em dashes out of skeleton copy (titles use ' - ', prose reworded); split hardening after review: poll errors name the failing repo, failed release is not retried until a new commit, link-content checks all three dirs, editor write-access note, two-repo unit descriptions and comments

deploy/README.md

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ missing). Everything else runs inside containers.
 10. **[R]** Verify: `curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://localhost:8080/`
    and `journalctl --user -u ctao-portal-build -n 20` (shows measured build times).
 
+Editor accounts need WRITE access to `ctao/content` (Gitea → repo →
+Collaborators, or a team) — public read alone lets them sign in but every
+save fails.
+
 ## CMS sign-in (Sveltia ↔ Gitea OAuth)
 
 - Gitea OAuth2 app (PKCE, `confidential_client=false`, no secret) with

deploy/build.sh

@@ -43,18 +43,22 @@ head_of() {
 code_sha=$(head_of "$CODE_REPO")
 content_sha=$(head_of "$CONTENT_REPO")
 # Gitea down/unreachable is a transient, not a unit failure — exit 0 quietly
-# instead of painting the journal red every 10 s.
+# instead of painting the journal red every 10 s. Name the repo: a 404 here
-for sha in "$code_sha" "$content_sha"; do
+# also means "repo/branch missing or renamed", not just "Gitea down".
-  if [[ ! "$sha" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ ]]; then
+[[ "$code_sha" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ ]] || { echo "poll failed for $CODE_REPO@$BRANCH (gitea down, or repo/branch missing) — skipping"; exit 0; }
-    echo "poll failed (gitea unreachable?) — skipping this tick"
+[[ "$content_sha" =~ ^[0-9a-f]{40}$ ]] || { echo "poll failed for $CONTENT_REPO@$BRANCH (gitea down, or repo/branch missing) — skipping"; exit 0; }
-    exit 0
-  fi
-done
 release="${code_sha:0:12}-${content_sha:0:12}"    # code+content pin the release
 # Skip only if this pair is both recorded AND still present in releases/
 # (a deleted release dir must trigger a rebuild, not an eternal skip).
 [[ "$release" == "$(cat "$BASE/state/last-built" 2>/dev/null)" \
    && -d "$BASE/releases/$release" ]] && exit 0
+# A release that already failed is not retried until either repo moves —
+# otherwise one bad commit (e.g. broken frontmatter) turns into a full
+# rebuild every 10 s on a shared VM. The failure is loud once, then quiet.
+if [[ "$release" == "$(cat "$BASE/state/last-failed" 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then
+  echo "skipping $release — build failed before; push a fix to retry"
+  exit 0
+fi
 
 echo "building code=$code_sha content=$content_sha"
 t0=$(date +%s)
@@ -106,7 +110,8 @@ podman run --rm --network="$BUILD_NETNS" --memory=1g \
     npm run build
     rm -rf "../releases/$RELEASE"
     cp -a dist "../releases/$RELEASE"
-  '
+  ' || { echo "$release" > "$BASE/state/last-failed"; echo "BUILD FAILED for $release (see above) — will not retry until a new commit"; exit 1; }
+rm -f "$BASE/state/last-failed"
 
 # --- 3. Atomic publish: symlink flip via rename(2) — no half-published moment.
 # mv -T is GNU (the target host is Rocky); when testing on macOS put a

deploy/ctao-portal-build.service

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # activate a service that is still running.
 
 [Unit]
-Description=CTAO portal demo — rebuild if the content repo has new commits
+Description=CTAO portal demo — rebuild if the code or content repo has new commits
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot

deploy/ctao-portal-build.timer

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # OnBootSec covers reboot. Enable: systemctl --user enable --now ctao-portal-build.timer
 
 [Unit]
-Description=CTAO portal demo — poll the content repo every 10 s
+Description=CTAO portal demo — poll the code and content repos every 10 s
 
 [Timer]
 OnActiveSec=5

public/admin/config.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Sveltia CMS config — backend: Gitea behind the Cyfronet ingress (HTTPS
 # vhost). Editors log in via Gitea OAuth (PKCE, no client secret); edits are
-# committed to the ctao/portal repo. Gitea's ROOT_URL and CORS are pinned to
+# committed to the ctao/content repo. Gitea's ROOT_URL and CORS are pinned to
 # these origins in deploy/ctao-demo-gitea.container.
 backend:
   name: gitea

public/search-client.js

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
       const unit = opts.unit || 'result';
       status.textContent = hits.length
         ? hits.length + ' ' + unit + (hits.length === 1 ? '' : 's') + ' for “' + input.value.trim() + '”'
-        : 'No results for “' + input.value.trim() + '” — try a shorter or different term.';
+        : 'No results for “' + input.value.trim() + '”. Try a shorter or different term.';
       // Off-DOM build + atomic swap (no transient page-height collapse)
       const frag = document.createDocumentFragment();
       for (const p of hits) {

