Gatsby Starter Decap Cms
Example Gatsby + Decap CMS project
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.
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.
- Gatsby
GatsbyJS is a free and open-source static site generator based on React. It uses a modern development stack including Webpack, GraphQL, and modern JavaScript and CSS frameworks. It also provides a rich set of plugins, starters, and themes.
- 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
- Bulma
Bulma is a free, open source CSS framework based on Flexbox and built with Sass. It's 100% responsive, fully modular, and available for free.
- SCSS
SCSS is a preprocessor scripting language that extends the capabilities of CSS by adding features such as variables, nesting, and mixins. It allows developers to write more efficient and maintainable CSS code, and helps to streamline the development process by reducing repetition and increasing reusability.
- NetlifyCMS
Netlify CMS is a powerful and flexible content management system that is designed to work seamlessly with the Netlify platform. Netlify CMS provides a user-friendly interface for managing content, including support for custom content types, localization, and asset management.
- Netlify
Netlify is a cloud-based web development platform that provides a range of tools and services to help developers build, deploy, and manage modern web applications. It offers features such as continuous deployment, serverless functions, and CDN hosting, making it an ideal platform for building fast, scalable, and secure websites.