spacing system
- **Edge-Compatible Auth**: Authentication system optimized for edge runtime with security features
- **API Documentation**: Well-structured RESTful endpoints
- **Dynamic Configuration**: All branding dynamically pulls from central SEO config
- **Production Build Tools**: Automatic page configuration generation for deployment

### Production Ready
- **Performance Optimized**: 95+ Lighthouse scores, optimized for Core Web Vitals
- **Mobile-First Design**: Responsive layouts with touch-friendly interfaces
- **Security Features**: CSRF protection, XSS prevention, secure authentication with brute-force protection and session management
- **Deployment Ready**: Optimized for Vercel, Netlify, and other platforms
- **Legal Compliance**: Privacy Policy and Terms of Service templates
- **Accessibility**: WCAG 2.1 AA compliant components

## 📦 Quick Start

### Prerequisites
- Node.js 18+
- npm or yarn or pnpm
- Git (for version control)

### Installation

1. **Clone the repository:**
```bash
git clone https://github.com/valiance-media/nextjs-starter.git my-project
cd my-project
```

2. **Install dependencies:**
```bash
npm install
# Note: You may see deprecation warnings from ESLint v8 dependencies.
# These are expected as Next.js 15 still uses ESLint v8.
# The warnings don't affect functionality.
```

3. **Set up authentication (Required for Admin Access):**
```bash
# Run the auth setup script
npm run setup-auth

# Or manually create .env.local with:
ADMIN_USERNAME=your-admin-username
ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=your-hashed-password
SESSION_SECRET=your-session-secret
```

4. **Configure environment variables:**
```bash
# Create .env.local file
cp .env.example .env.local

# Edit .env.local with your values
NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL=http://localhost:3000
```

5. **Update the SEO configuration:**
- Edit `src/lib/seo/config.ts` with your company information
- Update site URL, social media links, and verification codes
- All branding throughout the app automatically uses this configuration

6. **Generate favicon assets:**
- Go to [favicon.io/favicon-converter/](https://favicon.io/favicon-converter/)
- Upload your logo (512x512px or larger recommended)
- Download and extract files to `public/favicon/`

7. **Run the development server:**
```bash
npm run dev
```

Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) to see your site.
Access the admin dashboard at [http://localhost:3000/admin](http://localhost:3000/admin)

## 🎨 Admin Dashboard

### Accessing the Admin Panel
1. Navigate to `/admin/login`
2. Use the credentials you set up in `.env.local`
3. Access the comprehensive dashboard at `/admin`
4. Note: The system includes automatic account lockout after failed login attempts and session timeout for security

### Dashboard Features

#### Overview Tab
- **Quick Actions**: Create new posts/pages, manage categories, access SEO settings
- **Statistics Cards**: Total posts, published, drafts, pages count
- **Recent Posts**: Quick access with inline editing capabilities
- **System Status**: Real-time monitoring of storage, Analytics, SEO configuration
- **Categories Overview**: Visual breakdown with post counts
- **Performance Metrics**: Publishing rates and content health scores

#### Content Tab
- **Blog Management**: Create, edit, delete posts with rich text editor
- **Page Management**: Static page CRUD operations with SEO settings
- **Category Management**: Organize content with hierarchical categories
- **Redirect Management**: Create and manage URL redirects with chain prevention

#### System Tab
- **Configuration Center**: Access all system settings from one place
- **Integration Management**: Analytics configuration
- **Site Files**: Quick access to sitemap.xml and robots.txt
- **Settings Page**: Comprehensive configuration interface

### Content Editor Features
- **Rich Text Editing**: Headings, formatting, lists, links, images, code blocks
- **SEO Optimization**: Meta title, description, keywords, schema markup
- **Media Management**: Upload and manage images locally
- **Draft System**: Save drafts and publish when ready
- **Featured Content**: Highlight important posts
- **Categories & Tags**: Organize content effectively
- **Author Attribution**: Track content creators
- **Reading Time**: Automatic calculation

