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How this site is built.

Pattaya Gym Directory is a static, framework-free, AI-readable directory of every sport venue in Pattaya, Thailand. Here's the stack, the type, the schema, and the endpoints.

Type

Display: Inter Tight Variable · weights 400–900 · -0.04em tracking
Mono / Labels: JetBrains Mono · weights 400–500 · 0.06–0.12em tracking
Body: Inter Tight 400/500 · 1.6 line-height
Hosting: Google Fonts via media="print" onload non-blocking swap

Palette

Gold: #ffb800 → #ffd84a → #b97e00
Copper: #ff7a3a (eyebrow labels)
Canvas: #050507 → #0a0a0d
Text: #f7f7f8 → rgba(228,228,232,.72) → rgba(150,150,156,.6)
Hairlines: rgba(255,255,255,.08) and .14

Stack

Static HTML + CSS3 + vanilla JavaScript (no framework, no bundler, no JS framework dependencies)
Build chain: Node.js (build.js → build-extras.js → build-discovery.js), ~4500 lines hand-rolled
Content: YAML frontmatter + Markdown body, one file per venue (venues/<id>.md)
Data: JS array literal in data.js (158 venues, 15 categories)
Map: Leaflet.js with custom dark theme
Analytics: Plausible (privacy-first, no cookies, instrumented with custom events)
Hosting: Cloudflare Pages (auto-deploy from main branch)
CI: GitHub Actions — npm validate + npm build + html-validate across 21 page types + Lighthouse CI

Schema

JSON-LD structured data on every page. Types in use:

LocalBusiness (with category-specific subtype: SportsClub, HealthClub, GolfCourse, SportsActivityLocation)
BreadcrumbList, WebPage, WebSite, Organization
FAQPage on venue + guide pages
ItemList on category + area + guide pages
Article + Speakable on guides (voice-assistant ready)
CollectionPage on guides index
Place, PostalAddress, GeoCoordinates, ContactPoint
OpeningHoursSpecification parsed from human-readable strings

AI-readable endpoints

/llms.txt — curated content map for AI agents
/api/venues.json — full directory, CC BY 4.0 licensed
/api/categories.json — by sport
/api/areas.json — by location
/feed.json — JSON Feed 1.1
/feed.xml — RSS 2.0 (+ 13 category + 6 area RSS feeds)
/openapi.yaml — OpenAPI 3.1 typed schema
/.well-known/ai-plugin.json — ChatGPT plugin manifest
/sitemap.xml + sitemap-index with 5 topical splits

Standards

HTML5 · CSS3 (variable fonts, prefers-reduced-motion, color-scheme: dark)
Schema.org JSON-LD 1.0
Open Graph + Twitter Cards with og:image:width/height/alt
RFC 9116 — security.txt
JSON Feed 1.1
OpenAPI 3.1
llms.txt 0.1 — emerging AI-content standard
Target: WCAG 2.1 AA

Editorial promise

Every venue is researched and source-cited from public information. No paid placements. No sponsored listings. No affiliate-only entries. Listings update when public facts change.

Credit

Designed, built and maintained by Pattaya Authority · Tim Paemi ★