This repo contains a business website that is built with Gatsby, and Netlify CMS.It follows the JAMstack architecture by using Git as a single source of truth, and Netlify for continuous deployment, and CDN distribution.

Really src/templates and src/containers could be merged, simply called containers, if following the container pattern from redux.

Currently the flow is. static/admin/config.yml -> gatsby-node.js ->-> src/templates(graphql page query has access to context params passed from gatsby-node.js) -> src/containers(graphql static query) -> src/components(dumb component) and for the cms preview templates. src/cms/preview-templates(graphql netlify cms query) -> src/components.

notes

Netlify CMS has two collection types - Folder collections, for things that there might be multiples of, for example blog posts and File Collections. Of which there will only be one, like a 'Legal Page'. Folder collections require a template to be defined in src/templates while file collections simply require an page index.js to be defined in pages, this will make netlify create a route there. Finally, each collection, be it a folder or a file collection requires a preview template to be defined in cms/preview-templates

Gatsby + Netlify CMS Starter

Note: This starter uses Gatsby v2.

This repo contains an example business website that is built with Gatsby, and Netlify CMS: Demo Link.

It follows the JAMstack architecture by using Git as a single source of truth, and Netlify for continuous deployment, and CDN distribution.

Features

A simple landing page with blog functionality built with Netlify CMS
Editabe Pages: Landing, About, Product, Blog-Collection and Contact page with Netlify Form support
Create Blog posts from Netlify CMS
Tags: Separate page for posts under each tag
Basic directory organization
Size is reduced by purge-css-plugin
Blazing fast loading times thanks to pre-rendered HTML and automatic chunk loading of JS files
Uses gatbsy-image with Netlify-CMS preview support
Separate components for everything
Netlify deploy configuration
Netlify function support, see src/lambda folder
Perfect score on Lighthouse for SEO, Accessibility and Performance (wip:PWA)
..and more

Prerequisites

Node (I recommend using v8.2.0 or higher)
Gatsby CLI

Getting Started (Recommended)

Netlify CMS can run in any frontend web environment, but the quickest way to try it out is by running it on a pre-configured starter site with Netlify. The example here is the Kaldi coffee company template (adapted from One Click Hugo CMS). Use the button below to build and deploy your own copy of the repository:

After clicking that button, you’ll authenticate with GitHub and choose a repository name. Netlify will then automatically create a repository in your GitHub account with a copy of the files from the template. Next, it will build and deploy the new site on Netlify, bringing you to the site dashboard when the build is complete. Next, you’ll need to set up Netlify’s Identity service to authorize users to log in to the CMS.

Access Locally

$ git clone https://github.com/[GITHUB_USERNAME]/[REPO_NAME].git
$ cd [REPO_NAME]
$ yarn
$ npm run start

To test the CMS locally, you'll need run a production build of the site:

$ npm run build
$ npm run serve

Media Libraries (installed, but optional)

Media Libraries have been included in this starter as a default. If you are not planning to use Uploadcare or Cloudinary in your project, you can remove them from module import and registration in src/cms/cms.js. Here is an example of the lines to comment or remove them your project.

import CMS from 'netlify-cms-app';
import uploadcare from 'netlify-cms-media-library-uploadcare';
// import cloudinary from 'netlify-cms-media-library-cloudinary'

import AboutPagePreview from './preview-templates/AboutPagePreview';
import BlogPostPreview from './preview-templates/BlogPostPreview';
import ProductPagePreview from './preview-templates/ProductPagePreview';
import IndexPagePreview from './preview-templates/IndexPagePreview';

// CMS.registerMediaLibrary(uploadcare);
// CMS.registerMediaLibrary(cloudinary);

CMS.registerPreviewTemplate('index', IndexPagePreview);
CMS.registerPreviewTemplate('about', AboutPagePreview);
CMS.registerPreviewTemplate('products', ProductPagePreview);
CMS.registerPreviewTemplate('blog', BlogPostPreview);

Getting Started (Without Netlify)

$ gatsby new [SITE_DIRECTORY_NAME] https://github.com/netlify-templates/gatsby-starter-netlify-cms/
$ cd [SITE_DIRECTORY_NAME]
$ npm run build
$ npm run serve

Setting up the CMS

Follow the Netlify CMS Quick Start Guide to set up authentication, and hosting.

Debugging

Windows users might encounter node-gyp errors when trying to npm install. To resolve, make sure that you have both Python 2.7 and the Visual C++ build environment installed.

npm config set python python2.7
npm install --global --production windows-build-tools

Full details here

Purgecss

This plugin uses gatsby-plugin-purgecss and bulma. The bulma builds are usually ~170K but reduced 90% by purgecss.

CONTRIBUTING

Contributions are always welcome, no matter how large or small. Before contributing, please read the code of conduct.

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