timwis / jkan

A lightweight, backend-free open data portal, powered by Jekyll
https://jkan.io
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Update docs & website to reflect Netlify as recommended hosting provider #220

Closed timwis closed 1 year ago

timwis commented 1 year ago

With GitHub/GitLab pages as an equally viable option (but without the Editor UI), and self-hosting as a third option, for advanced users.

See #204 for discussion.

timwis commented 1 year ago

Having some trouble getting the Deploy to Netlify button working using this URL:

https://app.netlify.com/start/deploy?repository=https://github.com/timwis/jkan&branch=netlify-deploy&stack=cms

The issues are:

timwis commented 1 year ago

Okay, I've managed to get it working on Netlify (I was stumped by a dependency issue for a few days). Just need to get the login working out-of-the-box and figure out why Netlify still thinks it's a JavaScript site and not a Jekyll one.