Getting Started with VitePress: Project Setup and Essentials
From setup to styling with Tailwind CSS and automatic Vue imports, build your content-driven site effortlessly.
Create a Blog with VitePress and Vue.js from Scratch
Hello and welcome! 👋
You're about to embark on the "Create a Blog with VitePress and Vue.js from Scratch" series!
Throughout this journey, we will construct a practical blog from the ground up using VitePress. We will explore a range of topics from initial configuration to deploying on Cloudflare Pages, including:
- Project Initialization: Learn to set up a fresh VitePress project by incorporating Tailwind CSS and unplugin-vue-components for an enhanced development process.
- Establish the Basics for a Custom Theme: We will entirely remove the default theme and create a personalized theme. You'll be surprised by its simplicity!
- Define the Design of the Blog Architecture: Discover how to organize code and design your blog for scalability and maintainability.
- List Blog Posts: Create a list of blog posts. This will introduce data loaders from VitePress.
- Read Blog Articles: Create a page dedicated to reading each blog post.
- Automatically Enhance SEO Metadata and Sitemap: Integrate SEO metadata for improved search engine visibility, eliminating the need for manual updates.
- Showcase Your GitHub Projects: Develop a page to display your GitHub endeavors, extending the use of data loaders and demonstrating their flexibility.
- Automatically Generate Open Graph Images (OG Images): Efficiently create Open Graph images for each post, saving time and enhancing appeal.
- Share Globally: Seamlessly deploy your blog to Cloudflare Pages, achieving this in just a few clicks!
- Automate Testing: Implement end-to-end testing with Playwright to ensure your blog functions as expected.
By the conclusion, you will possess a fully operational and captivating blog, allowing you to concentrate exclusively on producing content, which is paramount. Simply write and publish, as the blog will autonomously manage the rest.
This series offers a detailed, step-by-step guide. Rest assured, each aspect will be thoroughly elucidated, from selecting to implementing every feature. While each feature will be minimal and focused on the core, this does not mean we will forgo creating a visually pleasing and functional blog.
Should you have any inquiries, please feel free to engage in the comments section under each article.
We hope you find this series truly enjoyable! 🚀
Note
This series presupposes familiarity with TypeScript and fundamental Vue.js concepts.
All Articles
From Default to Custom: Building a VitePress Blog Theme
Step-by-step VitePress theme customization: guide to building a unique theme layout, adding Markdown content, and removing defaults.
Optimize Your VitePress Blog's Architecture Design
Discover how to optimize your VitePress blog's architecture design with scalable solutions and efficient Vite plugin integration.
Implementing Blog Index with VitePress and Tailwind CSS
Learn to create a list of blog articles using VitePress, a crucial feature for any content-centric website. Utilize data loaders to load articles.
Single Blog Rendering in VitePress with Tailwind Typography
Enhance your VitePress blog with Tailwind Typography. Learn to render markdown beautifully with syntax highlights.
Enhance Website Visibility: SEO Metadata And Sitemap
Enhance website traffic through strategic SEO metadata and sitemaps for improved indexing. Learn how to automate metadata generation for each page.
Showcase Your GitHub Projects on Your VitePress Blog
Enhance your VitePress blog with GitHub projects. Learn API data retrieval and how to display your projects on your blog.
Creating Open Graph Images Automatically for Each Blog Post
Learn how to dynamically generate Open Graph images for each blog post, enhancing the visual appeal when sharing content on social media.
Deploy VitePress Blog Globally with Cloudflare Pages
Deploy the blog to Cloudflare Pages for global accessibility. Discover how to deploy the blog to Cloudflare Pages and share it worldwide with ease.
Ensure Blog Quality with Playwright Automated Testing
Enhance web development with Playwright-induced automated testing. Elevate blog quality through comprehensive end-to-end and SEO tests.
Thanks for reading! My name is Estéban, and I love to write about web development.
I've been coding for several years now, and I'm still learning new things every day. I enjoy sharing my knowledge with others, as I would have appreciated having access to such clear and complete resources when I first started learning programming.
If you have any questions or want to chat, feel free to comment below or reach out to me on Bluesky, X, and LinkedIn.
I hope you enjoyed this article and learned something new. Please consider sharing it with your friends or on social media, and feel free to leave a comment or a reaction below—it would mean a lot to me! If you'd like to support my work, you can sponsor me on GitHub!