Gatsby Starter DatoCMS Homepage

Create a homepage using Gatsby and DatoCMS. This starter demonstrates how to use DatoCMS to build a homepage and can be customized to match your own visual branding.

View the Demo

Note: This version of the DatoCMS homepage starter is written in JavaScript. If you want to use DatoCMS but TypeScript is more your style, there is also a TypeScript version maintained on GitHub.

Quick start

You will need a new or existing DatoCMS project to use this starter and will be asked for a Read-only API token as well as the environment during installation. You can find your API token under the Settings > API tokens section of your project settings, and Environment can be found under the Settings > Environments section. By default your environment will be named "main".

1. Create a Gatsby site

   Use the Gatsby CLI to get started locally:

   npx gatsby new my-homepage https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby-starter-datocms-homepage

2. Create your DatoCMS project

This will clone the data model and records backing the demo site to populate your DatoCMS project.

1. Run the setup script

After setting up the cloned DatoCMS project, from your site's root directory, run:

cd my-homepage
yarn setup

This will run a script to create .env.development and .env.production files for you populated with your DatoCMS project environment variables.

1. Start developing

   In your site directory, start the development server:

   yarn start

   Your site should now be running at http://localhost:8000

2. Open the source code and start editing

Deploy your site

Once your content is available in DatoCMS, deploy your site to Gatsby Cloud:

1. Push your local site to a new repo in either GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
2. Log into your Gatsby Cloud Dashboard and click on Add a site
3. Use the Import from a Git repository option to find your site
4. Add the environment variables from your .env.production file to Gatsby Cloud during setup
5. Click Build site and your site should start building

For a more detailed walkthrough, see the tutorial on how to build your site with Gatsby Cloud.

Deploy without using the CLI

Alternatively, you can deploy this starter directly to Gatsby Cloud.

Note that you will need to set up your content in DatoCMS manually.

Setting up Gatsby Cloud Preview

To enable Gatsby Preview with this site, see the documentation for Installing Content Sync for DatoCMS.

What's included?

├── README.md
├── gatsby-config.js
├── gatsby-node.js
├── src
│   ├── components
│   ├── pages
│   ├── colors.css.ts
│   ├── styles.css.ts
│   └── theme.css.ts
└── .env.EXAMPLE

1. gatsby-config.js: Gatsby config file that includes plugins required for this starter.
2. gatsby-node.js: Gatsby Node config file that creates an abstract data model for the homepage content.
3. src/: The source directory for the starter, including pages, components, and Vanilla Extract files for styling.

How to

Update the color theme

To update the colors used in this starter, edit the src/colors.css.ts file.

// src/colors.css.ts
export const colors = {
  background: "#fff",
  text: "#db3000",
  primary: "#db3000",
  muted: "#fffbfa",
  active: "#751a00",
  black: "#000",
}

If you'd like to add additional colors, add additional keys to this object. This file is imported into src/theme.css.ts and creates CSS custom properties, that can be imported and used in other .css.ts files.

The UI components file src/components/ui.js imports styles from src/components/ui.css.ts. You can see how the theme and color values are being used in this file.

Add your logo

Replace the src/components/brand-logo.js component with your own brand logo. If you have an SVG version, it can be rendered inline as a React component, following the example in this file. Note that SVG attributes will need to be camel cased for JSX.

Using an inline SVG for the logo allows it to pick up the colors used in CSS, which is how the logo colors are inverted for the mobile menu.

If you prefer to use an image, use the StaticImage component from gatsby-plugin-image in place of the SVG in this file.

Customize headings, buttons, and other styles

To further customize the look and feel of the homepage, edit the UI components in src/components/ui.js and styles in src/components/ui.css.ts.

Customize section components

To customize any of the sections of the homepage, edit the relevant component in src/components. Most of the styles for these components are handled with shared UI components in src/components/ui.js.

Create custom section components

To create a new type of section in your homepage, you'll want to create a new section component, using the existing components as an example. For this example, we'll create a new "Banner" component.

1. First, update your content model in DatoCMS

   1. In your DatoCMS project, go to Settings > Blocks Library to create a new block called "Banner."

      

   2. For this example, add two Text fields to your new block type: heading and text – these can be Single-line string types.

      

   3. After saving the new block type, navigate to Settings > Models and edit the Homepage model.

      

   4. Edit the Content field and under Validations, add the Banner to the list of allowed blocks.

      

   5. Go to the Content tab in your project select Homepage, scroll to the bottom and click Create new to add content for your Banner, then save the Homepage.

      

2. Update gatsby-node.js

   Edit your site's gatsby-node.js file, adding an interface for HomepageBanner that matches your content model in DatoCMS. This allows the homepage to query the abstract HomepageBanner type.

   // in gatsby-node.js
   exports.createSchemaCustomization = async ({ actions }) => {
     // ...
     actions.createTypes(`
       interface HomepageBanner implements Node & HomepageBlock {
         id: ID!
         blocktype: String
         heading: String
         text: String
       }
     `)
     // ...
     actions.createTypes(`
       type DatoCmsBanner implements Node & HomepageBanner & HomepageBlock @dontInfer {
         id: ID!
         blocktype: String @blocktype
         heading: String
         text: String
       }
     `)
     // ...
   }

3. Next, create the Banner component:

   // src/components/banner.js
   import * as React from "react"
   import { graphql } from "gatsby"
   import { Section, Container, Heading, Text } from "./ui"
   
   export default function Banner(props) {
     return (
       <Section>
         <Container>
           <Heading>{props.heading}</Heading>
           <Text>{props.text}</Text>
         </Container>
       </Section>
     )
   }
   
   export const query = graphql`
     fragment HomepageBannerContent on HomepageBanner {
       id
       heading
       text
     }
   `

4. Export the component from src/components/sections.js

   // src/components/sections.js
   export { default as HomepageHero } from "./hero"
   export { default as HomepageFeature } from "./feature"
   export { default as HomepageFeatureList } from "./feature-list"
   export { default as HomepageLogoList } from "./logo-list"
   export { default as HomepageBenefitList } from "./benefit-list"
   export { default as HomepageTestimonialList } from "./testimonial-list"
   export { default as HomepageStatList } from "./stat-list"
   export { default as HomepageCta } from "./cta"
   export { default as HomepageProductList } from "./product-list"
   
   // add export for new component
   export { default as HomepageBanner } from "./banner"

5. Add the GraphQL query fragment to the query in src/pages/index.js

   // in src/pages/index.js
   export const query = graphql`
     {
       homepage {
         id
         title
         description
         image {
           id
           url
         }
         blocks: content {
           id
           blocktype
           ...HomepageHeroContent
           ...HomepageFeatureContent
           ...HomepageFeatureListContent
           ...HomepageCtaContent
           ...HomepageLogoListContent
           ...HomepageTestimonialListContent
           ...HomepageBenefitListContent
           ...HomepageStatListContent
           ...HomepageProductListContent
           # New component fragment
           ...HomepageBannerContent
         }
       }
     }
   `

Troubleshooting

Errors after making changes to the schema

If you've made changes to the gatsby-node.js file or changes to the DatoCMS data model, clear the Gatsby cache before running the develop server:

yarn clean && yarn start

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