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🚀 Boredfolio Deployment Guide

GitHub → Vercel → boredfolio.com (GoDaddy)

Total time: ~15 minutes.

Step 1: Push to GitHub (2 min)

# In your project folder
cd boredfolio

# Initialize git
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit: Boredfolio frontend"

# Create repo on GitHub (go to github.com/new → name it "boredfolio" → private)
# Then push:
git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/boredfolio.git
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

Step 2: Deploy to Vercel (3 min)

  1. Go to vercel.com → Sign in with GitHub

  2. Click "Add New Project"

  3. Import your boredfolio repository

  4. Vercel auto-detects Next.js — settings should be:

    • Framework Preset: Next.js
    • Root Directory: ./ (default)
    • Build Command: next build (default)
    • Output Directory: .next (default)

  5. Add Environment Variables before deploying:

    Key Value
    NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL https://boredfolio.com
    NEXT_PUBLIC_MFAPI_BASE https://api.mfapi.in

  6. Click "Deploy"

  7. Wait ~60 seconds. You'll get a live URL like boredfolio-xxxxx.vercel.app

  8. Test it — open the Vercel URL, click around, verify pages load

Step 3: Connect GoDaddy Domain (10 min)

Option A: Nameservers (Recommended — Vercel manages everything)

In Vercel:

  1. Go to your project → Settings → Domains
  2. Add boredfolio.com
  3. Also add www.boredfolio.com
  4. Vercel will show you nameservers to configure: 
    ns1.vercel-dns.com
ns2.vercel-dns.com

In GoDaddy:

  1. Log in to godaddy.com → My Products → Find boredfolio.com
  2. Click DNS (or Manage DNS)
  3. Scroll down to Nameservers → Click Change
  4. Select "Enter my own nameservers (advanced)"
  5. Enter: 
    ns1.vercel-dns.com
ns2.vercel-dns.com
  6. Click Save
  7. GoDaddy will warn about changing nameservers — confirm

Wait 5-30 minutes for DNS propagation. Vercel auto-provisions SSL.

Option B: DNS Records (If you want GoDaddy to stay as nameserver)

In Vercel:

  1. Go to project → Settings → Domains → Add boredfolio.com
  2. Vercel will show you the required DNS records

In GoDaddy DNS Manager:

  1. Add an A Record:
    • Type: A
    • Name: @
    • Value: 76.76.21.21
    • TTL: 600
  2. Add a CNAME Record for www:
    • Type: CNAME
    • Name: www
    • Value: cname.vercel-dns.com
    • TTL: 600
  3. Delete any existing A record for @ pointing to GoDaddy's parking page

Wait 5-30 minutes. Vercel auto-provisions SSL.

Step 4: Verify (2 min)

Check all of these:

  • https://boredfolio.com loads the homepage
  • https://www.boredfolio.com redirects to https://boredfolio.com
  • https://boredfolio.com/explore loads the screener
  • https://boredfolio.com/tools/sip loads the SIP calculator
  • https://boredfolio.com/sitemap.xml shows the sitemap
  • https://boredfolio.com/robots.txt shows crawl rules
  • SSL padlock shows in browser (green lock)
  • Open a scheme page — data loads from mfapi.in
  • Try a non-existent URL → custom 404 page shows

Check OG tags:

  • Go to opengraph.xyz → enter https://boredfolio.com
  • Verify the sage-green OG image and correct title/description

Check mobile:

  • Open https://boredfolio.com on your phone
  • Verify bottom nav works, pages scroll properly

Step 5: Post-Launch Essentials

Google Search Console (do immediately)

  1. Go to search.google.com/search-console
  2. Add property → Enter https://boredfolio.com
  3. Verify via DNS (add TXT record in GoDaddy, or auto-verify if using Vercel nameservers)
  4. Submit sitemap: https://boredfolio.com/sitemap.xml

Analytics (optional, recommend Plausible)

  1. Sign up at plausible.io (privacy-first, no cookie banner needed)
  2. Add boredfolio.com as a site
  3. Add to layout.tsx: 
    <script defer data-domain="boredfolio.com" src="https://plausible.io/js/script.js" />

Performance check

  • Run PageSpeed Insights on https://boredfolio.com
  • Target: 90+ performance, 95+ accessibility

Ongoing Deployment

Every push to main auto-deploys via Vercel. No action needed.

For preview deployments: push to any branch → Vercel creates a preview URL automatically.

# Make changes, commit, push
git add .
git commit -m "feat: add new fund analysis"
git push origin main
# → Vercel auto-deploys in ~30 seconds

Troubleshooting

"Build failed" on Vercel:

  • Check the build logs in Vercel dashboard
  • Most likely: TypeScript error. Run npm run build locally first.

Domain not working after 30 min:

  • Check DNS propagation: dnschecker.org
  • Verify nameservers or A record is correct
  • In Vercel dashboard, domain should show ✓ green checkmark

MFAPI calls failing:

SSL not working:

  • Vercel auto-provisions SSL. If it fails, go to Vercel → Settings → Domains → click "Refresh" next to your domain
  • Can take up to 1 hour for SSL after DNS change

Cost

Item Cost
Vercel (Hobby plan) Free (100GB bandwidth, sufficient for launch)
GoDaddy domain Already owned
mfapi.in Free
Total ₹0/month

When you scale past 100GB bandwidth or need team features, Vercel Pro is $20/mo.