## 🎯 SEO Management

### SEO Dashboard (`/admin/seo`)
Access the comprehensive SEO management interface with multiple tabs:

#### Configuration Tab
- **Visual Config Editor**: Modify seo.config.ts through GUI
- **Social Media Settings**: Configure Open Graph and Twitter Cards
- **Analytics Setup**: Integrate tracking codes
- **Verification Codes**: Manage search engine verifications

#### Redirects Tab
- **Smart Redirect Management**: Create, edit, delete redirects
- **Chain Prevention**: Automatic detection and prevention of redirect chains
- **Circular Detection**: Prevents A→B→A redirect loops
- **Bulk Updates**: Update multiple redirects when chains are detected

#### Schema Markup Tab
- **Schema Generator**: Visual interface for creating structured data
- **13+ Schema Types**: Article, Product, FAQ, HowTo, Event, Service, etc.
- **Auto-population**: Schemas populate with page data automatically
- **Validation Tools**: Direct links to Google Rich Results Test
- **Export JSON-LD**: Copy generated schemas for external use

#### SEO Health Tab
- **Meta Tag Analysis**: Check all pages for proper meta tags
- **Sitemap Status**: Monitor sitemap generation and content
- **Schema Coverage**: Track which pages have structured data
- **Performance Metrics**: SEO-related performance indicators

### Schema Markup System

The boilerplate includes advanced schema markup support:

**Supported Schema Types:**
- Organization / LocalBusiness / Person
- Article / BlogPosting / NewsArticle  
- Product / Service / Review
- FAQ / HowTo / Recipe
- Event / Course / JobPosting
- Video / SoftwareApplication
- Website / BreadcrumbList

**Features:**
- Visual schema editor in blog/page editors
- Automatic schema generation based on content
- Multiple schemas per page support
- Schema validation and testing tools

## 🔧 Configuration

### Environment Variables

```env
# Required
NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL=https://yoursite.com

# Admin Authentication (Required for Admin Access)
ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=hashed-password-here
ADMIN_TOKEN=your-session-token

# Analytics (Optional)
NEXT_PUBLIC_GA_MEASUREMENT_ID=G-XXXXXXXXXX
NEXT_PUBLIC_FB_PIXEL_ID=XXXXXXXXXX
NEXT_PUBLIC_HOTJAR_ID=XXXXXXXXXX
NEXT_PUBLIC_CLARITY_ID=XXXXXXXXXX

# Site Verification (Optional)
NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_SITE_VERIFICATION=XXXXXXXXXX
NEXT_PUBLIC_BING_SITE_VERIFICATION=XXXXXXXXXX
NEXT_PUBLIC_YANDEX_SITE_VERIFICATION=XXXXXXXXXX
NEXT_PUBLIC_PINTEREST_SITE_VERIFICATION=XXXXXXXXXX

# Development Options
DISABLE_ADMIN_AUTH=true  # Disable auth in development (never use in production)
```

### SEO Configuration
All SEO settings are centralized in `src/lib/seo/config.ts`:

```typescript
export const seoConfig = {
  siteName: 'Your Company',
  siteUrl: 'https://yoursite.com',
  defaultTitle: 'Your Default Title',
  defaultDescription: 'Your default description',
  defaultKeywords: ['keyword1', 'keyword2'],
  
  // Social Media
  social: {
    twitter: '@yourhandle',
    facebook: 'yourpage',
    instagram: 'yourprofile',
    linkedin: 'company/yourcompany'
  },
  
  // Organization Schema
  organization: {
    name: 'Your Company',
    logo: '/logos/logo.png',
    contactEmail: 'contact@yoursite.com'
  }
};
```

### Theme Customization
- Edit `src/styles/themes.ts` for color schemes
- Modify `tailwind.config.js` for design tokens
- Update CSS variables in `src/styles/globals.css`
- Customize typography system for brand consistency

