Gatsby + Netlify CMS Starter
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.
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, youll 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, youll need to set up Netlifys 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
$ gatsby develop
To test the CMS locally, you'll need run a production build of the site:
$ gatsby build
$ gatsby serve
Getting Started (Without Netlify)
$ gatsby new [SITE_DIRECTORY_NAME] https://github.com/benaiah/gatsby-starter-netlify-cms/
$ cd [SITE_DIRECTORY_NAME]
$ gatsby build
$ gatsby 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