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.

• 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.

Hero banner	Book interior	Support form

Author profile	Additional titles	Transparent promo

npm install
npm run dev

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

npm run build
npm run preview

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

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

Get the contents of the channel in JSON format.

console.log(JSON.stringify(Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('a#video-title-link')).map(v => ({ title: v.innerText.trim(), link: 'https://www.youtube.com' + v.getAttribute('href') })), null, 2));