## 📁 Project Structure

```
├── public/
│   ├── favicon/          # Favicon assets
│   ├── images/           # Static images
│   ├── logos/            # Company logos
│   └── blog-content/     # Blog post content (JSON files)
│       └── images/       # Blog post images
├── src/
│   ├── app/              # Next.js app router pages
│   │   ├── admin/        # Admin CMS pages
│   │   │   ├── page.tsx  # Enhanced admin dashboard
│   │   │   ├── blog/     # Blog management
│   │   │   ├── pages/    # Page management
│   │   │   ├── seo/      # SEO dashboard
│   │   │   ├── settings/ # System settings
│   │   │   └── categories/ # Category management
│   │   ├── api/          # API routes
│   │   │   └── admin/    # Admin API endpoints
│   │   ├── blog/         # Public blog pages
│   │   └── (pages)/      # Static pages
│   ├── components/       # Reusable components
│   │   ├── admin/        # Admin-specific components
│   │   │   ├── seo/      # SEO management components
│   │   │   └── blog/     # Blog editor components
│   │   └── ui/           # UI components
│   ├── seo/              # SEO utilities
│   ├── lib/              # Utility functions
│   │   ├── auth.ts       # Authentication
│   │   └── redirects.ts  # Redirect management
│   └── proxy.ts          # Route proxy (auth, redirects, sitemap)
├── scripts/
│   └── generate-pages-config.js # Scans and catalogs all pages
```

## 🚢 Deployment

### Vercel (Recommended)
1. Push your code to GitHub
2. Import your repository on [Vercel](https://vercel.com)
3. Add all environment variables in Vercel dashboard
4. Deploy (build scripts automatically run to catalog pages)

### Content Management Workflow

This boilerplate uses a local file-based content management approach:
- Content is stored in `public/blog-content/` as JSON files
- Make changes locally via the admin panel
- Commit and push changes via your IDE or git client
- Redeploy to see changes in production

This approach provides:
- Full version control for all content
- No database required
- Simple deployment workflow
- Works with any static hosting platform

## 📊 API Endpoints

### Public Endpoints
- `GET /api/blog` - List all published blog posts
- `GET /api/blog/[slug]` - Get single blog post
- `GET /sitemap.xml` - Dynamic sitemap
- `GET /robots.txt` - Robots file

### Admin Endpoints (Protected)
- `POST /api/admin/login` - Admin login
- `DELETE /api/admin/login` - Admin logout
- `GET /api/admin/dashboard` - Dashboard statistics
- `POST /api/admin/blog` - Create blog post
- `PUT /api/admin/blog` - Update blog post
- `DELETE /api/admin/blog` - Delete blog post
- `GET /api/admin/pages` - List pages
- `POST /api/admin/pages` - Create page
- `GET /api/admin/seo` - SEO configuration
- `PUT /api/admin/seo` - Update SEO settings
- `POST /api/admin/redirects` - Manage redirects

## ⚡ Performance

This boilerplate is optimized for:
- **Lighthouse Score**: 95+ across all metrics
- **Core Web Vitals**: Optimized for LCP, FID, and CLS
- **SEO Score**: 100/100 on most SEO analyzers
- **Accessibility**: WCAG 2.1 AA compliant
- **Page Speed**: Sub-second load times with proper caching

## 🛠️ Built With

- [Next.js 15](https://nextjs.org/) - React framework with App Router
- [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) - Type safety
- [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/) - Utility-first CSS
- [React 19](https://react.dev/) - UI library

## 📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

## 🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

## 💼 About Valiance Media

[Valiance Media LLC](https://valiancemedia.com) creates innovative in-house software solutions and e-commerce brands. We build digital products that drive growth and deliver exceptional user experiences.

### Contact
- Website: [valiancemedia.com](https://valiancemedia.com)
- Email: contact@valiancemedia.com

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**Made with ❤️ by Valiance Media LLC**

*Building digital excellence, one project at a time.*

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