scripts/link-content.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 src="${1:-../ctao-content}"
-[ -d "$src/news" ] || { echo "content clone not found at $src (git clone <gitea>/ctao/content.git first)"; exit 1; }
+for d in news pages uploads; do
+  [ -d "$src/$d" ] || { echo "content clone incomplete: $src/$d missing (git clone <gitea>/ctao/content.git first)"; exit 1; }
+done
 rm -rf src/content/news src/content/pages public/uploads
 mkdir -p src/content public
 cp -a "$src/news"    src/content/news

src/content.config.ts

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ const news = defineCollection({
     date: z.coerce.date(),
     category: z.string().default('news'),
     author: z.string().default('CTAO'),
-    // Public-path string, e.g. "/uploads/foo.jpg" — Sveltia uploads media to
+    // Public-path string, e.g. "/uploads/foo.jpg" — media lives in the
-    // public/uploads, which Astro's image() helper can't validate (src/ only).
+    // content repo's uploads/, overlaid to public/uploads at build time,
+    // which Astro's image() helper can't validate (src/ only).
     cover: z.string().optional(),
     // BCP-47 tag when an article is not in English (e.g. "pl") — set as lang
     // on the <article> element so screen readers pick the right voice.

src/layouts/Base.astro

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import '../styles/global.css';
 // `ambient` opts a page into the whole-page drifting brand wash (home only — see DESIGN.md)
 // `type`/`image` feed the social meta: articles pass type="article" + their cover.
-const { title = 'CTAO Science Portal', description = 'CTAO Science Portal — demo', ambient = false, type = 'website', image } = Astro.props;
+const { title = 'CTAO Science Portal', description = 'CTAO Science Portal demo', ambient = false, type = 'website', image } = Astro.props;
 // Absolute URLs for canonical/OG/RSS (head pattern from the official Astro
 // blog template). `site` comes from astro.config.mjs and is always set.
 const site = Astro.site;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const links = [
     <meta property="og:url" content={canonical} />
     <meta property="og:image" content={ogImage} />
     <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
-    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="CTAO Science Portal — News" href={new URL('/rss.xml', site)} />
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="CTAO Science Portal News" href={new URL('/rss.xml', site)} />
     <link rel="sitemap" href="/sitemap.xml" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/brand/CTAO_Logo_positive.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
     <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" />
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const links = [
     <a class="skip" href="#main">Skip to content</a>
     <header class="site-header">
       <div class="container nav">
-        <a class="brand" href="/" aria-label="CTAO Science Portal — home">
+        <a class="brand" href="/" aria-label="CTAO Science Portal, home">
           <img src="/brand/AAFF_CTAO_Logo_RGB_Monochrome-negative.svg" alt="CTAO" />
           <span class="brand-sub">Science&nbsp;Portal</span>
         </a>
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ const links = [
       <div class="container">
         <div class="foot-top">
           <img src="/brand/AAFF_CTAO_Logo_RGB_Monochrome-negative.svg" alt="CTAO" />
-          <p>CTAO Science Portal — demo by Cyfronet (SUSS-PORT team).</p>
+          <p>CTAO Science Portal demo by Cyfronet (SUSS-PORT team).</p>
         </div>
         {/* Order: action/utility first, legal middle, meta last (GOV.UK/NN-g
             footer anatomy). Spec §3.3.1 requires the five items, not an order. */}
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ const links = [
           {/* The real brand flash — path taken from the official logo SVG (BRAND D.4).
               Sole decorative accent in this view; static by design. */}
           <svg class="flash" viewBox="85.3 15 15 15" aria-hidden="true"><path fill="currentColor" d="M94.7,23.8c1-1.4,3.3-2.1,5.2-2.7c-2,0.1-4.4,0.3-5.8-0.6c-1.4-1-2.1-3.3-2.7-5.2c0.1,2,0.3,4.4-0.6,5.8c-1,1.4-3.3,2.1-5.2,2.7c2-0.1,4.4-0.3,5.8,0.6c1.4,1,2.1,3.3,2.7,5.2C93.9,27.6,93.7,25.2,94.7,23.8z"/></svg>
-          <span>© 2026 CTAO — demonstration, not an official service.</span>
+          <span>© 2026 CTAO. Demonstration, not an official service.</span>
         </div>
       </div>
     </footer>

