Overview

Static Blogs with Keystone is a starter template that allows you to build statically generated blog-like websites using Keystone and Next.js. It provides a monorepo with a Keystone server and a Next.js frontend, and utilizes Tailwind’s configuration-based theme for easy customization. By generating the blog during build-time and fetching content from a local Keystone server, you can easily create and host your blog as a static website.

Features

• Keystone integration for powerful content management and GraphQL API generation
• Next.js static site generation for efficient and fast-loading static blogs
• Use of Tailwind’s configuration-based theme for easy extension and customization
• Support for SQLite database, eliminating the need for separate database configuration and maintenance
• Visual content authoring using Keystone’s document editor and admin dashboard
• Easy deployment and automatic deployment updates with platforms like Netlify

Installation

1. Install yarn and Homebrew if not already installed on your machine.
2. Clone the repo and navigate to the project root in your command line.
3. Run yarn to install dependencies for the server and all theme templates.
4. In separate terminal tabs, navigate to the keystone-server and blog-sleek directories and run yarn dev.
5. Access the Keystone server at http://localhost:3000 and the sleek template at http://localhost:8000.

Summary

Static Blogs with Keystone is a powerful starter template that combines Keystone and Next.js to create statically generated blog-like websites. By utilizing the features of Keystone and Next.js, such as content management, GraphQL API generation, and static site generation, this template allows for easy and efficient creation and hosting of static blogs. With its support for SQLite database and Tailwind’s theme customization, Static Blogs with Keystone offers flexibility and convenience in building and deploying your own static blog.