Starter Blog

Overview:

The Craft CMS Blog Starter is a project designed for developers who are new to Craft CMS and want to quickly learn the basics. It provides a turn-key front-end built on the Twig templating language, and covers various topics and features such as using a Matrix field as a page-builder, templating fundamentals, pagination of entries, responsive images, local asset volumes, error pages, installation and configuration of plugins, front-end development with Webpack and Tailwind CSS. The starter project is free to use, and users have the option to upgrade to Craft Pro or add paid plugins.

Features:

• Using a Matrix field as a page-builder
• Templating fundamentals (inheritance with layouts, dynamic includes, macros)
• Pagination of entries
• Responsive images
• Local asset volumes
• Error pages
• Installation and configuration of plugins
• Front-end development with Webpack and Tailwind CSS

Installation:

To install the Craft CMS Blog Starter, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Set up your local environment.
3. Create a .env file.
4. Start your local development environment with DDEV.
5. Set up your development flow with Tailwind CSS and Webpack.
6. Optionally, set up a GraphQL API endpoint and try the Gatsby starter.

Summary:

The Craft CMS Blog Starter is a free project designed to help developers new to Craft CMS quickly learn the basics. It provides a turn-key front-end built on Twig templating and covers various features such as page-building with Matrix fields, templating fundamentals, pagination, responsive images, local asset volumes, error pages, plugin installation/configurati