Add basic CMS for Dummy site template #6
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frederickobrien
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Jan 12, 2025
| folder: "src/data/articles" | ||
| create: true | ||
| # slug: "{{year}}-{{month}}-{{day}}-{{slug}}" | ||
| slug: "{{fields.slug}}" |
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This ensures the slug and the file name stay in sync. Documentation: https://decapcms.org/docs/configuration-options/#slug
frederickobrien
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| - { label: "Featured image caption", name: "featuredImageCaption", widget: "string" } | ||
| - { label: "Publication date", name: "publicationDate", widget: "datetime" } | ||
| - { label: "Authors", name: "authors", widget: "list", fields: [{ label: "Author", name: "slug", widget: "relation", collection: "authors", searchFields: ["name"], valueField: "slug" }] } | ||
| - { label: "Section", name: "section", widget: "select", options: ["new-town", "business-district", "old-town"] } |
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Documentation: https://decapcms.org/docs/widgets/#select
Might be worth making this customisable somewhere in the CMS itself, though unlikely to change often once site is set up.
frederickobrien
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| - { label: "Featured image alt text", name: "featuredImageAltText", widget: "string" } | ||
| - { label: "Featured image caption", name: "featuredImageCaption", widget: "string" } | ||
| - { label: "Publication date", name: "publicationDate", widget: "datetime" } | ||
| - { label: "Authors", name: "authors", widget: "list", fields: [{ label: "Author", name: "slug", widget: "relation", collection: "authors", searchFields: ["name"], valueField: "slug" }] } |
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Documentation: https://decapcms.org/docs/widgets/#relation
This is lovely functionality from Decap, allows for interweaving of articles and author data.
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The remaining piece of the puzzle. Getting this working properly makes Dummy sound as a standalone template that can be set up in minutes, i.e. v1 ready. This implements a basic content managements system so users can handle content, media, and other key data.
Using Decap with authorisation set in Netlify.
The data breaks down in to the following collections:
Using the relation Decap widget article and author can be independent of each other while staying in sync.
This seemed like a good excuse to add author pages so that's been done too.
The PR also includes some import and type fixes to fit with the standalone Gonzo packages approach (#4).
Pending/to explore: