- Demo Blog - this repo
- My personal blog - modified to auto-generate blog posts with dates
Using the template? Happy to accept any PR with modifications made e.g. sub-paths, localization or multiple authors
First, run the development server:
npm start
# or
npm run devOpen 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.
data/siteMetadata.json - 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 in 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.
components/social-icons - to add other icons, simply copy an svg file from Simple Icons and map them in index.js. Other icons uses 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
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`)
Here's an example of a post's frontmatter:
---
title: 'Introducing Tailwind Nexjs 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
---
Run node ./scripts/compose.js to bootstrap a new post.
Follow the interactive prompt to generate a post with pre-filled front matter.
Vercel
The easiest way to deploy the template is to use the Vercel Platform from the creators of Next.js. Check out the Next.js deployment documentation for more details.
Netlify / Github Pages / Firebase etc.
As the template uses next/image for image optimization, additional configurations has to be made to deploy on other popular static hosting websites like Netlify or Github Pages. An alternative image optimization provider such as Imgix, Cloudinary or Akamai has to be used. Alternatively, replace the next/image component with a standard <img> tag. See next/image documentation for more details.