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Node.js 6.x Blueprints

By : Fernando Monteiro
Book Image

Node.js 6.x Blueprints

By: Fernando Monteiro

Overview of this book

Node.js is the most popular framework to create server-side applications today. Be it web, desktop, or mobile, Node.js comes to your rescue to create stunning real-time applications. Node.js 6.x Blueprints will teach you to build these types of projects in an easy-to-understand manner. The key to any Node.js project is a strong foundation on the concepts that will be a part of every project. The book will first teach you the MVC design pattern while developing a Twitter-like application using Express.js. In the next chapters, you will learn to create a website and applications such as streaming, photography, and a store locator using MongoDB, MySQL, and Firebase. Once you’re warmed up, we’ll move on to more complex projects such as a consumer feedback app, a real-time chat app, and a blog using Node.js with frameworks such as loopback.io and socket.io. Finally, we’ll explore front-end build processes, Docker, and continuous delivery. By the end of book, you will be comfortable working with Node.js applications and will know the best tools and frameworks to build highly scalable desktop and cloud applications.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Node.js 6.x Blueprints
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Modifying the KeystoneJS core template path


Now let's do a little refactoring of the templates directory.

  1. Inside templates, create a folder called default.

  2. Move all files in the templates folder to the new default folder.

  3. Copy all the contents from the default folder and paste them in a new folder called newBlog.

    The result will be the following screenshot, but we need to change the keystone.js file to configure the new folder:

    Templates folder structure

  4. Open the keystone.js file from the root folder and update the following lines:

          'views': 'templates/themes/newBlog/views', 
          'emails': 'templates/themes/newBlog/emails', 
    

Done. We have created a folder to hold all our themes.

Building our own theme

Now we will change the theme markup. This means that we will edit all the HTML files inside the newBlog theme. We are using as reference and source the following free template from https://github.com/BlackrockDigital/startbootstrap-clean-blog. Our goal is to have a layout similar to the following...