goodideasalways-website

Good Ideas Always Work - Website

A bilingual (English/Chinese) website built with Hugo + Decap CMS, hosted on Netlify.

How to deploy

Step 1: Create a GitHub repository

  1. Go to https://github.com/new
  2. Name it goodideasalways-website (or any name you like)
  3. Set it to Public
  4. Click Create repository

Step 2: Upload files

  1. On the new repo page, click “uploading an existing file”
  2. Drag the entire contents of this folder into the upload area
  3. Click Commit changes

Step 3: Connect to Netlify

  1. Go to https://app.netlify.com
  2. Click Add new site → Import an existing project
  3. Choose GitHub and select your repository
  4. Build settings should auto-detect (Hugo). If not:
    • Build command: hugo --minify
    • Publish directory: public
  5. Click Deploy site

Step 4: Set up your domain

  1. In Netlify site settings → Domain management
  2. Add your custom domain: goodideasalways.work
  3. Update your DNS settings as instructed

Step 5: Enable Netlify Identity (for CMS login)

  1. In Netlify site settings → Identity
  2. Click Enable Identity
  3. Under Registration, select Invite only
  4. Under Services → Git Gateway, click Enable Git Gateway
  5. Go to Identity tab, click Invite users, enter your email
  6. Check your email and accept the invitation

Step 6: Use the CMS

  1. Go to https://goodideasalways.work/admin
  2. Log in with your email
  3. Start creating content!

Project structure

content/
  blog/          → Blog posts (bilingual)
  products/      → Product pages (bilingual)
  legal/         → Privacy policies, terms (bilingual)
layouts/         → HTML templates
static/
  admin/         → Decap CMS config
  css/           → Stylesheet
  images/        → Uploaded images
i18n/            → Translation strings
hugo.toml        → Hugo config
netlify.toml     → Netlify build config