The EM GUIDE tool is a custom web application designed to support the editorial work of international journalists working in a multilingual environment.
The development of the EM GUIDE tool has been accomplished in the context of the EM GUIDE project, learn more about it at emgui.de.
- Document and manage articles;
- Create translation requests for articles;
- Email notifications to editors of content changes and comments;
- Search and filter articles;
- Content versioning;
A detailed user manual can be found here.
The EM GUIDE tool has been developed using Strapi, a headless content management system. The Strapi admin panel, built natively with React, is utilized for content management without the need for a custom frontend.
The EM GUIDE tool builds upon the Strapi to implement specific functionalities such as email notifications and commenting via custom plugins and lifecycle hooks. As future work, a custom admin interface (frontend) may be implemented using the Strapi API.
Clone this repository to get the code of the EM GUIDE tool.
Use the following command to start the EM GUIDE tool in development mode.
yarn developUse the following command to start the EM GUIDE tool in production mode.
yarn startUse the following command to (re)build if needed.
yarn buildThe EM GUIDE tool can be deployed using a Docker Compose setup (including a database, web proxy, and the application).
Clone this repository to your deployment droplet.
Use the following code to start the EM GUIDE tool on your production droplet.
docker compose up
When making changes to the code, use the following commands to stop & rebuild the application.
docker compose down
docker compose build
Important note: never down or delete the database volume as it stores the state of your application (users, articles, translation requests, settings etc.).
The following commands may help with troubleshooting your setup.
Use the -d option to read the logs of all Docker services.
docker compose up -d
Rebuild the application without cache.
docker compose build strapi --no-cache
Check the disk usage of your Docker assets to make sure that your droplet's dick is not full, and delete unused assets as needed.
docker system df