Redesign the existing The IMD Daily frontend from the latest accepted identity-md-launches/launch-2368-the-imd-daily source. Publish at https://the-imd-daily.sites.imd.fun (label: the-imd-daily); report any naming blocker. Preserve all routes and working features. No contract redeployment, issue publication, mint reset, price change or storage/content changes. Keep the old site until the new URL is tested. Test new-origin access to the existing VPS upload service.

ART DIRECTION: A late-night independent newsroom in a futuristic city, featuring a charismatic green frog reporter in a black IMD cap reading a newspaper. Sophisticated editorial typography meets illustrated cyberpunk newsprint. Predominantly ink black/navy (#070D10), subtle teal rules (#17444A), warm white text (#F4F0E6), restrained lime (#8FE85D) and cyan (#47CDD5). Cream is for the newspaper itself, not the entire site. Strong custom identity, not a generic SaaS template. No glassmorphism, repeated rounded cards, excessive neon glow, huge empty hero or emoji substitutes for artwork. Keep text on dark quiet surfaces; never place paragraphs over busy scenery.

ASSETS: Create and bundle original production-quality illustrations: 1) a wide subdued futuristic newsroom/city backdrop, 2) a cutout frog journalist at a desk with newspaper and IMD mug, 3) a small frog reading emblem for the masthead. Reuse these coherently; optimize WebP/AVIF with fallbacks. Bundle all artwork; no hotlinks or README-only assets. Use image-generation tools for finished art. No geometric placeholder art. Do not rasterize the whole website: headings, controls, cards and all live data remain real accessible HTML. Never invent news or alter uploaded PDF artwork.

DESKTOP COMPOSITION: At 1440px, use about 32px outer gutters and a max-width around 1560px. Header about 84px high: small frog emblem and compact blackletter The IMD Daily wordmark left; Today, Archive, My Collection, About navigation centrally; Connect wallet right. Keep Vault and Publisher desk accessible in the footer. Bundle licensed fonts; use blackletter only for the brand, a confident editorial serif for headings, clean sans-serif for UI, tabular digits for amounts/time.

Below the header, build a three-column lead with roughly 30% / 43% / 27% widths after gaps. LEFT: small cyan INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY PRESS label, serif headline 'The world of IMD.' then lime 'One edition at a time.', short copy 'Free to read. Yours to collect.', and the frog reporter illustration anchored at the bottom. CENTER: the latest issue's REAL first-page cover dominates, preserving its proportions/colors, with subtle stacked-paper edges and shadow. No fake replacement cover. Clicking opens the reader. Put Read the edition and Download PDF directly beneath it. RIGHT: calm dark collector panel with thin teal border, heading Collect this edition, compact stamp-like frog emblem, 24-hour open edition label, actual price, live countdown, quantity minus/input/plus, total and mint action. Green primary action, restrained glow. No oversized decorative NFT ad.

MINT ACCURACY: Keep exact approvals, mint, errors, pending states and receipts. 0.1 IMD per copy; ETH is only gas. No capped supply, rarity, sellout percentage, progress-to-supply bar or invented minted count. Show actual minted supply and chain-derived deadline. After expiry show Closed, retain reading/downloads and prevent mint. Preserve recipient selection in an optional expandable area. Keep balance/gas details compact and readable. No automatic transactions.

Below the lead, add a thin metadata strip with actual issue ID, editorial date, Free PDF reading and open/closed status. Then The archive with real cover thumbnails and dates, touch-scrollable on mobile, plus the current issue's saved editorial summary. Do not invent historical issues, page counts or extracted headlines. Hide sections without data. Preserve editions and balances.

READER/MOBILE: Reading mode removes the city scenery and presents wide PDF pages on a quiet dark surround, preserving zoom, page controls, download, fullscreen and lazy loading. Below 1100px simplify columns; below 760px show compact header, real cover and Read button first, collector second, archive below. Reduce mobile decoration; no scaled desktop screenshot. No horizontal overflow. Keyboard access, contrast, reduced-motion support and large touch targets.

SERVICE/DELIVERY: Keep https://the-imd-daily.duckdns.org as upload service; set it as the shipped default while retaining saved settings. Preserve wallet authorization and file hashes. Test existing issue reading, archive, wallet connection, publisher health/login, approval/mint failure states and mobile layout without real purchases/publication. Deliver updated hosted site, commit, artwork, desktop/mobile screenshots and tests. Separate mocked checks from live checks; report unresolved issues. Screenshots alone are not completion.