src/pages/404.astro

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 import Base from '../layouts/Base.astro';
 ---
-<Base title="CTAO Science Portal — Page not found" description="This page does not exist">
+<Base title="CTAO Science Portal - Page not found" description="This page does not exist">
   {/* Document archetype (DESIGN.md): the document IS the page — h1, one line,
       recovery links, and a real GET search form as the way forward. */}
   <div class="container article-layout">
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import Base from '../layouts/Base.astro';
       <div class="prose">
         {/* Keep "the <a>" on one line: the compiler drops the whitespace at a
             line break before a tag, which glued "the" to the link text. */}
-        <p>The address may be mistyped or the page may have moved —
+        <p>The address may be mistyped or the page may have moved.
-          go to the <a href="/">home page</a> or browse <a href="/news">all news</a>.</p>
+          Go to the <a href="/">home page</a> or browse <a href="/news">all news</a>.</p>
       </div>
       <form class="search-form" role="search" action="/search" method="get">
         <label class="sr-only" for="nf-q">Search news</label>

src/pages/admin/index.astro

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
-    <title>CTAO — Content Editor</title>
+    <title>CTAO Content Editor</title>
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#00004A" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/brand/CTAO_Logo_positive.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
     <style>

src/pages/dashboard.astro

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Base from '../layouts/Base.astro';
 // and help-desk tickets. No integrations exist yet, so panels show empty
 // states instead of fabricated sample rows (source-documents-only rule).
 ---
-<Base title="CTAO Science Portal — Dashboard" description="User dashboard (mock)">
+<Base title="CTAO Science Portal - Dashboard" description="User dashboard (mock)">
   <section class="band--moon">
     <header class="container page-head">
       <h1>Dashboard</h1>

src/pages/index.astro

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ const services = [
     icon: '<circle cx="12" cy="12" r="9"/><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="4"/><path d="m5.7 5.7 3.5 3.5m5.6 0 3.5-3.5m0 12.6-3.5-3.5m-5.6 0-3.5 3.5"/>' },
   // Two subdued planned tiles complete the 2×3 grid (an orphan 4th tile in a
   // 3-col grid reads broken); the remaining TBD services stay on the quiet line.
-  { title: 'Software', planned: true, desc: 'Landing page for CTAO software — planned.',
+  { title: 'Software', planned: true, desc: 'Landing page for CTAO software (planned).',
     icon: '<rect x="3" y="4.5" width="18" height="15" rx="2"/><path d="m7 9.5 3 2.5-3 2.5M12.5 15H17"/>' },
-  { title: 'Documentation', planned: true, desc: 'CTAO user documentation — planned.',
+  { title: 'Documentation', planned: true, desc: 'CTAO user documentation (planned).',
     icon: '<path d="M12 6.7C10.6 5.2 8.6 4.5 5.7 4.5H4v13.6h1.7c2.9 0 4.9.7 6.3 2.2 1.4-1.5 3.4-2.2 6.3-2.2H20V4.5h-1.7c-2.9 0-4.9.7-6.3 2.2z"/><path d="M12 6.7v13.6"/>' },
 ];
 const planned = ['Scheduling', 'Science alerts'];

src/pages/login.astro

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 ---
 import Base from '../layouts/Base.astro';
 ---
-<Base title="CTAO Science Portal — Sign in" description="Sign in via CTAO AAI (mock)">
+<Base title="CTAO Science Portal - Sign in" description="Sign in via CTAO AAI (mock)">
   <section class="auth-band">
     <div class="band-bg" aria-hidden="true"></div>
     <div class="auth-card">
       <img class="auth-logo" src="/brand/CTAO_Logo_positive.svg" alt="CTAO" />
       <h1>Sign in</h1>
       {/* Auth pages are scanned, not read — one line, no reassurance prose */}
-      <p class="muted">Use your CTAO account — single sign-on via CTAO AAI.</p>
+      <p class="muted">Use your CTAO account (single sign-on via CTAO AAI).</p>
       <button class="btn btn-wide" type="button">Continue with your CTAO account</button>
       <p class="notice">No account? <a>Register via CTAO AAI</a></p>
     </div>

src/pages/news/[...page].astro

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ for (let n = 1; n <= page.lastPage; n++) {
 const hrefFor = (n) => (n === 1 ? '/news' : `/news/${n}`);
 ---
 <Base
-  title={first ? 'CTAO Science Portal — News' : `CTAO Science Portal — News, page ${page.currentPage}`}
+  title={first ? 'CTAO Science Portal - News' : `CTAO Science Portal - News, page ${page.currentPage}`}
-  description={first ? 'News and announcements of the CTAO' : `News and announcements of the CTAO — page ${page.currentPage} of ${page.lastPage}`}
+  description={first ? 'News and announcements of the CTAO' : `News and announcements of the CTAO, page ${page.currentPage} of ${page.lastPage}`}
 >
   {/* Section-landing archetype: white head, display Galaxy h1 + standfirst
       (the navy band is reserved for / and /login — DESIGN.md). */}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const hrefFor = (n) => (n === 1 ? '/news' : `/news/${n}`);
   </header>
 
