Meridian is a premium conference & event website template built on Astro 7, React 19, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. It ships with a complete shadcn/ui component library, a Swiss-inspired forest-green design system, and a full content-collections architecture for speakers, sessions, sponsors, journal posts, and more.

Meridian is built for event organizers, design studios, and agencies who need to ship a polished conference website fast — without sacrificing quality. Whether you are running a design week, a tech summit, a creative residency, or a multi-track festival, Meridian gives you a production-ready foundation with real content architecture, not just a pretty mockup.

Live demo: https://meridian-demo.jacksonlittelmr.workers.dev/

This theme supports Astro version 7.x.x.

🌬️ What's Included

• Homepage — Hero, edition manifesto, featured speakers, session highlights, call-to-action

• Speakers — Index + 6 speaker profile pages (MDX) with headshots, bios, expertise tags, and session cross-links

• Sessions — Index + 9 session detail pages (MDX) with a day-based schedule and speaker associations

• Schedule — Full 4-day program view with a session grid

• Venue — The Meridian Centre in Basel, with transit info, hotel partners, and accessibility details

• Tickets — Tiered pricing with a recommended badge

• Sponsors — Index + 4 sponsor profiles with a logo grid and tier labels

• Partners — Vertical partner directory with category headings

• Press — Media kit, fact sheet, press releases, and an accreditation CTA

• Partnerships — Sponsorship tiers, audience stats, and a conversation CTA

• Journal — Paginated post index, tag-based browsing, and MDX rich-text posts

• FAQ — Categorized accordion with 15 questions

• Recap — Event highlights, speaker quotes, and photo gallery placeholders

• Hosts — Vertical alternating host profiles with portraits

• Forms — Register, sign-in, contact, and forgot-password pages

• 404 — Branded error page

• Search — Command-K global search with instant results

🧱 Tech Stack

• Astro 7 — Static-first, zero JS by default, partial hydration via islands

• React 19 islands — Interactive components hydrate only where needed

• TypeScript — Type-safe components, content schemas, and data layers

• Tailwind CSS — Utility-first styling with a custom Swiss forest-green token system

• shadcn/ui — Accessible, composable UI primitives (Accordion, Button, Card, Dialog, Navigation)

• MDX — Rich content authoring for speakers, sessions, posts, and legal pages

• Astro Content Collections — Schema-validated collections for speakers, sessions, posts, sponsors, partners

• Bootstrap Icons — Consistent icon system throughout

• Google Fonts — Inter and Source Serif 4

📝 Built-in Content System (MDX / Markdown)

Manage content without touching layout code:

• Speaker profiles with cross-linked sessions

• Session detail pages with day/time/room metadata

• Sponsor and partner profiles with tier classification

• Blog posts with a tag system, pagination, and related articles

• Static legal pages (Privacy, Terms, Cookies)

🎯 Forest-Green Design System

Meridian uses a cohesive Swiss-inspired color palette:

• Background: Mint Cream (#f0fdf4) — a soft, eye-friendly base

• Primary: Forest Dark (#14532d) — deep green for headings and blocks

• Secondary: Forest Medium (#16a34a) — vibrant green for secondary actions

• Accent: Emerald (#10b981) — bright teal-green for CTAs and highlights

The palette carries seamlessly into dark mode with matched green-family tokens.

⚙️ Features at a Glance

• 20+ page types with full content

• Swiss-inspired forest-green palette with dark mode

• shadcn/ui component library (Accordion, Button, Card, Dialog, etc.)

• Command-K search across all content

• MDX content collections with TypeScript schemas

• Speaker-to-session cross-referencing

• Paginated blog with tag browsing

• Ticket tiers, sponsor profiles, press, and partnerships pages

• Responsive, accessible, and performance-optimized

• Clean single-commit repo

Free Updates & Support

Meridian includes free lifetime updates to ensure compatibility with future Astro releases and ongoing performance improvements.