freshframework · bartlomieju · Apr 24, 2026 · Apr 22, 2026 · Apr 22, 2026 · Apr 22, 2026
diff --git a/docs/latest/examples/websockets.md → docs/latest/advanced/websockets.md b/docs/latest/examples/websockets.md → docs/latest/advanced/websockets.md
diff --git a/docs/latest/examples/common-patterns.md b/docs/latest/examples/common-patterns.md
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export const handler = define.handlers({
 ## WebSockets
 
 Fresh provides first-class WebSocket support via `ctx.upgrade()`. See the full
-[WebSocket guide](/docs/examples/websockets) for all options.
+[WebSocket guide](/docs/advanced/websockets) for all options.
 
 ## Subdomain routing
 

diff --git a/docs/toc.ts b/docs/toc.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ const toc: RawTableOfContents = {
           ["environment-variables", "Environment Variables", "link:latest"],
           ["head", "<head> element", "link:latest"],
           ["vite", "Vite Plugin Options", "link:latest"],
+          ["websockets", "WebSockets", "link:latest"],
           ["opentelemetry", "OpenTelemetry", "link:latest"],
           ["api-reference", "API Reference", "link:latest"],
           ["troubleshooting", "Troubleshooting", "link:latest"],
@@ -107,7 +108,6 @@ const toc: RawTableOfContents = {
           ],
           ["active-links", "Active links", "link:latest"],
           ["session-management", "Session management", "link:latest"],
-          ["websockets", "WebSockets", "link:latest"],
           ["common-patterns", "Common Patterns", "link:latest"],
         ],
       },

diff --git a/www/components/CodeBlock.tsx b/www/components/CodeBlock.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export function CodeBlock(
 ) {
   return (
     <pre
-      class="rounded-lg text-base leading-relaxed bg-slate-800 text-white p-4 sm:p-6 md:p-4 lg:p-6 2xl:p-8 overflow-x-auto"
+      class="rounded-lg text-sm leading-relaxed bg-slate-800 text-white p-3 sm:p-4 overflow-x-auto"
       data-language={lang}
       // deno-lint-ignore react-no-danger
     ><code dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: Prism.highlight(code, Prism.languages[lang], lang)}} /></pre>

diff --git a/www/components/CodeWindow.tsx b/www/components/CodeWindow.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function CodeWindow(props: CodeWindowProps) {
       style={props.style}
     >
       <div class="flex items-stretch justify-start">
-        <div class="p-4 flex items-center">
+        <div class="p-3 flex items-center">
           <svg
             aria-hidden="true"
             width="41"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export function CodeWindow(props: CodeWindowProps) {
             <ellipse cx="35.9134" cy="5" rx="4.99155" ry="5" fill="#26C940" />
           </svg>
         </div>
-        <div class="p-4 w-full leading-none text-slate-400 text-base font-mono">
+        <div class="p-3 w-full leading-none text-slate-400 text-sm font-mono">
           {props.name ?? ""}
         </div>
       </div>

diff --git a/www/components/PageSection.tsx b/www/components/PageSection.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export function PageSection(props: JSX.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>) {
   return (
     <section
       id={props.id ?? ""}
-      class={`w-full max-w-screen-xl mx-auto my-16 md:my-24 lg:my-32 px-4 sm:px-8 lg:px-16 2xl:px-0 flex flex-col gap-8 md:gap-16 ${
+      class={`w-full max-w-screen-xl mx-auto my-8 md:my-12 lg:my-16 px-4 sm:px-8 lg:px-16 2xl:px-0 flex flex-col gap-6 md:gap-8 ${
         props.class ?? ""
       }`}
     >

diff --git a/www/components/SideBySide.tsx b/www/components/SideBySide.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function SideBySide(props: SideBySideProps) {
 
   return (
     <div
-      class={`grid grid-cols-1 items-center gap-12 md:gap-16 xl:gap-32 ${
+      class={`grid grid-cols-1 items-center gap-8 md:gap-10 xl:gap-16 ${
         props.reverseOnDesktop ? "[&>*]:md:first:order-1" : ""
       } ${mdSplitClass} ${lgSplitClass} ${props.class ?? ""}`}
     >

