seedproject-web/app/src/pages/contact.astro

---
import BaseLayout from "../layouts/BaseLayout.astro";
import { SITE, authors } from "../lib/blog-data.js";

const author = authors[0];

// Kept in sync with SUBJECTS in api/public/controllers/contact.php. The server
// is authoritative — an unknown slug is coerced to "other" there — so a drift
// here degrades gracefully rather than breaking.
const subjects = [
  { value: "automation", label: "Automation" },
  { value: "website-design", label: "Website Design" },
  { value: "digital-marketing", label: "Digital Marketing" },
  { value: "fractional-cto", label: "Fractional CTO" },
  { value: "other", label: "Other" },
];
---

<BaseLayout
  title={`Contact — ${SITE.name}`}
  description="Start a conversation about agentic AI, automation, or a fractional CTO engagement."
  canonical="/contact"
>
  <section class="mx-auto w-full max-w-6xl px-5 pt-20 pb-24 md:pt-28">
    <p class="font-mono text-xs tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground uppercase">
      {author.jobTitle}
    </p>
    <h1
      class="mt-6 max-w-[16ch] font-serif text-[clamp(2.4rem,6vw,4rem)] leading-[1.05] tracking-tight text-balance"
    >
      Let&rsquo;s build something that <span class="ca-brushed">runs itself.</span>
    </h1>
    <p class="mt-6 max-w-[54ch] text-base leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">
      Automation, an autonomous system, or a fractional CTO engagement — tell me what
      you&rsquo;re working on and I&rsquo;ll get back to you.
    </p>

    <div class="mt-14 grid gap-14 lg:grid-cols-[1.4fr_0.6fr]">
      <!-- ---------- form ---------- -->
      <form data-contact class="ca-form" novalidate>
        <div class="ca-field">
          <label for="cf-name">Name</label>
          <input id="cf-name" name="name" type="text" autocomplete="name" required maxlength="160" />
          <p class="ca-field-error" data-error="name" hidden></p>
        </div>

        <div class="ca-field">
          <label for="cf-email">Email</label>
          <input id="cf-email" name="email" type="email" autocomplete="email" required maxlength="255" />
          <p class="ca-field-error" data-error="email" hidden></p>
        </div>

        <div class="ca-field">
          <label for="cf-subject">What&rsquo;s this about?</label>
          <div class="ca-select">
            <select id="cf-subject" name="subject" required>
              {subjects.map((s) => <option value={s.value}>{s.label}</option>)}
            </select>
            <span class="ca-select-caret" aria-hidden="true">&darr;</span>
          </div>
        </div>

        <div class="ca-field">
          <label for="cf-message">Message</label>
          <textarea id="cf-message" name="message" rows="6" required maxlength="5000"></textarea>
          <p class="ca-field-error" data-error="message" hidden></p>
        </div>

        <!-- Honeypot: hidden from people, catnip for bots. Positioned off-screen
             rather than display:none so headless bots that skip hidden fields
             still fill it. Never type in this. -->
        <div class="ca-honeypot" aria-hidden="true">
          <label for="cf-company">Company</label>
          <input id="cf-company" name="company" type="text" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off" />
        </div>

        <div class="ca-form-foot">
          <button type="submit" class="ca-submit" data-submit>Send message</button>
          <p class="ca-form-status" data-status role="status" aria-live="polite"></p>
        </div>
      </form>

      <!-- ---------- aside ---------- -->
      <aside class="flex flex-col gap-8">
        <div>
          <h2 class="font-mono text-[0.7rem] tracking-[0.18em] text-[var(--ca-ink-4)] uppercase">
            Direct
          </h2>
          <a href="mailto:hi@carlosarias.com" class="ca-quiet mt-3 inline-block text-lg">
            hi@carlosarias.com
          </a>
        </div>

        <div>
          <h2 class="font-mono text-[0.7rem] tracking-[0.18em] text-[var(--ca-ink-4)] uppercase">
            Elsewhere
          </h2>
          <div class="mt-3 flex flex-col gap-2">
            {
              (author.sameAs ?? []).map((href) => {
                const host = new URL(href).hostname.replace(/^www\./, "");
                const label = host.split(".")[0];
                return (
                  <a
                    href={href}
                    target="_blank"
                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
                    class="ca-quiet text-sm capitalize"
                  >
                    {label}
                  </a>
                );
              })
            }
          </div>
        </div>
      </aside>
    </div>
  </section>
</BaseLayout>

<script>
  const form = document.querySelector("[data-contact]");
  if (form) {
    // Deep-link support: /contact?subject=fractional-cto preselects the
    // dropdown. The footer's Services links use this, so a visitor arrives with
    // the right enquiry already chosen. Unknown values are ignored (the select
    // keeps its default), and the server coerces anything odd to "other".
    const wanted = new URLSearchParams(location.search).get("subject");
    if (wanted) {
      const select = form.querySelector("#cf-subject");
      const match = [...select.options].some((o) => o.value === wanted);
      if (match) select.value = wanted;
    }

    const status = form.querySelector("[data-status]");
    const submit = form.querySelector("[data-submit]");
    const errorEls = [...form.querySelectorAll("[data-error]")];

    const clearErrors = () => {
      for (const el of errorEls) {
        el.hidden = true;
        el.textContent = "";
      }
      status.textContent = "";
      status.dataset.state = "";
    };

    const showFieldErrors = (fields) => {
      for (const el of errorEls) {
        const msg = fields?.[el.dataset.error];
        if (msg) {
          el.textContent = msg;
          el.hidden = false;
        }
      }
    };

    form.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
      e.preventDefault();
      clearErrors();

      const data = Object.fromEntries(new FormData(form).entries());

      submit.disabled = true;
      submit.textContent = "Sending…";

      try {
        const res = await fetch("/api/contact/submit", {
          method: "POST",
          headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
          body: JSON.stringify(data),
        });
        const body = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));

        if (res.ok && body.ok) {
          form.reset();
          status.textContent = body.data?.message || "Thanks — I'll be in touch shortly.";
          status.dataset.state = "ok";
          submit.textContent = "Sent";
          return;
        }

        if (res.status === 422 && body.error?.fields) {
          showFieldErrors(body.error.fields);
          status.textContent = body.error.message || "Please check the highlighted fields.";
        } else if (res.status === 429) {
          status.textContent =
            "Too many messages just now — please try again in a few minutes.";
        } else {
          status.textContent =
            "Something went wrong sending that. Please email hi@carlosarias.com.";
        }
        status.dataset.state = "error";
      } catch {
        status.textContent =
          "Couldn't reach the server. Please email hi@carlosarias.com instead.";
        status.dataset.state = "error";
      } finally {
        if (submit.textContent === "Sending…") submit.textContent = "Send message";
        submit.disabled = false;
      }
    });
  }
</script>