Site
Development
Log
A full record of the conversation between Shidaki and Claude (Anthropic) that produced this website — from initial brief through branding, copy, and technical build.
Session date: 12–13 March 2026
AI assistant: Claude Sonnet 4.6
Provider: Anthropic
Total exchanges: 11
v1.0 — First functioning version: 13 March 2026
Can Claude create a small website on its own, or are there affiliate AI products that I can use directly or that Claude can interface with on my behalf?
- Claude confirmed it can build complete, functional websites directly in the conversation as downloadable files
- Canva and Gamma identified as connected tools Claude can interface with for design and presentations
- Third-party hosted site builders (Wix, Framer, Webflow) noted as external options Claude can generate code for
I own a domain name and have a hosting solution. I have basic knowledge of using FileZilla and similar FTP tools. I do not code but have basic knowledge and some beginner experience of command line in Linux.
- Confirmed the simplest workflow: Claude builds → files downloaded → uploaded via FileZilla
- Static HTML/CSS/JS identified as the correct approach — no server-side code required
- Claude Code noted as a more powerful option for future iteration given Linux comfort
The FTP-based deployment workflow was established here and used throughout the project. All files are structured to upload directly to the hosting root without modification.
An information site for my business "shidaki.com". Business type: Venture Studio. Pages: Home, About, Services, Contact. Style: Professional & corporate.
- First complete site built: four pages plus shared stylesheet
- Design system: Cormorant Garamond serif headings, DM Sans body, ivory background, gold accent
- Copy written as a venture studio — "venture creation as a disciplined, repeatable craft"
- Contact form built with client-side success message; Formspree integration noted as next step
Shidaki is our business. It is an incubator business that brainstorms business ideas and products, tests them, and if successful it deploys them as LTD companies as a subsidiary of Shidaki's parent holding company, Whyte Lotus Holdings Ltd. It would be useful to test sub sites associated with this developmental concept inside the shidaki.com domain, with password access.
- All site copy rewritten to reflect the actual incubator model accurately
- Whyte Lotus Holdings confirmed as parent company — agreed not to mention publicly
- Labs system built: password-gated portal at labs/index.html with venture pipeline table
- Demo venture sub-site created: Project Halcyon with experiment log, validation checklist, next steps
- Blank venture template created for future sub-sites: labs/_venture-template/
- Password gate uses sessionStorage — one entry per browser session, shared across all Labs pages
- Default password set to "shidaki2026" — noted as changeable pre-launch
First, the business is called Shidaki Venture Studio. I also liked elements of the last version, where we can also work with people who might have ideas or businesses already, and help them improve. Also we are open to B2B arrangements where a business might have a synergy with one of our projects, and we can open a discussion about working together to make a combined value proposition.
- Brand name updated to "Shidaki Venture Studio" across all pages and Labs
- Three-pillar model established: Build (internal incubation), Back (founder support), Partner (B2B)
- Home page restructured around "Build. Back. Partner." hero
- Services page divided into three anchored sections: #build, #back, #partner
- "Suited to…" qualification boxes added to Back and Partner service sections
- Contact form dropdown updated to reflect all three enquiry routes
- Labs nav item added to all pages
This is our logo. Maybe the site might take on some of the branding. [Uploaded: logo_shidaki_v2_0.svg]
- SVG logo analysed: grey background (#ADADAD), white ultralight wordmark "SHIDAKI", wide letter-spacing, partial circle arc motif, Chinese characters 詩達基, thin flanking rules
- Brand palette extracted — silver/grey (#ADADAD) replaces gold as primary accent; gold retained as warm secondary
- Typography shifted to DM Sans ultralight (font-weight: 200) for all headings — matching logo's wide-tracked wordmark
- Arc motif from logo applied as large-scale ghost background element on home page hero
- Logo thumbnail displayed in nav and footer on all pages
- Password gate restyled to match logo grey gradient — logo centred above access box
- Overline style updated: thin silver rule prefix replaces gold text-only treatment
- logo.svg added to file set — must be uploaded alongside HTML files
The logo SVG is rendered as a small rounded thumbnail (38×26px) in the nav and a slightly smaller version in the footer. In the Labs password gate it appears larger (140px wide) centred above the login box, against the matching grey gradient background.
Add this conversation to the Project Shidaki Website.
- This page — the document you are currently reading
- Placed inside Labs (password-gated) as an internal record
- Accessible from Labs index via "Development Log" link
- Formatted as a structured exchange-by-exchange log with request, outcome, and files affected
Files uploaded via FileZilla but the website does not launch. [Screenshot provided showing files in /public folder]
- Diagnosed: files uploaded to /public but EasySpace serves from www/ — site unreachable
- Also identified: TLS timeout during upload meant some labs/ files may not have transferred
- Also identified: Cloudflare email-obfuscation script had been injected into HTML, breaking JavaScript
- Fix: re-upload all files to www/ — advised to delete /public contents
- Email addresses removed from HTML and replaced with JS-assembled strings to prevent Cloudflare re-injection
Site loads but the Labs password does nothing. Home button also routes to Labs login instead of the home page.
- Root cause found: labs/index.html was physically truncated mid-script — the addEventListener and session-check lines were missing, so the button called an incomplete function
- Home button issue: all nav Home links updated from relative (index.html) to absolute (/index.html) to prevent subdirectory resolution errors
- Full site repackaged as fresh zip for clean re-upload
That upload has got the same problem as before with the password not working.
- Root cause confirmed: EasySpace routes traffic through Cloudflare, which scans HTML files and rewrites <script> tags surrounding email addresses — breaking the JavaScript on every upload
- Fix: all password logic moved out of inline <script> blocks into a separate gate.js file. Cloudflare does not rewrite standalone .js files
- All four Labs HTML pages updated to reference gate.js externally — no inline scripts remain
That all works. Mark this as the first functioning version.
- Version 1.0 declared — 13 March 2026
- All pages load correctly at shidaki.com
- Labs password gate functional with gate.js architecture
- Home navigation works correctly from all pages and subpages
- Logo renders in nav, footer, and Labs gate across all pages
- Development log updated with full deployment history and this milestone entry
This constitutes the complete v1.0 build: 5 public pages, Labs portal with password gate, 3 demo ventures, venture template, development log, and full brand application from the Shidaki logo.
Deployment & maintenance reference.
shidaki/
├── index.html
├── about.html
├── services.html
├── contact.html
├── style.css
├── logo.svg
└── labs/
├── index.html
├── dev-log.html
├── gate.js
├── venture-demo/
│ └── index.html
└── _venture-template/
└── index.html
- Labs password: Set in the
LABS_PASSWORDvariable at the top oflabs/gate.js. One file controls all Labs pages. - Contact form: Currently client-side only. To make it functional, add Formspree: set
action="https://formspree.io/f/YOUR_ID"andmethod="POST"on the form element. - New venture sub-site: Copy
labs/_venture-template/, rename folder, fill in placeholders, add a row tolabs/index.html. - Fonts: Loaded from Google Fonts CDN (DM Sans + Cormorant Garamond). Requires internet connection to render correctly.