Gatsby Starter Decap Cms

Overview

The Gatsby + Decap CMS StarterNetlify Status is a business website template that utilizes the JAMstack architecture. It is built with Gatsby, a framework for creating fast and optimized websites, and Decap CMS, a content management system. The template includes a simple landing page with blog functionality, editable pages, blog post tags, and a clean and organized directory structure. It uses Bulma for styling, but the size is reduced by the gatsby-plugin-purgecss. The website has fast loading times thanks to pre-rendered HTML and automatic chunk loading of JS files. It also has support for Netlify deploy configuration and Netlify functions. The template has a perfect score on Lighthouse for SEO, accessibility, and performance.

Features

• Simple landing page with blog functionality built with Decap CMS.
• Editable Pages: Landing, About, Product, Blog-Collection, and Contact page with Netlify Form support.
• Create blog posts from Decap CMS.
• Tags: Separate page for posts under each tag.
• Basic directory organization.
• Uses Bulma for styling, but size is reduced by gatsby-plugin-purgecss.
• Blazing fast loading times thanks to pre-rendered HTML and automatic chunk loading of JS files.
• Uses gatsby-plugin-image with Decap CMS preview support.
• Separate components for everything.
• Netlify deploy configuration.
• Netlify function support.
• Perfect score on Lighthouse for SEO, Accessibility, and Performance.

Installation

1. Ensure you have Node.js version 14.15.0 or higher installed.
2. Install Gatsby CLI by running the following command in your terminal: npm install -g gatsby-cli. This will install the Gatsby command-line interface globally on your machine.
3. Install Netlify CLI by running the following command in your terminal: npm install -g netlify-cli. This will install the Netlify command-line interface globally on your machine.
4. Clone the repository to your local machine.
5. Within the cloned repository, run the following command in your terminal to install the dependencies: npm install.
6. To run the CMS locally, you’ll need to run a production build of the site. In your terminal, run the following command: npm run build.
7. After the build is complete, you can use the following command to start the local server: npm run start.

Summary

The Gatsby + Decap CMS StarterNetlify Status is a powerful template for building business websites with blog functionality. It offers editable pages, tags for blog posts, a clean directory structure, and fast loading times. With its support for Netlify deploy configuration and Netlify functions, it is easy to set up and deploy the website. The template also has a perfect score on Lighthouse for SEO, accessibility, and performance. Overall, it is a solid choice for developers looking to create a business website with a content management system.