# Independent Proof LLC website

Source for independentproofllc.com. independentproofllc.org serves the same site.

Today the site is a single holding page. It says the company is in preparation, that there is
nothing to do yet, that the domain is not for sale, and that unsolicited inquiries are not accepted.
It deliberately carries no email address, phone number, postal address, form, social links or
names, so there is nothing on it for a scraper to harvest. Search engines are told to stay away,
both in the page (`noindex`) and in `robots.txt`.

## Working on it

```bash
npm run build        # copies public/ to dist/, which is what every deploy sends
```

There are no dependencies to install. Open `public/index.html` in a browser to preview it.

| To change | Edit |
| --- | --- |
| The page's wording, layout or seal | `public/index.html` (the styles are at the top) |
| Whether search engines may index it | the `robots` meta tag in `public/index.html`, and `public/robots.txt` |
| Fonts | `public/fonts/`: Cinzel, EB Garamond and Pinyon Script, latin subset, self-hosted so a visit makes no third-party request. Each font's licence (SIL OFL 1.1) sits beside it. |

The seal's scalloped edge, rosette and the page's guilloche border are generated geometry, pasted
into the page as static SVG so it needs no script.

## Deploying

### Start9 Pages (StartOS test server)

The same method as the YPBA site: the files live in **NextExplorer**, and Start9 Pages serves them
from there. `scripts/nextexplorer.mjs` talks to NextExplorer's API, and its `deploy` command
publishes the site.

1. Copy `deploy.local.env.example` to `deploy.local.env` (git-ignored) and fill it in. The password
   goes in its own mode-600 file, never in that file.
2. Deploy:

   ```bash
   npm run deploy:pages                  # build and publish
   npm run deploy:pages -- --dry-run     # show what would be sent
   npm run nx -- rollback                # put the previous version back
   ```

3. After the first deploy only: in StartOS, open Start9 Pages → Actions → **Manage Websites**, and
   add a site with source NextExplorer and the path that `deploy` prints.

NextExplorer never overwrites on upload, so `deploy` uploads the build into a fresh folder and then
swaps it into place. One previous version is kept as `<name>.previous`.

### Public host

Not chosen yet. See `TODO.md`.

## Layout

| Path | What |
| --- | --- |
| `public/` | The site, served as it is |
| `scripts/build.mjs` | Builds `dist/` |
| `scripts/nextexplorer.mjs` | NextExplorer file access and the Start9 Pages deploy (shared with the YPBA site's repo) |
| `TODO.md` | What's left |

## Rules for this repo

- Server hostnames, LAN addresses, usernames and passwords go only in git-ignored files
  (`deploy.local.env`). The public domains are the site's content and belong here.
- Keep the page free of contact details of any kind until that is a deliberate decision.