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Elsie's Hard Candies

Includes 9 pages, 1 lead form.

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Audience

candy shops, gift counters, and local specialty retailers that need flavor browsing, gift-box inquiry, and event favor lead capture

Visual direction

Glass Product

Site structure

About, Contact, Discovery, Faq, Funnel, Home

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Elsie's Hard Candies

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{
  "schema_version": "ensemble.site-spec.v0",
  "spec_type": "cloud_elephants_new_tenant_site_spec",
  "selected_template": {
    "template_id": "elsies-hard-candies",
    "label": "Elsie's Hard Candies",
    "industry": "specialty-retail",
    "audience": "candy shops, gift counters, and local specialty retailers that need flavor browsing, gift-box inquiry, and event favor lead capture",
    "status": "ready",
    "source": {
      "catalog": "examples/catalog.json",
      "content_root": "examples/elsies-hard-candies/content"
    },
    "api_href": "/api/ensemble/templates/example-sites/elsies-hard-candies",
    "full_payload_href": "/api/ensemble/templates/example-sites/elsies-hard-candies?include_pages=true&include_globals=true&include_clone_manifest=true"
  },
  "buyer_inputs": {
    "business_name": "Elsie's Hard Candies",
    "primary_goal": "Publish helpful resources",
    "audience": "candy shops, gift counters, and local specialty retailers that need flavor browsing, gift-box inquiry, and event favor lead capture",
    "service_area": "",
    "offers": [
      "lead-generation",
      "click-funnel",
      "rag-search"
    ],
    "trust_proof": [],
    "contact": {
      "preferred_action": "Website form",
      "email": "",
      "phone": ""
    },
    "brand_voice": "Clear and professional",
    "launch_notes": ""
  },
  "configuration": {
    "layout_template": "elsies-hard-candies-site",
    "theme": "elsies-hard-candies",
    "appearance_preset": "glass-product",
    "recipe": "glass-product",
    "compatible_themes": [
      "elsies-hard-candies"
    ],
    "compatible_recipes": [
      "candy-counter",
      "gift-inquiry",
      "glass-product"
    ]
  },
  "content_model": {
    "page_count": 9,
    "global_count": 3,
    "asset_count": 4,
    "pages": [
      {
        "route": "/",
        "label": "Home",
        "status": "keep_and_personalize",
        "owner_editable": true
      },
      {
        "route": "/about",
        "label": "About",
        "status": "keep_and_personalize",
        "owner_editable": true
      },
      {
        "route": "/services",
        "label": "Services",
        "status": "keep_and_personalize",
        "owner_editable": true
      },
      {
        "route": "/pricing",
        "label": "Pricing",
        "status": "keep_and_personalize",
        "owner_editable": true
      },
      {
        "route": "/resources",
        "label": "Resources",
        "status": "keep_and_personalize",
        "owner_editable": true
      },
      {
        "route": "/faq",
        "label": "Faq",
        "status": "keep_and_personalize",
        "owner_editable": true
      },
      {
        "route": "/contact",
        "label": "Contact",
        "status": "keep_and_personalize",
        "owner_editable": true
      },
      {
        "route": "/discovery",
        "label": "Discovery",
        "status": "keep_and_personalize",
        "owner_editable": true
      },
      {
        "route": "/funnel",
        "label": "Funnel",
        "status": "keep_and_personalize",
        "owner_editable": true
      }
    ],
    "page_families": [
      "about",
      "contact",
      "discovery",
      "faq",
      "funnel",
      "home",
      "pricing",
      "resources",
      "services"
    ],
    "forms": [
      {
        "form_template_id": "elsies-hard-candies-intake",
        "routes": [
          "/contact"
        ],
        "routing_goal": "Website form"
      }
    ],
    "listings": {
      "count": 0,
      "owner_editable": false
    },
    "embeds": {
      "count": 0,
      "provider_policy": "Enable tenant-approved providers before iframe mode."
    },
    "assets": {
      "count": 4,
      "replacement_strategy": "Replace example imagery with tenant-approved brand, location, product, and proof assets."
    }
  },
  "handoff": {
    "onboarding_url": "#site-spec-builder",
    "static_deploy_ready": true,
    "deploy_notes": "examples/elsies-hard-candies/deploy/aws-s3-cloudfront.md",
    "clone_strategy": "Copy the content root and public assets, replace candy flavors, gift-box offers, event proof, form routing, brand/page/theme/source data, and keep RAG endpoints stable until the target tenant implements persistence.",
    "content_api_notes": "Use pages and globals as canonical Ensemble payloads. The local rag-index.json seeds provider-neutral candy search and recommendation APIs; the form captures inquiry context only until a tenant-approved service handles persistence.",
    "developer_next_steps": [
      "Fetch the full example-site payload.",
      "Replace brand, offers, proof, media, forms, and SEO fields with buyer-approved content.",
      "Preserve route structure unless the buyer removes or renames pages.",
      "Run the template export and public discovery checks before launch."
    ]
  },
  "third_party_submission": {
    "schema_version": "ensemble.third-party-site-spec-submission.v0",
    "method": "POST",
    "content_type": "application/json",
    "endpoint_url": null,
    "endpoint_source": "not_configured",
    "user_initiated": true,
    "status": "needs_endpoint",
    "payload_schema": "ensemble.site-spec.v0",
    "live_crm_mutation": false,
    "customer_send": false,
    "review_gates": [
      "privacy_review",
      "customer_send",
      "tracking_review",
      "live-system-mutation"
    ]
  },
  "acceptance_criteria": [
    "Every route has buyer-approved copy, metadata, and call to action.",
    "Forms have routing destinations and consent language.",
    "Images have tenant-approved sources and alt text.",
    "Theme, recipe, and accessibility defaults remain intact.",
    "Static deploy output passes route, asset, sitemap, and llms discovery checks."
  ]
}

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9 pages

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9 pages

Contact forms

1 form

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Interactive tools

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Visual assets

4 assets