# Deploying

> HTML and Astro editions build to plain static files, so any static host works, and the big three have free plans. Pick one and follow its tab.

## Before you deploy

- Replace placeholder people, customers, numbers and quotes (see [Images, fonts and licences](https://frontiertemplates.com/docs/images-fonts-licences)).
- Set your domain in canonical and social tags (Astro: `site` in `astro.config.mjs`).
- Connect your forms, or remove them.
- Delete pages you don't use and remove them from the menus.

## HTML edition

There is nothing to build: you publish the folder as it is.

Vercel:

```shell
# from the template folder
$ npx vercel
# then, when the preview looks right:
$ npx vercel --prod
```

Netlify:

```shell
# drag the folder onto app.netlify.com/drop, or:
$ npx netlify-cli deploy --dir . --prod
```

Cloudflare Pages:

```shell
$ npx wrangler pages deploy . --project-name my-site
```

## Astro edition

Build command `npm run build`, output directory `dist`. All three hosts detect Astro when you connect a Git repository:

Vercel:

```text
Add New → Project → import the repository
Framework preset: Astro (detected)
Build command: npm run build · Output directory: dist

Or from your machine: npx vercel
```

Netlify:

```text
Add new site → Import an existing project → pick the repository
Build command: npm run build · Publish directory: dist

Or skip Git: npm run build, then drag dist/ onto app.netlify.com/drop
```

Cloudflare Pages:

```text
Workers & Pages → Create → Pages → Connect to Git
Framework preset: Astro
Build command: npm run build · Output directory: dist
Environment variable NODE_VERSION = 22 if the build uses an older Node

Or upload a build: npx wrangler pages deploy dist
```

## Your domain

Add the domain in your host's dashboard and follow its DNS instructions (usually a CNAME for `www` and an A or ALIAS record for the bare domain). HTTPS is automatic on all three.

## Forms

Template forms show their success message but send nothing until you connect them. Set the form's `action` to a form service such as Formspree or Basin, or use Netlify Forms if you host there.

## Prompt pack builds

If your agent built the site from a [prompt pack](https://frontiertemplates.com/docs/prompt-pack), its `deploy.md` has steps for your stack and host. The agent never deploys or creates accounts without your go-ahead.

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Source: https://frontiertemplates.com/docs/deploying · All guides: https://frontiertemplates.com/docs