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This Gatsby theme is a front-end replacement of the Ghost Handlebars engine featuring the Balsa skin and functionality. All content is sourced from a headless Ghost CMS.\n\n\u003e This starter is being used at [Draftbox](https://draftbox.co). Get lightning fast, secure front-end for your WordPress or Ghost blog, in 5 minutes or less, without coding. For our fellow devs, we also provide code export feature.\n\n## Demo\n\n\u003ePlay with the [Demo](https://ghost-balsa-preview.draftbox.co/) to get a first impression.\n\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\n## Features\n\n- Balsa Skin from Draftbox\n- SEO optimized\n- Fully responsive\n- Gatsby images\n- Styled 404 page\n- RSS Feed\n- AMP Pages\n- Sitemap\n- Contact Form\n- Subscribe Form\n- Social Sharing\n- Google Analytics Integration\n- Segment Integration\n- Disqus Integration\n- Composable and extensible\n\n\n## Getting Started\n\n1. Install this starter by running\n\n    ```bash\n    gatsby new try-ghost https://github.com/draftbox-co/gatsby-ghost-balsa-starter\n    ```\n\n2. Change directory\n\n    ```bash\n    cd try-ghost\n    ```\n\n3. Run\n\n    ```bash\n    gatsby develop\n    ```\n    and visit your site at `http://localhost:8000`.\n\n\n## 🧐 What's inside?\n\nA quick look at the top-level files and directories you'll see in a Gatsby project.\n\n    .\n    ├── node_modules\n    ├── static\n    ├── .gitignore\n    ├── gatsby-config.js\n    ├── yarn.lock\n    ├── package.json\n    └── README.md\n\n1.  **`/node_modules`**: This directory contains all of the modules of code that your project depends on (npm packages) are automatically installed.\n\n2.  **`/static`**: This directory will contain all of the static files required by theme such as `favicon`, `logo` and `robot.txt`.\n\n3.  **`.gitignore`**: This file tells git which files it should not track / not maintain a version history for.\n\n4.  **`gatsby-config.js`**: This is the main configuration file for a Gatsby site. This is where you can specify information about your site (metadata) like the site title and description, which Gatsby plugins you’d like to include, etc. (Check out the [config docs](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/gatsby-config/) for more detail).\n\n5. **`yarn.lock`** (See `yarn.lock` below, first). This is an automatically generated file based on the exact versions of your npm dependencies that were installed for your project. **(You won’t change this file directly).**\n\n6. **`package.json`**: A manifest file for Node.js projects, which includes things like metadata (the project’s name, author, etc). This manifest is how npm knows which packages to install for your project.\n\n7. **`README.md`**: A text file containing useful reference information about your project.\n\n## Configure\n\n```js\n    //siteConfig.js\n    module.exports = {\n        siteUrl: `https://your-blog.com`, // Do not include a trailing slash!\n    \n        postsPerPage: 12, //for future use\n    \n        siteTitleMeta: `Gatsby Starter Ghost CMS`, // This allows an alternative site title for meta data for pages.\n        siteDescriptionMeta: `Gastby Starter with Ghost CMS and Casper Skin`, // This allows an site description for meta data for pages.\n    \n        shareImageWidth: 1000, // Change to the width of your default share image\n        shareImageHeight: 523, // Change to the height of your default share image\n    \n        shortTitle: `Ghost`, // Used for App manifest e.g. Mobile Home Screen\n        siteIcon: `favicon.png`, // Logo in /static dir used for SEO, RSS, and App manifest\n        backgroundColor: `#e9e9e9`, // Used for Offline Manifest\n        themeColor: `#15171A`, // Used for Offline Manifest\n    }\n```\n\nIn the configuration shown above, the most important fields to be changed are `siteUrl`, `siteTitleMeta` and `siteDescriptionMeta`. Update at least those to fit your needs.\n\n\n## Ghost Content API keys\n\nAll content is sourced from a Ghost CMS. If you don't customize the file `.ghost.json` content is fetched from the demo location at `https://cms.gotsby.org`. Surely you want to source your own content. Change the keys to match your own Ghost CMS Content API keys:\n\n```bash\n\n    {\n        \"development\": {\n            \"apiUrl\": \"http://localhost:2368\",\n            \"contentApiKey\": \"9fccdb0e4ea5b572e2e5b92942\"\n        },\n        \"production\": {\n            \"apiUrl\": \"http://localhost:2368\",\n            \"contentApiKey\": \"9fccdb0e4ea5b572e2e5b92942\"\n        }\n    }\n```\n\n## Deploy\n\n```bash\n    gatsby build\n```\n\nAfter completion of the build process your static site can be found in the `public/` folder. Copy those files over to your webserver.\n\n\n## Optimizing\n\nYou can disable the default Ghost Handlebars theme front-end by enabling the `Make this site private` flag within your Ghost settings. This enables password protection in front of the Ghost install and sets `\u003cmeta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex\" /\u003e` so your Gatsby front-end becomes the source of truth for SEO.\n\n\n## Authors\n- Arun Priyadarshi ([@Gunnerforlife](https://github.com/Gunnerforlife)) – [Draftbox](https://draftbox.co)\n- Keyur Raval ([@thandaanda](https://github.com/thandaanda)) – [Draftbox](https://draftbox.co)\n- Shyam Lohar ([@shyamlohar](https://github.com/shyamlohar)) – [Draftbox](https://draftbox.co)\n- Tanmay Desai ([@tanmaydesai89](https://github.com/tanmaydesai89)) – [Draftbox](https://draftbox.co)\n\n## Contributions\nPRs are welcome! Consider contributing to this project if you are missing feature that is also useful for others.\n\n# Copyright \u0026 License\n\nCopyright (c) 2020 [Draftbox](https://draftbox.co) - Released under the [MIT license](LICENSE).\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdraftbox-co%2Fgatsby-ghost-balsa-starter","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fdraftbox-co%2Fgatsby-ghost-balsa-starter","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdraftbox-co%2Fgatsby-ghost-balsa-starter/lists"}