Building a Collaborative Knowledge Base with Strapi, Next.js, and Tiptap (3-Part Blog Series)

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What is your article idea?

A comprehensive guide on how to create a collaborative knowledge base platform where users can create, edit, and share articles on various topics. This guide covers setting up a comprehensive backend with Strapi, building a dynamic frontend with Next.js, and integrating Tiptap for rich text editing.

Key Features

1. Article Creation and Management:

   • Users create and edit articles using the Tiptap rich text editor integrated within the application.
   • Articles are categorized into topics and subtopics for easy navigation.

2. User Authentication and Roles:

   • Strapi manages roles such as Admin, Editor, and Contributor.
   • Control over who can create, edit, or publish articles is handled by Strapi based on user roles.

3. Content Moderation:

   • Articles are submitted for review and approval before publication.
   • Admins or Editors review and approve content directly in Strapi.

4. Search and Filtering:

   • Implement a search feature in Next.js that queries data from Strapi.
   • Allow users to filter articles by category, tags, date, view counts, and likes.

5. Article Views and Likes:

   • Track article views and likes, with data stored directly in Strapi.
   • The frontend (Next.js) dynamically updates and displays view counts and likes.

6. User Profiles and Contributions:

   • User profiles display contributions (articles, likes), with all data managed by Strapi.
   • Users can follow topics or other users, with follow data stored in Strapi.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Strapi v5 serves as both the backend and the database, managing content, user roles, article views, and likes.

• Frontend:

  • Next.js: Utilized for building a fast, dynamic user interface that interacts with Strapi’s API.
  • TailwindCSS: Provides utility-first CSS styling for a flexible and responsive design system.
  • ShadCN UI: Offers pre-designed UI components to enhance the user interface with consistent and visually appealing elements.
  • Tiptap: Integrated as the rich text editor for creating and editing articles.

• Search Engine: Integrate a search engine like Elasticsearch or Algolia for enhanced search capabilities and filtering by view counts and likes, with data indexed from Strapi.

• Deployment:

  • Vercel: For deploying the Next.js frontend.
  • Heroku or DigitalOcean: For deploying Strapi.

What are the objectives of your article?

From the article, readers will learn:

1. Backend Setup:

   • Configuring Strapi v5 as a backend and database, including content types, user roles, and permissions.
   • Tracking article views and likes, and deploying Strapi on Heroku or DigitalOcean.

2. Frontend Development:

   • Building a dynamic UI with Next.js, integrating it with Strapi’s API.
   • Implementing search and filtering with Elasticsearch or Algolia.
   • Styling with TailwindCSS and ShadCN UI.

3. Rich Text Editing:

   • Integrating and customizing Tiptap for article creation and editing.
   • Managing rich text content in Strapi.

What is your expertise as a developer or writer?

Intermediate

What type of post is this?

Tutorial

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[TJ324694]

Hi @Theodore-Kelechukwu-Onyejiaku,

I would like to work on this topic. Please let me know if that’s okay, so I can provide the outline for the three parts.

Thanks, TJ

[Theodore-Kelechukwu-Onyejiaku]

Hi @TJ324694 ,

At the moment, we are not accepting this. Thank you.