justingosses-website

This repository builds the personal website justingosses.com. The website holds a blog, about me section, links to side projects, etc. This repository & website replace an existing 6 year old WordPress version of justingosses.com

Tech Stack

Next.js & Tailwind CSS deployed on Azure static web apps

Installation

npm install

Development

First, run the development server:

npm start

npm run dev

Watching

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

You can start editing the page by modifying pages/index.js. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.

NOTE: A Common Pitfall

If you get errors like npm ERR! Failed at the tailwind-nextjs-starter-blog@1.5.0 dev script 'next dev'. npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed. then check if you're using system node.js or the latest version. If you're using nvm, you can run nvm list to see what version of node your terminal window is running.

Places to Change Settings & Customize

data/siteMetadata.js - contains most of the site related information which should be modified for a user's need.

data/authors/default.md - default author information (required). Additional authors can be added as files in data/authors.

data/projectsData.js - data used to generate styled card on the projects page.

data/headerNavLinks.js - navigation links.

data/logo.svg - replace with your own logo.

data/blog - replace with your own blog posts.

public/static - store assets such as images and favicons.

tailwind.config.js and css/tailwind.css - contain the tailwind stylesheet which can be modified to change the overall look and feel of the site.

css/prism.css - controls the styles associated with the code blocks. Feel free to customize it and use your preferred prismjs theme e.g. prism themes.

components/social-icons - to add other icons, simply copy an svg file from Simple Icons and map them in index.js. Other icons use heroicons.

components/MDXComponents.js - pass your own JSX code or React component by specifying it over here. You can then call them directly in the .mdx or .md file. By default, a custom link and image component is passed.

layouts - main templates used in pages.

pages - pages to route to. Read the Next.js documentation for more information.

next.config.js - configuration related to Next.js. You need to adapt the Content Security Policy if you want to load scripts, images etc. from other domains.

Frontmatter

Frontmatter follows Hugo's standards.

Currently 7 fields are supported.

title (required)
date (required)
tags (required, can be empty array)
lastmod (optional)
draft (optional)
summary (optional)
images (optional, if none provided defaults to socialBanner in siteMetadata config)
authors (optional list which should correspond to the file names in `data/authors`. Uses `default` if none is specified)
layout (optional list which should correspond to the file names in `data/layouts`)
canonicalUrl (optional, canonical url for the post for SEO)

Here's an example of a post's frontmatter:

---
title: 'Introducing Tailwind Nextjs Starter Blog'
date: '2021-01-12'
lastmod: '2021-01-18'
tags: ['next-js', 'tailwind', 'guide']
draft: false
summary: 'Looking for a performant, out of the box template, with all the best in web technology to support your blogging needs? Checkout the Tailwind Nextjs Starter Blog template.'
images: ['/static/images/canada/mountains.jpg', '/static/images/canada/toronto.jpg']
authors: ['default', 'sparrowhawk']
layout: PostLayout
canonicalUrl: https://tailwind-nextjs-starter-blog.vercel.app/blog/introducing-tailwind-nextjs-starter-blog
---

Compose

Run node ./scripts/compose.js to bootstrap a new post.

Follow the interactive prompt to generate a post with pre-filled front matter.

Deployment

run npm run build . This runs the script next build && next export as defined in package.json and should output static website into a folder named 'out'.
run git add *
run git commit -m updates
run git push origin main <= This will kick off a github actions script that should deploy the page to Azure Static Web Apps

URL of Deployed Website

The Template this Website Started From

This website is a fork of the Tailwind Nextjs Starter blog template. It uses Next.js to build the HTML from static markdown and Tailwind CSS to handle the styling. It is a next.js based replacement for the more well known, at least as of 2022, Jekyll and Hugo individual blogs. The basic premise is write markdown for the content and only mess with CSS and JavaScript when you want to do so.

Facing issues? Check the FAQ page and do a search on past issues. Feel free to open a new issue if none has been posted previously.

Features of Tailwind Nextjs Starter Blog Template

Easy styling customization with Tailwind 3.0 and primary color attribute
Near perfect lighthouse score - Lighthouse report
Lightweight, 45kB first load JS, uses Preact in production build
Mobile-friendly view
Light and dark theme
Self-hosted font with Fontsource
Supports plausible, simple analytics and google analytics
MDX - write JSX in markdown documents!
Server-side syntax highlighting with line numbers and line highlighting via rehype-prism-plus
Math display supported via KaTeX
Citation and bibliography support via rehype-citation
Automatic image optimization via next/image
Flexible data retrieval with mdx-bundler
Support for tags - each unique tag will be its own page
Support for multiple authors
Blog templates
TOC component
Support for nested routing of blog posts
Newsletter component with support for mailchimp, buttondown, convertkit and klaviyo
Supports giscus, utterances or disqus
Projects page
Preconfigured security headers
SEO friendly with RSS feed, sitemaps and more!

Support the Template

Using the template? Support their effort by giving it a star on GitHub, sharing your own blog and giving a shoutout on Twitter or becoming a project sponsor.

Licence

Any other code by JustinGosses also has MIT license. Content copyright Justin Gosses

JustinGOSSES / justingosses-website