Next.js Strapi Blog
Static blog with Next.js + Strapi Headless CMS
Overview
This product is a Next.js blog with Strapi as the headless CMS. It is a demo blog that has been deployed on Vercel. However, there is a warning that the Strapi backend is deployed on Heroku, which may crash starting November 28, 2022, due to Heroku shutting down free plans. Despite this warning, all the code examples in the repository are still valid. The product showcases various features and dependencies used to build the blog.
Features
- Static: The blog is a static website, built using Next.js.
- Responsive: The blog is designed to be responsive, adapting to different screen sizes and devices.
- Mobile First: The blog was designed with a mobile-first approach, ensuring a seamless experience on mobile devices.
- Built with Strapi Headless CMS: The blog is powered by Strapi, a headless content management system.
- MongoDB Atlas: Strapi uses MongoDB Atlas as its database.
- Cloudinary: Images used in the blog are stored on Cloudinary.
- Autocomplete Search: The blog features an autocomplete search functionality.
- Search Results with Highlighted Match: Search results are displayed with highlighted matches.
- Sound: The blog has sound functionality.
- Dark Mode: The blog has a dark mode that auto-detects the user's system preference and saves the user's choice in LocalStorage.
- Hamburger Menu: The blog has a hamburger menu for mobile layout.
- "Load More" Pagination: Instead of traditional pagination, the blog utilizes a "Load More" button to load more articles.
- SEO-friendly Article List: The article list is initially fetched on the server-side to improve SEO and performance.
- Progressive Responsive Images: The blog implements progressive responsive images, optimizing the loading time for images.
- Categories: Articles can be categorized into different categories.
- Disqus Comment Section: The blog integrates with Disqus to enable comments on articles.
Summary
This product is a Next.js blog with Strapi as the headless CMS. It showcases various features such as static rendering, responsiveness, mobile-first design, Strapi integrations with MongoDB Atlas and Cloudinary, autocomplete search, highlighted search results, sound functionality, dark mode, and more. Despite the warning about the potential crashing of the Strapi backend on Heroku, the code examples in the repository are still valid and can be studied and learned from. The blog also utilizes various dependencies and libraries such as styled-components, Material-UI, React Font Awesome, react-markdown, Showdown, SWR, and disqus-react.
- Next.js
Next.js is a React-based web framework that enables server-side rendering, static site generation, and other powerful features for building modern web applications.
- React
React is a widely used JavaScript library for building user interfaces and single-page applications. It follows a component-based architecture and uses a virtual DOM to efficiently update and render UI components
- Styled Components
Styled Components is a popular library for styling React components using CSS syntax. It allows you to write CSS in your JavaScript code, making it easier to create dynamic styles that are specific to each component.
- Material UI
material-ui adds classes to Tailwind CSS for all common UI components. Classes like btn, card, etc. This allows us to focus on important things instead of making basic elements for every project.
- Strapi
Strapi is an open source headless CMS that provides a customizable content management system and API for your projects. It allows you to manage content in a visual interface and use a REST or GraphQL API to retrieve the data.
- Blog
Blog websites feature posts written by one or more authors, organized by categories and tags, with a section for comments and archives sorted by date or topic. Additional features may include search bar, social media sharing, subscription or RSS feed, about and contact pages, and visual content.
- Disqus
A website that uses Disqus as a commenting system to enable audience engagement and discussion. This includes features such as real-time commenting, moderation tools, and social login to facilitate a seamless commenting experience.
- Vercel
Vercel offers built-in support for deploying and hosting Next.js applications, making it a popular choice among Next.js developers.