   <section class="container page">
-    <h2 class="sr-only">{first ? 'All news' : `All news — page ${page.currentPage}`}</h2>
+    <h2 class="sr-only">{first ? 'All news' : `All news, page ${page.currentPage}`}</h2>
     <div class="grid">
       {page.data.map((post, i) => <NewsCard post={post} featured={first && i === 0} />)}
     </div>

src/pages/news/[slug].astro

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const { Content, headings } = await render(post);
 const toc = headings.filter((h) => h.depth === 2 || h.depth === 3);
 const readMin = readMinOf(post);
 ---
-<Base title={`${post.data.title} — CTAO`} description={post.data.description} type="article" image={post.data.cover && encodeURI(post.data.cover)}>
+<Base title={`${post.data.title} - CTAO`} description={post.data.description} type="article" image={post.data.cover && encodeURI(post.data.cover)}>
   {/* Reading progress (scroll-driven CSS, no JS) — styled only where
       animation-timeline is supported; elsewhere it stays an empty div. */}
   <div class="read-progress" aria-hidden="true"></div>

src/pages/pages/[slug].astro

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export async function getStaticPaths() {
 const { page } = Astro.props;
 const { Content } = await render(page);
 ---
-<Base title={`${page.data.title} — CTAO Science Portal`} description={page.data.description}>
+<Base title={`${page.data.title} - CTAO Science Portal`} description={page.data.description}>
   {/* Same wrapper pattern as news/[slug] (never .container and .article on
       one element — both set max-width and would depend on rule order). */}
   <div class="container article-layout">

src/pages/proposals.astro

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 import Base from '../layouts/Base.astro';
 ---
-<Base title="CTAO Science Portal — Proposals" description="Observation proposals — Proposal Handling System integration (planned)">
+<Base title="CTAO Science Portal - Proposals" description="Observation proposals: Proposal Handling System integration (planned)">
   <section class="band--moon">
     <header class="container page-head">
       <h1>Observation proposals</h1>
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ import Base from '../layouts/Base.astro';
         hand-off instead of imitating their submission UI. */}
     <div class="panel panel--narrow">
       <h2 class="panel-title">Proposal Handling System</h2>
-      <p>Submitting observation proposals — including Target of Opportunity (ToO)
+      <p>Submitting observation proposals, including Target of Opportunity (ToO)
-        and multi-wavelength (MWL) requests — happens in the Proposal Handling
+        and multi-wavelength (MWL) requests, happens in the Proposal Handling
-        System, built by the APC team and integrated into this portal.</p>
+        System. That system is built by the APC team and integrated into this portal.</p>
       <p>What the portal contributes:</p>
       <ul class="panel-list">
         <li>This menu entry, with a single sign-on hand-off (CTAO AAI).</li>
         <li>Proposal status feedback in your <a href="/dashboard">Dashboard</a>.</li>
       </ul>
-      <button class="btn" type="button" disabled>Open the Proposal Handling System — integration planned</button>
+      <button class="btn" type="button" disabled>Open the Proposal Handling System (integration planned)</button>
     </div>
     </div>
   </section>

src/pages/rss.xml.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export async function GET(context) {
   const xml = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <channel>
-    <title>CTAO Science Portal — News</title>
+    <title>CTAO Science Portal News</title>
     <link>${new URL('/news', site).href}</link>
     <description>News and announcements of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory</description>
     <language>en</language>

src/pages/search.astro

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 import Base from '../layouts/Base.astro';
 ---
-<Base title="CTAO Science Portal — Search" description="Search CTAO news and announcements">
+<Base title="CTAO Science Portal - Search" description="Search CTAO news and announcements">
   {/* Utility archetype: ONE surface per page — Moon canvas from the landing
       head down (borderless cards/panels pop against it); editorial pages stay
       all-white. No mid-page surface seams (DESIGN.md). */}

src/pages/support.astro

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const channels = [
   { title: 'Mailing lists', desc: 'Announcements and topical mailing lists.' },
 ];
 ---
-<Base title="CTAO Science Portal — Support" description="User support: help desk, FAQ, forum, mailing lists (mock)">
+<Base title="CTAO Science Portal - Support" description="User support: help desk, FAQ, forum, mailing lists (mock)">
   <section class="band--moon">
     <header class="container page-head">
       <h1>User Support</h1>