Violet Verse

# 🌸 VioletVerse – Summer Zine Edition

A cultural tech publication exploring the future of fashion, AI, and decentralized media.
VioletVerse is a creative ecosystem where community voices are amplified through essays, tools, and experimental drops — with contributors rewarded in Violet Burst tokens.

This is the repo behind Violet Summer Zine — a web-native editorial built with Next.js and Flow.

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✨ What's Inside?

• 📰 Long-form editorial & essays
• 🧵 Frontend built with Next.js
• 🪙 Integration with Flow blockchain (via Blocto)
• 🛠 Scripts, components, and creative experiments

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📁 Project Structure

violetsummerzine/
├── cadence/         # Cadence scripts for Flow integration
│   └── scripts/
├── components/      # Reusable React UI components
├── flow/            # Flow config files and helpers
├── hooks/           # Custom React hooks
├── lib/             # Airtable to MongoDB utilities
├── pages/           # Next.js routes
├── public/          # Static assets
├── styles/          # Global styles (CSS/SCSS)
├── .eslintrc.json   # Linting configuration
├── ads.txt          # Monetization file
├── next.config.js   # Next.js config
├── package.json     # Project metadata and dependencies
├── server.js        # Custom server setup
└── README.md        # You are here 💜

## 🚀 Getting Started

To run VioletVerse locally:
To run VioletVerse locally:

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# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/Violet-Verse/VioletVerse.git
cd violetsummerzine

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run the dev server
npm run dev
Then visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

Note: If you're using Flow or Blocto, make sure your flow.json and relevant config keys are set up properly.

## 🧠 Contributing to VioletVerse
We welcome:

✍️ Writers & editors for the zine

👩‍💻 Developers to improve site features

🎨 Designers and visual artists

🌍 Researchers & culture critics

## How to contribute
Fork this repo

Create a new branch: git checkout -b feature/your-contribution

Add your article, component, or script

Submit a pull request with a short description

Once merged, you’ll be eligible for Violet Verse tokens

See full contributor guidelines in CONTRIBUTING.md (coming soon)

🪙 About Violet Verse Tokens
Top contributors are rewarded with Violet Burst tokens — our way of saying thank you for building, writing, and thinking with us.

Receive tokens for accepted PRs

Readers can tip essays via Lens

Access special features or collaborations over time

📣 Connect With Us
🌐 Website: https://violetverse.io

📷 Lens: @violetverse.lens

📨 Email: gn@violetverse.xyz

🗣 Warpcast: /violetverse

📄 License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

“The future belongs to those who create it — not just code it.”