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Co-founder (and long-time HN lurker) here. We think that editing content for JAMstack sites can be WAY better without compromising code quality, extensibility,

Co-founder (and long-time HN lurker) here. We think that editing content for JAMstack sites can be WAY better without compromising code quality, extensibility, etc. Most CMSs feel like a GUI on a database. We’re bringing an intuitive, contextual editing experience. Think a CMS meets Wix but developer-friendly. How we're different: 1. Git-first. The filesystem can be a database for your content. 2. Visual editing. Your marketing team wants to see what they’re editingl. 3. Open-source and agnostic. Extend Tina with plugins. Point Tina to any API to read/write content (filesystem, GitHub API, or any 3rd party API).

jfbaro 6y ago
Not 100% related, but can the editing capability be (strongly) protected by login/password (Microsoft AD, for instance) so that only authorized users are able to edit the website?
- sgallant 6y ago
  Yes. Reach out if you'd like more information. scott[at]tinacms.org
andybak 6y ago
> Your marketing team wants to see what they’re editing They aren't the only ones. The "real geeks use plain text" thing grinds my gears. There are enough irritating surprises with Markdown, that I much prefer a half-decent WYSIWYG editor.
seanwilson 6y ago
> 1. Git-first. The filesystem can be a database for your content. To set TinaCMS to commit to GitHub on edit, what's the minimum you need to do in terms of extra hosting requirements?
- jpohalloran 6y ago
  To setup the GitHub integration, you will need to setup a GitHub App for authentication. You'll need to reference the GitHub App's secret within your implementation, so you'll need a backend function. Vercel & Netlify make it really easy to to do with with their API functions. There's a guide here showing how to set up GitHub on a NextJS site (and eventually hosting on Vercel): https://tina.io/guides/nextjs/github/initial-setup/ https://tina.io/guides/nextjs/github/initial-setup/
  - seanwilson 6y ago
    Thanks! How do you secure the backend function and have user authentication though? Do you know what the pricing for this would be on Netlify?

jfbaro 6y ago

Not 100% related, but can the editing capability be (strongly) protected by login/password (Microsoft AD, for instance) so that only authorized users are able to edit the website?

sgallant 6y ago
Yes. Reach out if you'd like more information. scott[at]tinacms.org

andybak 6y ago

> Your marketing team wants to see what they’re editing They aren't the only ones. The "real geeks use plain text" thing grinds my gears. There are enough irritating surprises with Markdown, that I much prefer a half-decent WYSIWYG editor.

seanwilson 6y ago

> 1. Git-first. The filesystem can be a database for your content. To set TinaCMS to commit to GitHub on edit, what's the minimum you need to do in terms of extra hosting requirements?

jpohalloran 6y ago
To setup the GitHub integration, you will need to setup a GitHub App for authentication. You'll need to reference the GitHub App's secret within your implementation, so you'll need a backend function. Vercel & Netlify make it really easy to to do with with their API functions. There's a guide here showing how to set up GitHub on a NextJS site (and eventually hosting on Vercel): https://tina.io/guides/nextjs/github/initial-setup/ https://tina.io/guides/nextjs/github/initial-setup/
- seanwilson 6y ago
  Thanks! How do you secure the backend function and have user authentication though? Do you know what the pricing for this would be on Netlify?