README.md

Jekyll + Contentful + Tailwinds

This is a starter kit for using Contentful and Tailwinds with Jekyll

Create your content model in contentful

This example uses a content model called post. With the fields.

• title (short-text, Entry title)
• slug (default from title)
• body (long-text, markdown)

Add your Contentful information

update the _config.yml file

• uncomment the page_gen section and update with your contentful data source
• uncomment the contentful secont and update the word "example" with the name of your contentful space

Run locally

• create a duplicate called _config-secret.yml in this file, update the "space" and "access_token" with your contentful creditials.
• add your _config-secret.yml to the .gitignore file
• run the server with jekyll serve --config _config-secret.yml

Run on Netlify

• Add your contentful creditials into environment variables
• put Jekyll Contentful && Jekyll Build in your build settings

Example page generator

See /_layouts/blog.html file for a generated template example. More setting examples can be found at Jekyll Datapage Gen

Add a loop to the index page

Add a quick loop to your index page with this example using

{% for post in site.data.contentful.YOURSPACENAME.post %}
[{{ post.title}}](/blog/{{ post.slug }})
{% endfor %}