The Tribute Times

Radio Keepsake Newspaper Platform

tributetimes.co.nz

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Deploy in 10 Minutes

Step 1 — Run the database schema in Supabase

1. Go to supabase.com → your project
2. Click SQL Editor in the left menu
3. Click New Query
4. Open the file src/db.sql from this package
5. Copy the entire contents and paste into the editor
6. Click Run
7. You should see "Success" — your database tables are created

Step 2 — Push to GitHub

git init
git add .
git commit -m "The Tribute Times — initial deploy"

Go to github.com → New Repository → name it tribute-times → push

Step 3 — Deploy on Render

1. Go to render.com → New → Web Service
2. Connect your GitHub repo
3. Render detects Node.js automatically
4. Add these Environment Variables one by one:

Key	Value
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Your Anthropic API key
SUPABASE_URL	Your Supabase project URL
SUPABASE_SECRET_KEY	Your Supabase secret/service key
SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY	Your Supabase publishable key
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY	Your Stripe secret key
STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET	(get this after deploy — see Step 4)
RESEND_API_KEY	Your Resend API key
APP_URL	https://tributetimes.co.nz
JWT_SECRET	TributeTimesJWT2024SecureKeyChangeThis

5. Click Create Web Service
6. Wait 2 minutes — you get a URL like https://tribute-times-xxxx.onrender.com

Step 4 — Set up Stripe Webhook

1. Go to dashboard.stripe.com → Developers → Webhooks
2. Click Add endpoint
3. URL: https://tribute-times-xxxx.onrender.com/api/webhooks/stripe
4. Select events:
   • checkout.session.completed
   • customer.subscription.deleted
   • invoice.payment_failed
5. Copy the Signing Secret (starts with whsec_)
6. Go back to Render → Environment Variables → add STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET
7. Redeploy

Step 5 — Connect your domain

1. In Render → your service → Settings → Custom Domains
2. Add tributetimes.co.nz
3. Render gives you DNS records to add at your domain registrar
4. Add them and wait up to 24 hours for DNS to propagate

Step 6 — Test it

1. Visit https://tributetimes.co.nz
2. Click "I'm a Radio Station" → sign up
3. Add a DJ
4. Log in as the DJ
5. Generate a keepsake
6. Print both pages

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What Each File Does

• server.js — The entire backend: auth, keepsake generation, billing, emails
• public/index.html — The entire frontend: landing page, dashboard, DJ tool
• src/db.sql — Database schema — run this in Supabase SQL editor
• .env.example — All environment variables needed
• render.yaml — Render.com deployment configuration
• package.json — Node.js dependencies

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The Tribute Times — Col McCabe, Founding Publisher — tributetimes.co.nz