diff --git a/www/components/homepage/APIRoutesSection.tsx b/www/components/homepage/APIRoutesSection.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { CodeBlock } from "../../components/CodeBlock.tsx";
+import { CodeWindow } from "../../components/CodeWindow.tsx";
+import { PageSection } from "../../components/PageSection.tsx";
+import { SideBySide } from "../../components/SideBySide.tsx";
+import { SectionHeading } from "../../components/homepage/SectionHeading.tsx";
+import { FancyLink } from "../../components/FancyLink.tsx";
+
+const apiCode = `import { createDefine } from "fresh";
+const define = createDefine();
+
+export const handlers = define.handlers({
+  GET(ctx) {
+    const user = db.getUser(ctx.params.id);
+    return Response.json(user);
+  },
+  POST(ctx) {
+    const body = await ctx.req.json();
+    const user = db.updateUser(ctx.params.id, body);
+    return Response.json(user);
+  },
+  DELETE(ctx) {
+    db.deleteUser(ctx.params.id);
+    return new Response(null, { status: 204 });
+  },
+});`;
+
+export function APIRoutesSection() {
+  return (
+    <PageSection>
+      <SideBySide
+        mdColSplit="3/2"
+        lgColSplit="3/2"
+        reverseOnDesktop
+        class="!items-start"
+      >
+        <div class="flex flex-col gap-4 md:sticky md:top-4">
+          <svg
+            aria-hidden="true"
+            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+            class="icon icon-tabler icon-tabler-api text-fresh"
+            width="2.5rem"
+            height="2.5rem"
+            viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+            stroke-width="1.5"
+            stroke="currentColor"
+            fill="none"
+            stroke-linecap="round"
+            stroke-linejoin="round"
+          >
+            <title>API routes icon</title>
+            <path stroke="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none" />
+            <path d="M4 13h5" />
+            <path d="M12 16v-8h3a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v1a2 2 0 0 1 -2 2h-3" />
+            <path d="M20 8v8" />
+            <path d="M9 16v-5.5a2.5 2.5 0 0 0 -5 0v5.5" />
+          </svg>
+          <SectionHeading>Handlers for every method</SectionHeading>
+          <p>
+            Define{" "}
+            <code class="bg-gray-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded text-sm font-mono">
+              GET
+            </code>,{" "}
+            <code class="bg-gray-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded text-sm font-mono">
+              POST
+            </code>,{" "}
+            <code class="bg-gray-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded text-sm font-mono">
+              DELETE
+            </code>{" "}
+            — any HTTP method as a named handler on your route. Fresh maps
+            requests to the right function automatically, with full type safety.
+          </p>
+          <FancyLink href="/docs/concepts/routing" class="mt-2">
+            Learn about handlers
+          </FancyLink>
+        </div>
+        <div class="flex flex-col gap-4">
+          <CodeWindow name="routes/users/[id].tsx">
+            <CodeBlock code={apiCode} lang="js" />
+          </CodeWindow>
+        </div>
+      </SideBySide>
+    </PageSection>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/www/components/homepage/DemoBox.tsx b/www/components/homepage/DemoBox.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export function DemoBox(props: DemoBoxProps) {
   const innerFlip = props.flip ? "skew-y-2 skew-x-3" : "-skew-y-2 -skew-x-3";
   return (
     <div
-      class={`bg-gradient-to-br font-medium from-blue-200 via-green-300 to-yellow-200 p-8 py-12 text-center items-center flex justify-center ${outerFlip}`}
+      class={`bg-gradient-to-br font-medium from-blue-200 via-green-300 to-yellow-200 p-5 py-8 text-center items-center flex justify-center text-sm ${outerFlip}`}
     >
       <div class={`w-full ${innerFlip}`}>
         {props.children}

diff --git a/www/components/homepage/ExampleArrow.tsx b/www/components/homepage/ExampleArrow.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function ExampleArrow(
       xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
       xml:space="preserve"
       style="fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:1.5;"
-      class={`w-12 -my-8 relative z-10 mx-auto ${props?.class ?? ""}`}
+      class={`w-8 -my-6 relative z-10 mx-auto ${props?.class ?? ""}`}
     >
       <path
         d="M50.704,18c46.89,80.967 38.288,189.344 5.941,254.255"

diff --git a/www/components/homepage/FormsSection.tsx b/www/components/homepage/FormsSection.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import { ExampleArrow } from "../homepage/ExampleArrow.tsx";
 import { FancyLink } from "../FancyLink.tsx";
 import { FormSubmitDemo } from "../../islands/FormSubmitDemo.tsx";
 
