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Re: Show HN: Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub

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Post by reactordev »

This is awesome however, I’m hesitant due to the pro pricing. I get it, but I’m definitely looking for something we can host that can do this for our customer support team who aren’t the best at git, or markdown for that matter, but have valuable knowledge of setup and configuration of our apps.

Any plans to just go full OSS with it and do sponsorships or OSI model foundation support? If this is yet another SaaS product then we’ll have to stick with our current methods.

Very cool stuff though. Keep going! GitHub or GitLab should just buy this for their platform.

Re: Show HN: Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub

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Post by hunvreus »

reactordev wrote: post #61

This is awesome however, I’m hesitant due to the pro pricing. I get it, but I’m definitely looking for something we can host that can do this for our customer support team who aren’t the best at git, or markdown for that matter, but have valuable knowledge of setup and configuration of our apps. Any plans to just go full OSS with it and do sponsorships or OSI model foundation support? If this is yet another SaaS prod…

- It's 100% Open Source: https://github.com/pages-cms/pages-cms

- You can self-host it for free on Cloudflare Pages: https://pagescms.org/docs/development/#deploy-on-cloudflare

- The online version is 100% free as well: https://app.pagescms.org

There may be a pro plan at some point for some more complex features. From the FAQ on the front page:

  What's the "Pro" plan?
  
  I haven't completely figured it out, but there are a few features I'm working on that I believe would only be relevant to larger teams or professional use. Things like real-time collaboration, advanced media management (e.g., image manipulation), or S3 integration. This not only requires a lot more work but also hosting costs. If you're interested, drop me a line: hunvreus@gmail.com (@hunvreus).

Re: Show HN: Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub

#63

Post by araes »

Tried it out [1], and with a bit of work got it to function. Media, posts, all seem to upload and be viewable. With the lead-in, kind of thought it was going to be "click-a-button, you're done." However, had to wander around a bit figuring out what format zones in the blog example were, and where they needed to be. Also kind of thought it was going to restyle my GitHub page or something, which did not seem to be the case (probably just false expectations)

[1] Uploaded Media using Pages interface: https://github.com/conceptualGabrielPutnam/JAMA4JS/blob/main...

Might be kind of nice if it allowed file upload/delete on folders you have not specifically called out for a function.

On my desktop at least, the user icon is also in the lower left, and then opens the choice window off the screen to the right.

Re: Show HN: Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub

#64

Post by FanaHOVA »

hunvreus wrote: post #55
FanaHOVA wrote: post #54

Why do I have to give access to all my public and private repos instead of selecting the ones I want to give it access to?

I have an explanation in the FAQ section on the front page: Why do you need full access to all of my GitHub repositories? Well, the GitHub API kinda sucks when it comes to OAuth scoping. Pages CMS relies on the OAuth App flow, which doesn't allow for granular permissions. The alternative would be to use the GitHub App flow instead, but: It's a lot more complicated and would require us to store and orchestrate a lot m…

Got it; I hadn't heard of "Fine-Grained PATs" before so I just ignored it. My personal blog is open source already: https://github.com/FanaHOVA/2024-blog, so I was hoping to just OAuth and try it out, but I understand. Will try the self hosting at some point. Good luck with the project, looks slick.

Re: Show HN: Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub

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Post by FireInsight »

_fat_santa wrote: post #40

I've setup Decap CMS before, back when it was still called Netlify CMS. I loved the core idea of keeping all your files in Git and tracking them normally but like you said, it was just too hard get up and running and was very quirky, always thought to myself: "I wish someone would make a git based CMS like this but something that's easier to run with a less wired config / UI, seems like you did just that. Congrats!

I found DecapCMS setup quite easy the last time I did it. What roadblocks did you hit?

Re: Show HN: Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub

#66

Post by hunvreus »

araes wrote: post #63

Tried it out [1], and with a bit of work got it to function. Media, posts, all seem to upload and be viewable. With the lead-in, kind of thought it was going to be "click-a-button, you're done." However, had to wander around a bit figuring out what format zones in the blog example were, and where they needed to be. Also kind of thought it was going to restyle my GitHub page or something, which did not seem to be the…

If you can send me screenshots at hunvreus@gmail.com or file an issue on GitHub (https://github.com/pages-cms/pages-cms/issues), I'd love to fix it.

> Tried it out [1], and with a bit of work got it to function. Media, posts, all seem to upload and be viewable. With the lead-in, kind of thought it was going to be "click-a-button, you're done." However, had to wander around a bit figuring out what format zones in the blog example were, and where they needed to be. Also kind of thought it was going to restyle my GitHub page or something, which did not seem to be the case (probably just false expectations)

Agreed. For the 1.0.0 release, I want to have a configuration wizard that does most of it for you: select where your files/collections are and it infers the configuration from existing entries.

Hopefully I get it working in the next couple of weeks.

Re: Show HN: Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub

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Post by robertakarobin »

FanaHOVA wrote: post #64
hunvreus wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have an explanation in the FAQ section on the front page: Why do you need full access to all of my GitHub repositories? Well, the GitHub API kinda sucks when it comes to OAuth scoping. Pages CMS relies on the OAuth App flow, which doesn't allow for granular permissions. The alternative would be to use the GitHub App flow instead, but: It's a lot more complicated and would require us to store and orchestrate a lot m…

Got it; I hadn't heard of "Fine-Grained PATs" before so I just ignored it. My personal blog is open source already: https://github.com/FanaHOVA/2024-blog , so I was hoping to just OAuth and try it out, but I understand. Will try the self hosting at some point. Good luck with the project, looks slick.

"Fine-grained pats" is what a herd of cows produces when their feed contains too much fiber.

Re: Show HN: Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub

#69

Post by archb »

This is very cool! I recently started managing my Astro site content with Notion as a CMS, thanks to `notion-to-md` [1] and `@notionhq/client` [2] but media management is a hassle.

I had been planning to re-host Notion media files to Cloudflare R2 and rewrite content, but it might just be simpler to use Pages CMS due to built-in R2 support.

But also, I like using Notion apps on the go. Hmm.

[1] https://github.com/souvikinator/notion-to-md

[2] https://github.com/makenotion/notion-sdk-js

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