I am trying to setup my jekyll site, stored on GitHub, hosted on Github-pages with a Content Management System (CMS). Currently I have to create new markdown files and push to GitHub just to add a new post. I am trying to use DecapCMS but the instructions include netlify hosting specific steps, even though it’s supposed to be independent of netlify.
Describe the bug
I followed the jekyll setup instructions and my site still can’t use decap CMS. I followed the instructions here
jekyll guide and here- GitHub backend to setup the GitHub backend.
I followed the steps to setup the identity widget
I have setup the secrets and got the client ID for my project but at the section that says to:
Follow the authentication provider setup steps in the Netlify docs
It says in the netlify docs
When you complete application registration with GitHub, you need to add the Client ID and Client Secret to your Netlify site:
Problem is that the site isn’t hosted on Netlify, since it’s on Github pages. I assumed I wouldn’t have to change the hosting provider. But the remaining steps require a Netlify site to do these steps in the Netlify UI page. Clicking the links takes me to one of my other projects hosted on Netlify so I can enter the client ID and secret.
Go to Site configuration > Access & security > OAuth
Under Authentication Providers, select Install Provider.
Select GitHub and enter the Client ID and Client Secret from earlier, then save.
So this is where I had to stop following the tutorial on the DecapCMS docs. I feel I’m almost there but just missing something.
I tried to look for alternatives and found the section for external OAuth, but it doesn’t have a jekyll setup with Github pages
[https://decapcms.org/docs/external-oauth-clients/](external OAuth)
Nevertheless I tried the serverless option and it just confused me more. If anyone knows how to use this I will be grateful for your help.
To Reproduce
Expected behavior
To be able to use Decap CMS on my Github pages website without changing hosting providers
Screenshots
This is what I see when I go to the /admin route.
Then it fails at this step
Applicable Versions:
- Decap CMS version:
- decap-cms-app 3.3.3
decap-cms.js:sourcemap:393 decap-cms-core 3.4.2
decap-cms.js:sourcemap:491 decap-cms 3.3.3 - Git provider: GitHub
- OS: Windows 11
- Browser version Version 128.0.6613.138 (Official Build) (64-bit)
CMS configuration
https://github.com/RDjarbeng/RDjarbeng/blob/main/admin/config.yml
Additional context
Site is my personal website located at:
https://rdjarbeng.github.io/RDjarbeng/
On GitHub:
https://github.com/RDjarbeng/RDjarbeng
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