-const routingCode = `import { define } from "../utils.ts";
+const routingCode = `import { createDefine } from "fresh";
+const define = createDefine();
 
 export const handler = define.handlers({
   async POST(ctx) {
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ export function FormsSection() {
               aria-hidden="true"
               xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
               class="icon icon-tabler icon-tabler-route-square-2 text-fresh"
-              width="4rem"
-              height="4rem"
+              width="2.5rem"
+              height="2.5rem"
               viewBox="0 0 24 24"
               stroke-width="1.5"
               stroke="currentColor"

diff --git a/www/components/homepage/HeadSection.tsx b/www/components/homepage/HeadSection.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { CodeBlock } from "../../components/CodeBlock.tsx";
+import { CodeWindow } from "../../components/CodeWindow.tsx";
+import { PageSection } from "../../components/PageSection.tsx";
+import { SideBySide } from "../../components/SideBySide.tsx";
+import { SectionHeading } from "../../components/homepage/SectionHeading.tsx";
+import { FancyLink } from "../../components/FancyLink.tsx";
+
+const headCode = `import { Head } from "fresh/runtime";
+
+export default function MyPage() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Head>
+        <title>My Page</title>
+        <meta name="description" content="..." />
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css" />
+      </Head>
+      <h1>Hello, world!</h1>
+    </>
+  );
+}`;
+
+export function HeadSection() {
+  return (
+    <PageSection>
+      <SideBySide
+        mdColSplit="3/2"
+        lgColSplit="3/2"
+        reverseOnDesktop
+        class="!items-start"
+      >
+        <div class="flex flex-col gap-4 md:sticky md:top-4">
+          <svg
+            aria-hidden="true"
+            xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+            class="icon icon-tabler icon-tabler-file-code text-fresh"
+            width="2.5rem"
+            height="2.5rem"
+            viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+            stroke-width="1.5"
+            stroke="currentColor"
+            fill="none"
+            stroke-linecap="round"
+            stroke-linejoin="round"
+          >
+            <title>Head element icon</title>
+            <path stroke="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none" />
+            <path d="M14 3v4a1 1 0 0 0 1 1h4" />
+            <path d="M17 21h-10a2 2 0 0 1 -2 -2v-14a2 2 0 0 1 2 -2h7l5 5v11a2 2 0 0 1 -2 2z" />
+            <path d="M10 13l-1 2l1 2" />
+            <path d="M14 13l1 2l-1 2" />
+          </svg>
+          <SectionHeading>
+            Full control of{" "}
+            <span
+              // deno-lint-ignore react-no-danger
+              dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: "&lt;head&gt;" }}
+            />
+          </SectionHeading>
+          <p>
+            Use the{" "}
+            <code
+              class="bg-gray-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded text-sm font-mono"
+              // deno-lint-ignore react-no-danger
+              dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: "&lt;Head&gt;" }}
+            />{" "}
+            component from any page or island to set titles, meta tags,
+            stylesheets, and scripts — no hoisting hacks or side channels
+            needed.
+          </p>
+          <FancyLink href="/docs/advanced/head" class="mt-2">
+            <span
+              // deno-lint-ignore react-no-danger
+              dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: "Learn about &lt;Head&gt;" }}
+            />
+          </FancyLink>
+        </div>
+        <div class="flex flex-col gap-4">
+          <CodeWindow name="routes/my-page.tsx">
+            <CodeBlock code={headCode} lang="jsx" />
+          </CodeWindow>
+        </div>
+      </SideBySide>
+    </PageSection>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/www/components/homepage/Hero.tsx b/www/components/homepage/Hero.tsx
@@ -9,15 +9,20 @@ export function Hero() {
       <div class="bg-green-300 mt-0 pt-32 md:pt-48 !mb-0 bg-gradient-to-br from-blue-100 via-green-200 to-yellow-100">
         <div class="md:grid grid-cols-5 gap-8 md:gap-16 items-center w-full max-w-screen-xl mx-auto px-4 md:px-8 lg:px-16 2xl:px-0">
           <div class="flex-1 text-center md:text-left md:col-span-3 pb-8 md:pb-32">
+            <p class="italic text-gray-500 text-lg mb-4">Introducing Fresh:</p>
             <h2 class="text-[calc(1rem+4vw)] leading-tight sm:text-5xl lg:text-6xl sm:tracking-tight sm:leading-none font-extrabold">
-              The simple, approachable, productive web framework
+              The framework so simple, you already know it.
             </h2>
+            <p class="mt-6 text-lg sm:text-xl text-gray-700 text-balance max-w-prose">
+              No config files, no build step, no node_modules. Just one file and
+              you have a server with routing, JSX, and islands.
+            </p>
             <div class="mt-12 flex flex-wrap justify-center items-stretch md:justify-start gap-4">
               <FancyLink href="/docs/getting-started">Get started</FancyLink>
               <CopyArea code={`deno run -Ar jsr:@fresh/init`} />
             </div>
           </div>
-          <div class="md:col-span-2 flex justify-center items-end">
+          <div class="md:col-span-2 flex justify-center items-end pb-8 md:pb-32">
             <LemonTop />
           </div>
         </div>

