Setting Up Footybeat
This guide is for someone who has an idea, maybe a domain, definitely no terminal experience. A professional who builds things in their field but has never built software. Impatient. Busy. Will read a story, won't sit through a tutorial. After reading the full series you will have a working mental model of the full stack, domain to DNS to Git to GitHub to Vercel to local dev, and the confidence that the pieces connect in a way you can replicate.
Steps in this guide
How I chose footybeat.com and why the name had to survive a pub conversation.
How I went from a name to a logo, color palette, and brand identity without hiring a designer.
How I bought the domain, set up DNS, and secured the social handles before someone else did.
How I created a local project folder, initialized Git, set up SSH keys, and connected to GitHub.
How I connected GitHub to Vercel, deployed a splash page, and had a live URL in under an hour.
The mental model I wish I had on day one: local folder to Git to GitHub to Vercel to live site.
What npm, npx, yarn, package.json, run dev, and run build actually mean in plain English.