Local Development Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js v18 or v20
• Ghost CLI: npm install -g ghost-cli

Getting Started

1. Clone the repo and navigate into it

   git clone <repo-url>
   cd openadmet-ghost

2. Update the config with your local path

   Open config.development.json and update the contentPath and database filename to match where you cloned the repo:

   "database": {
     "connection": {
       "filename": "/YOUR/LOCAL/PATH/openadmet-ghost/content/data/ghost-local.db"
     }
   },
   "paths": {
     "contentPath": "/YOUR/LOCAL/PATH/openadmet-ghost/content"
   }

3. Start Ghost

   ghost start

4. View the site at http://localhost:2368

   Admin panel: http://localhost:2368/ghost

5. Stop Ghost

   ghost stop

Making Theme Changes

The theme lives in content/themes/openadmet-theme/. After editing:

1. Zip the theme (run from content/themes/):

   cd content/themes
   zip -r openadmet-theme.zip openadmet-theme --exclude "openadmet-theme/node_modules/*" --exclude "*.DS_Store"

2. Upload openadmet-theme.zip in Ghost Admin → Settings → Design → Theme.