diff --git a/www/components/homepage/IslandsSection.tsx b/www/components/homepage/IslandsSection.tsx
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export function IslandsSection() {
             aria-hidden="true"
             xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
             class="icon icon-tabler icon-tabler-beach text-fresh"
-            width="4rem"
-            height="4rem"
+            width="2.5rem"
+            height="2.5rem"
             viewBox="0 0 24 24"
             stroke-width="1.5"
             stroke="currentColor"

diff --git a/www/components/homepage/PartialsSection.tsx b/www/components/homepage/PartialsSection.tsx
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ export function PartialsSection() {
             aria-hidden="true"
             xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
             class="icon icon-tabler icon-tabler-arrows-transfer-down text-fresh"
-            width="4rem"
-            height="4rem"
+            width="2.5rem"
+            height="2.5rem"
             viewBox="0 0 24 24"
             stroke-width="1.5"
             stroke="currentColor"

diff --git a/www/components/homepage/RecipeDemo.tsx b/www/components/homepage/RecipeDemo.tsx
@@ -6,13 +6,25 @@ export const RecipeDemo = () => (
     class="w-full grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-[auto_1fr] text-left gap-6 items-stretch min-h-64"
   >
     <aside class="flex flex-col gap-2 underline p-6 pl-0 border-b md:border-r md:border-b-0 border-current text-left items-start justify-center">
-      <button type="button" f-partial="/recipes/lemonade">
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        f-partial="/recipes/lemonade"
+        class="cursor-pointer"
+      >
         Lemonade
       </button>
-      <button type="button" f-partial="/recipes/lemon-honey-tea">
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        f-partial="/recipes/lemon-honey-tea"
+        class="cursor-pointer"
+      >
         Lemon-honey tea
       </button>
-      <button type="button" f-partial="/recipes/lemondrop">
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        f-partial="/recipes/lemondrop"
+        class="cursor-pointer"
+      >
         Lemondrop Martini
       </button>
     </aside>

diff --git a/www/components/homepage/RenderingSection.tsx b/www/components/homepage/RenderingSection.tsx
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ import { DemoBox } from "../../components/homepage/DemoBox.tsx";
 import { ExampleArrow } from "../../components/homepage/ExampleArrow.tsx";
 
 const serverCode = `export default function HomePage() {
-  const time = new Date().toLocaleString();
+  const now = Temporal.Now.plainDateTimeISO()
+    .toLocaleString("en-US");
   return (
-    <p>Freshly server-rendered {time}</p>
+    <p>Freshly server-rendered {now}</p>
   );
 }`;
 
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ export function RenderingSection() {
             aria-hidden="true"
             xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
             class="icon icon-tabler icon-tabler-atom text-fresh"
-            width="4rem"
-            height="4rem"
+            width="2.5rem"
+            height="2.5rem"
             viewBox="0 0 24 24"
             stroke-width="1.5"
             stroke="currentColor"
@@ -56,10 +57,8 @@ export function RenderingSection() {
           <ExampleArrow class="ml-[55%]" />{" "}
           <DemoBox>
             <p>
-              Freshly server-rendered {new Date().toLocaleString("default", {
-                dateStyle: "medium",
-                timeStyle: "medium",
-              })} UTC
+              Freshly server-rendered{" "}
+              {Temporal.Now.plainDateTimeISO().toLocaleString("en-US")}
             </p>
           </DemoBox>
         </div>