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Tailwind Nextjs Starter Blog

This is a Next.js, Tailwind CSS blogging starter template. Probably the most feature rich nextjs markdown blogging template out there. Comes out of the box configured with the latest technologies to make technical writing a breeze. Easily configurable and customizable. Perfect as a replacement to existing Jekyll and Hugo individual blogs.

Check out the documentation below to get started.

Facing issues? Check the FAQ page and do a search on past issues. Feel free to open a new issue if none has been posted previously.

Feature request? Check the past discussions to see if it has been brough up previously. Otherwise, feel free to start a new discussion thread. All ideas are welcomed!

Examples

Demo Blog - this repo
My personal blog - modified to auto-generate blog posts with dates
Aloisdg’s cookbook - with pictures and recipes!
GautierArcin’s demo with next translate - includes translation of mdx posts, source code

Using the template? Feel free to create a PR and add your blog to this list.

Motivation

I wanted to port my existing blog to Nextjs and Tailwind CSS but there was no easy out of the box template to use so I decided to create one. Design is adapted from Tailwindlabs blog.

I wanted it to be nearly as feature-rich as popular blogging templates like beautiful-jekyll and Hugo Academic but with the best of React’s ecosystem and current web development’s best practices.

Features

Easy styling customization with Tailwind 2.0 and primary color attribute
Near perfect lighthouse score - Lighthouse report
Lightweight, 39kB first load JS, uses Preact in production build
Mobile-friendly view
Light and dark theme
Supports plausible, simple analytics and google analytics
MDX - write JSX in markdown documents!
Server-side syntax highlighting with line numbers and line highlighting via rehype-prism-plus
Math display supported via KaTeX
Automatic image optimization via next/image
Flexible data retrieval with mdx-bundler
Support for tags - each unique tag will be its own page
Support for multiple authors
Blog templates
TOC component
Support for nested routing of blog posts
Supports giscus, utterances or disqus
Projects page
SEO friendly with RSS feed, sitemaps and more!

Sample posts

Quick Start Guide

JS (official support) - npx degit https://github.com/timlrx/tailwind-nextjs-starter-blog.git or TS (community support) - npx degit timlrx/tailwind-nextjs-starter-blog#typescript
Personalize siteMetadata.js (site related information)
Personalize authors/default.md (main author)
Modify projectsData.js
Modify headerNavLinks.js to customize navigation links
Add blog posts
Deploy on Vercel

Development

First, run the development server:

npm start
# or
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

You can start editing the page by modifying pages/index.js. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.

Extend / Customize

data/siteMetadata.js - contains most of the site related information which should be modified for a user’s need.

data/authors/default.md - default author information (required). Additional authors can be added as files in data/authors.

data/projectsData.js - data used to generate styled card in projects page.

data/headerNavLinks.js - navigation links.

data/logo.svg - replace with your own logo.

data/blog - replace with your own blog posts.

public/static - store assets such as images and favicons.

tailwind.config.js and css/tailwind.css - contain the tailwind stylesheet which can be modified to change the overall look and feel of the site.

components/social-icons - to add other icons, simply copy an svg file from Simple Icons and map them in index.js. Other icons uses heroicons.

components/MDXComponents.js - pass your own JSX code or React component by specifying it over here. You can then call them directly in the .mdx or .md file. By default, a custom link and image component is passed.

layouts - main templates used in pages.

pages - pages to route to. Read the Next.js documentation for more information

Post

Frontmatter

Frontmatter follows Hugo’s standards.

Currently 7 fields are supported.

title (required)
date (required)
tags (required, can be empty array)
lastmod (optional)
draft (optional)
summary (optional)
images (optional, if none provided defaults to socialBanner in siteMetadata config)
authors (optional list which should correspond to the file names in `data/authors`. Uses `default` if none is specified)
layout (optional list which should correspond to the file names in `data/layouts`)

Here’s an example of a post’s frontmatter:

---
title: 'Introducing Tailwind Nexjs Starter Blog'
date: '2021-01-12'
lastmod: '2021-01-18'
tags: ['next-js', 'tailwind', 'guide']
draft: false
summary: 'Looking for a performant, out of the box template, with all the best in web technology to support your blogging needs? Checkout the Tailwind Nextjs Starter Blog template.'
images: ['/static/images/canada/mountains.jpg', '/static/images/canada/toronto.jpg']
authors: ['default']
layout: PostLayout
---

Compose

Run node ./scripts/compose.js to bootstrap a new post.

Follow the interactive prompt to generate a post with pre-filled front matter.

Deploy

Vercel
The easiest way to deploy the template is to use the Vercel Platform from the creators of Next.js. Check out the Next.js deployment documentation for more details.

Netlify / Github Pages / Firebase etc.
As the template uses next/image for image optimization, additional configurations has to be made to deploy on other popular static hosting websites like Netlify or Github Pages. An alternative image optimization provider such as Imgix, Cloudinary or Akamai has to be used. Alternatively, replace the next/image component with a standard <img> tag. See next/image documentation for more details.

Support

Using the template? Support this effort by giving a star on Github, sharing your own blog and giving a shoutout on Twitter or be a project sponsor.

Licence

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