Try it on your computer
Install two tools, create a site, start it on your computer and sign in to the admin.
ReadThe cms makes websites and online shops that you run on your own server and edit in the browser. Start with Self-hosting to get a site running, then read Building your site, Features and For developers. New here? Try it on your computer.
Install two tools, create a site, start it on your computer and sign in to the admin.
ReadPut your site on a Linux server with Docker, point your domain at it and get an https certificate that renews itself.
ReadRun the site behind a Cloudflare Tunnel, Pangolin, the Cloudflare proxy or another proxy that handles https.
ReadA checklist for before real visitors arrive, with email, payments, captcha, search engines and Postgres.
ReadWhat to back up, how to back up and restore it, and how to move a site to a new version of the cms.
ReadProblems a new site runs into, with the command that shows the cause and the fix: certificates, 502 errors, sign-in, email, builds and more.
ReadBuild pages from blocks: add a page, lay blocks out, show code, set the header and menu, and decide who can open a page.
ReadChange colours, fonts, spacing, buttons, form fields and code colours for the whole site, in the admin or in theme.ts.
ReadHow pages appear in search results and link previews: titles, descriptions, share images, hiding a page, the sitemap and staging copies.
ReadKeep your own lists, such as projects, staff or venues: define the fields, add items and show them on a page, with no code.
ReadPut your shop or venues on a live map with pins, circles, icons or your logo, and choose where the map pictures come from.
ReadRun a blog or news section: write posts, show them in a list, change the post template and add fields of your own.
ReadEdit the emails your site sends, preview them, send yourself a test, set the sender and choose the provider.
ReadSell products: turn the shop on, add a product, take a test payment and then real ones, and look after orders.
ReadLet people register and sign in with a password, Google or Pocket ID, and decide who gets into the admin.
ReadAdd a contact form to a page, get each message by email and keep every submission.
ReadAsk one question, count the votes, show the results, and decide who may vote and how often.
ReadSay when you are free, let visitors book a time, and send both sides a calendar invite.
ReadSend a longer list of questions over several pages, behind a link, and download the answers.
ReadMake a block of your own, from a plain one to an interactive one, and style and test it.
ReadWrite a feature of your own beside the cms’s: its tables, routes, admin screen, pages and blocks.
ReadShow the latest posts of your own Instagram account in a grid, and set up the Meta app it needs.
ReadConnect Claude, ChatGPT or another AI assistant to your site so it can build pages, change the look and check its work.
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