Article Hero

The opening block for a blog or long-form page — kicker, headline, dek, and an author/date/read-time meta row, with an optional cover image. Marked up as a proper document header with one real h1, so the rest of the article’s heading order stays correct.

Long-form · Astro · Subscription · commercial licence · v1.0.1 · updated 2026-10-15 · Live demo

Install

velocityx add article-hero

Subscription component. Run velocityx login with your key first — get one.

---
import ArticleHero from '../components/velocity/article-hero/ArticleHero.astro';
---
<ArticleHero />

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
kicker	string	—	—
title	string	required	—
dek	string	—	—
author	ArticleAuthor	—	—
date	string	—	—
minutes	number	—	—
image	{ src: string; alt: string }	—	—

Files written

velocityx drops these into your project:

• components/velocity/article-hero/ArticleHero.astro

Peer dependencies

None.

Theming

Colours come from the primary-* / accent-* Tailwind scales, so this drops into a project that is not Velocity without dragging our brand in. Install the contract once:

velocityx theme

Then set your whole brand in one place — raw RGB channels, not hex (a hex here silently breaks every opacity variant):

:root {
  --vx-brand: custom;
  --vx-primary-600: 220 38 38;
}

There is no component-level font-family anywhere in the library — your font cascade wins.

Licence

Commercial, for the duration of an active Velocity X subscription. The source is served by the licence-gated endpoint, never by the public CDN.