The Butler

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

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.

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
   • Hyde: themes/hyde/layouts/
   • Garth: themes/garth/layouts/

Build & deploy

Locally

Run the following command in a terminal:

bash ./scripts/build.sh

Cloud

Provider	Demo	Deploy
Netlify	https://the-butler-demo.cecil.app
Vercel	https://the-butler.vercel.app
Cloudflare Pages	https://the-butler.pages.dev	- Framework preset: None - Build command: curl -sSOL https://cecil.app/build.sh && bash ./build.sh - Build output directory: _site
GitHub	https://cecilapp.github.io/the-butler/	See GitHub Actions workflow file.
GitLab	https://cecilapp.gitlab.io/the-butler/	See GitLab config file.
Render	https://the-butler.onrender.com
Travis CI	N/A	See Travis config file.

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