Overview

The Gatsby Contentful Starter is a blog template designed to create scalable and low-maintenance static sites. It integrates with Contentful, an API that provides an easy-to-use interface for content creators, allowing them to edit and publish content without the need for technical knowledge. The starter also includes features such as a simple content model, responsive image support, and the ability to connect with services like Travis CI or Netlify for automated publishing.

Features

• Simple content model and structure, easily customizable.
• Integration with Contentful using the Sync API.
• Integration with Contentful using the Delivery API.
• Responsive and adaptive images through gatsby-image.

Installation

To use the Gatsby Contentful Starter, follow these steps:

1. Ensure you have a Contentful account. If not, you can register at www.contentful.com/sign-up.
2. Install Yarn if you haven’t already.
3. Get the source code and install dependencies.
4. Alternatively, you can use the Gatsby CLI.
5. Set up the necessary content model and create a configuration file.
6. Run the Contentful setup command using yarn run setup (or manually rename .contentful.json.sample to .contentful.json and add your configuration).
7. Use the available commands to develop and ship your code (yarn run dev for local development, yarn run build for production build, yarn run deploy to publish to GitHub pages, and yarn run cleanup-repository to remove dependencies, scripts, and data from installation).

Summary

The Gatsby Contentful Starter allows users to create scalable and low-maintenance static sites by integrating with Contentful. It offers a simple content model, responsive image support, and can be connected to services like Travis CI or Netlify for automated publishing. With its easy-to-use interface, content creators can edit and publish content without the need for technical knowledge. Overall, this starter provides a convenient way to build a blog using Gatsby and Contentful.