title: Content management and auto deployment for vuepress date: 2018-08-09 17:49:28 +0000 excerpt: This works like expected, this text is only visible on the front page where all the journal posts are listed

Content management and auto deployment for Vuepress

Let's check out how we can automatically deploy our vuepress sites and manage the content from within Forestry.

Preparing our vuepress site

We need to create a package.json file in the root of our project, this will include the build command and list vuepress as a dependency.

{
  "name": "project-name",
  "scripts": {
    "site:build": "vuepress build"
  },
  "author": "Nichlas W. Andersen",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "vuepress": "^0.14.1"
  }
}

Now, push it up to your remote git repository.

Deploying with Netlify

1. Create a new site in Netlify and import your repository.
2. Set the build command to: npm run site:build
3. Set the publish directory to portfolio/.vuepress/dist

Manage your content with Forestry

Well, not much to do here really, this theme is pre-configured and works out of the box with Forestry. Create an account at Forestry and import your repository.

That's it, that's all. Enjoy your new site!