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  • 1) cd to my sites folder:
  • 2) Clone the repo for my template site
  • 3) cd into that new site:
  • 4) Bundle Install to install the gems for this project
  • 5) npm install to install the javascript dependecies
  • 6) Remove the template github repo from the current origin
  • 7) Set up the new repo on github
  • 8) Make first commit to the new GitHub repo:
  • 9) Run the server in terminal tab 1:
  • 10) Update info in config.rb
  • 11) Update favicon and default meta image
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  2. Middleman

Start a new middleman site from my template

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Last updated 4 years ago

My middleman template site comes with the following pre-installed:

  • Tailwind

  • Stimulus JS

  • Webpack

  • Postcss

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1) cd to my sites folder:

cd ~/code/active/sites

2) Clone the repo for my template site

git clone https://github.com/CasJam/middelman-template.git new-site-name

3) cd into that new site:

cd new-site-name

4) Bundle Install to install the gems for this project

bundle install

5) npm install to install the javascript dependecies

npm install

6) Remove the template github repo from the current origin

git remote rm origin

7) Set up the new repo on github

  1. Log into my github.com account

  2. "Create New Repository"

  3. Name it the same as my projectname

  4. Get commands from the instructions under "...or push an existing repository from the command line."

8) Make first commit to the new GitHub repo:

git add .
git commit -m "first commit"
git push --set-upstream origin master

9) Run the server in terminal tab 1:

middleman s

10) Update info in config.rb

In the new project, open config.rb and update the helper methods with this new site's name, URL, etc.

11) Update favicon and default meta image

These can be founded in source/images/favicon and source/images/meta

https://github.com/CasJam/middelman-template