feat: update contact form to integrate Formspree, add error handling and improve UI

[devcavin]

This pull request updates the Contact form in the frontend to submit requests directly to Formspree, improves user feedback and error handling, and refines the form’s UI. It also adds the necessary Formspree and Stripe dependencies, and improves environment variable and .gitignore handling.

Contact Form Integration and UI Improvements

• The Contact form (Contact.tsx) now submits data directly to a Formspree endpoint, using the VITE_FORMSPREE_ENDPOINT environment variable, and provides user feedback for loading, success, and error states. The form also includes a honeypot field for spam prevention and improved accessibility and styling. The previous generic field wrapper was removed in favor of explicit markup for each field. [1] [2] [3] [4]
• The About section headline was updated for clarity and context.

Dependency and Environment Management

• Added @formspree/react, @formspree/core, @stripe/react-stripe-js, @stripe/stripe-js, and related dependencies to package.json and package-lock.json to support Formspree integration. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
• Updated .gitignore to exclude .env and .env.local files, and removed the hardcoded VITE_API_BASE_URL from .env to prevent accidental commits of sensitive data. [1] [2]

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
gatelog	Ready	Preview, Comment	Jul 6, 2026 8:30pm