Micro CMS for statically hosted personal website [Personal Website CMS]

This minimal CMS runs using client side technology so that it can also be hosted on a server that can only host static websites. It uses JSON api to make things Dynamic. It provides Setup GUI to allow editing the website contents and configuration.
It's not jekyll. Personal-Website-CMS is built using React and depends on one or more configuration files. This app uses the React Router library to make routing easier.

Features

• Classic Features

  • About Page
  • Education Page
  • Experience Page
  • Projects Page
  • Individual project's page
  • Gallery Page
  • Services Page
  • Skills Page
  • Contact Page
  • Setup Page

• Additional Features

  • Completely dynamic setup.
  • Dynamic content is generated on the fly.
  • Dynamic content is generated using JSON api.
  • Supports GitHub Pages (and give extra features like saving configuration on button click).
  • Fast and easy to set up.
  • Cheap to host static project on a server.
  • Complete customization.

Installation

• On GitHub pages

  1. Fork the repository, preferably with name {your-username}.github.io
  2. Go to settings and enable GitHub pages. This may take some time. Visit {your-username}.github.io or the domain you chose to verify and move to next step.
  3. Perform Step 2, 3, & 4 of Upgrade Section.
  4. Follow Steps in Maintenance Section for website setup and customization.

• On your own server

  1. Open terminal inside public_html or wwwroot or equivalent folder. (referred as www-folder).
  2. Run git clone https://github.com/nightmaregaurav/personal-website-cms.git .
     • Make sure the www-folder is empty before you perform this step.
  3. Perform Step 2, 3, & 4 of Upgrade Section.
  4. Follow Steps in Maintenance Section for website setup and customization.

Opening Setup UI

• Navigate to <root>/setup URL
• That may fail to work in some cases.
• Use the key you chose in previous setup with Ctrl+Shift+Alt (Default key is s if you haven't set any).

Maintenance

1. Open setup page.
2. Make Changes.
3. Click Save config.json
   • For GitHub Page, it will automatically commit and push the changes to the repository.
   • For other hosting, you have to manually commit and push the changes(or upload) to the server.
4. Wait for the changes to take effect. (It may take 1 to 5 minutes, Check your website to verify).
5. Reopen and reload setup page.
6. Click Save sitemap.xml
   • For GitHub Page, it will automatically commit and push the changes to the repository.
   • For other hosting, you have to manually commit and push the changes(or upload) to the server.
7. Sit back and relax.

Upgrade

1. Pull from upstream or Sync fork.
2. Open setup page.
3. Click Fix 404.html.
   • For GitHub Page, it will automatically commit and push the changes to the repository.
   • For other hosting, you have to manually commit and push the changes(or upload) to the server.
4. Click Fix index.html.
   • For GitHub Page, it will automatically commit and push the changes to the repository.
   • For other hosting, you have to manually commit and push the changes(or upload) to the server.
5. Done

IMPORTANT

• It is recommended that you DO NOT add/modify files in the repository manually unless you really know what you are doing.

• If you need to serve static files in any special case, you can do so in and only in 'data' folder in the root of the repo

Sometimes, those who view this repository are looking for the Source Repository

This repository is only for

• Forking/Cloning and hosting the website.
• Discussion related to non-technical topics related to this CMS.

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Note: This Project is Licensed under GNU GPLv3.

Which means Anyone are permitted for:

• Commercial use: The licensed material and derivatives may be used for commercial purposes.
• Distribution: The licensed material may be distributed.
• Modification: The licensed material may be modified.
• Patent use: This license provides an express grant of patent rights from contributors.
• Private use The licensed material may be used and modified in private.

Under Condition that:

• Disclose source: Source code must be made available when the licensed material is distributed.
• License and copyright notice: A copy of the license and copyright notice must be included with the licensed material.
• Same license: Modifications must be released under the same license when distributing the licensed material. In some cases a similar or related license may be used.
• State changes: Changes made to the licensed material must be documented. Along with link to original source

Note that rehosting Release Repository or Source Repository instead of forking and/or removing credits/backlinks/ownership-info from either of them is strictly against the license term of this project and such actions are sueable in a court of law.

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For Issues, Contributions, and Source Code: Visit the Source Repository