Keystone Demo

This site is an example of a default Keystone application.

Try it out at http://demo.keystonejs.com

Pull requests are welcome, and if you'd like to see additional demos just open a new issue to let us know.

TODO

• lock the demo down to vandalism keystonejs/keystone#1126

Using this as a basis for your own project

We reccommend you use our new Yeoman Generator as the basis for new projects, as this demo site contains code specific to runing a public demo (like user account protection, etc).

If you do want to use this as a starting point however, you are welcome, follow the instructions below to begin.

Nitrous QuickStart

You can quickly create a free development environment to get started using this demo in the cloud on Nitrous:

Manual Install

Note: We're implementing a new theme for the demo site; to use the (old) basic bootstrap theme, check out the bootstrap-simple branch

git clone https://github.com/JedWatson/keystone-demo.git
cd keystone-demo
npm install

Setting up your accounts and environment

First, sign up for free accounts for:

• Cloudinary
• Mandrill
• Embedly

... as these services are used by features in the demo site.

Then, create a .env file in the project folder (the one with this readme) and fill in the following values:

CLOUDINARY_URL={your cloudinary url}
MANDRILL_APIKEY={your mandrill api key}
MANDRILL_USERNAME={your mandrill username}
EMBEDLY_APIKEY={your embedly key}

This file is ignored by the default .gitignore settings. When you put your project into production, replicate the env variables above, and add settings for the following:

NODE_ENV=production
COOKIE_SECRET={a random string to encrypt cookies}
MONGO_URI={your mongo connection uri} // can also be MONGOLAB_URI
GA_DOMAIN={your google analytics domain} // optional
GA_PROPERTY={your google analytics property} // optional
PORT={the port to listen on} // defaults to 3000, automatically set by paas (e.g. heroku)

Installing MongoDB

By default, KeystoneJS will look for a MongoDB server running on localhost on the default port, and connect to it. If you're getting errors related to the MongoDB connection, make sure your MongoDB server is running.

You can find more information on how to install MongoDB and other dependencies on our generator-keystone README.

Configuring the project defaults

Open keystone.js and update the name and brand to your own project.

You can also change the other settings in this file (locals, nav, etc.) as you develop your project.

Replacing the demo account

Open ./updates/0.0.1-admins.js and update the array of initial admin users to your own.

Also remove the line that says newAdmin.isProtected = true; so you can change your password.

When you run your app in production, it is strongly recommended you change your password immediately from the default in this file.

Run it!

node keystone

You should see in your console:

{your app name} is ready on port 3000

Make it your own

Now you can start modifying the demo site and customising it as your own.

Some places to start:

• routes/index.js - this is the file that binds urls to specific view controllers. Files in ./routes/views/*.js are automatically imported as routes.views.{script} ready to be bound.
• ./templates - this is the folder that holds the templates for your views. It would typically match the structure of your ./routes folder fairly closely.
• ./public - all the files in this folder are served as static assets for your site. Customise and add your own css, client-side javascript, images, etc. here. Any .less files will be automatically compiled into .css files.
• ./models - these files are included by ./models/index.js and each one sets up a different database model in your application. If you add more, be sure to add them to the index file!

Check out the Keystone Guide for documentation.

Ask us questions or tell us what you built

We love to hear what people are doing with KeystoneJS, and are always happy to help if you get stuck.

Please reach out to us via the KeystoneJS Google Group or @keystonejs on twitter.

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2015 Jed Watson

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.