cecil/the-butler

A ready to use static blog, powered by Cecil.

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README

The Butler is a ready to use static blog, powered by Cecil.

The Butler screenshot

There is a demo?

▶️ the-butler-demo.cecil.app (theme: Hyde, host: Netlify)
▶️ the-butler-garth.vercel.app (theme: Garth, host: Vercel)

How to use?

Managing content

Manually

Create your own repository from the GitHub template, then just edit Markdown files in pages/blog/.

Netlify CMS

The easiest way to deploy and manage your blog is certainly with Netlify + Netlify CMS.

Deploy to Netlify

Customize your blog

  1. Change configuration by editing config.yml file
  2. Change templates by copying files from themes/<theme>/layouts/ to your own layouts/ directory to override them

Build & deploy

Locally

Run the following command in a terminal:

bash ./scripts/build.sh

Cloud

To use Netlify CMS (demo) you must:

  1. enable Netlify Identity and Git Gateway
  2. invite a user
  3. connect to https://<your-blog>.netlify.com/admin/ with the user credentials

Need Help?

Read the Cecil's documentation and/or ask help in Cecil's Discussions.

License

The Butler is a free software distributed under the terms of the MIT license.

© Arnaud Ligny