Dev tracker: azurelocal.cloud community portal

[kristopherjturner]

Solution: azurelocal.cloud Community Portal

Tracking issue for the overall development of the Azure Local community site.

Current Status

• Docusaurus v3.7.0 deployed with Azure blue theme (#0078D4)
• GitHub Pages with custom domain (azurelocal.cloud)
• Solutions dropdown in navbar linking to all solution repos
• Footer with Hybrid Cloud Solutions branding
• Blog infrastructure with authors.yml
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions (deploy, Prettier, Vale)
• Cross-site navigation (navbar dropdown + footer)
• Docusaurus vs. MkDocs evaluation (Audit Docusaurus site — evaluate migration to MkDocs Material #2)
• Content: solution overview pages for each repo
• Content: getting started with Azure Local
• Content: architecture overview / landing page
• Content: community contribution guide
• Blog: initial posts beyond welcome
• SEO optimization (meta tags, OpenGraph, sitemap)
• Custom landing page design
• Search configuration
• Analytics integration
• Dark mode polish

Related Issues

• Audit Docusaurus site — evaluate migration to MkDocs Material #2 — Audit Docusaurus vs MkDocs decision
• MkDocs footer customization — copyright, branding, social links #3 — MkDocs footer customization (sister repos)

[kristopherjturner]

Tracked in Azure DevOps as Epic #31 — https://dev.azure.com/hybridcloudsolutions/AzureLocal%20Community%20Site/_workitems/edit/31