Editing HTML/CSS in git

It is possible to run gitwed locally to quickly test your modifications to the HTML and CSS  files. Once you're done editing, you can check in files.

Installation

  • clone the gitwed-data repository
  • make sure you have node.js installed; the npm command should be in your PATH
  • run npm install (in gitwed-data)

Editing

  • run npm start (in gitwed-data); this will start the local server
  • head to http://localhost:3000/yourpage
  • you can edit using the WYSWIG interface - changes will be saved in gitwed-data (but not automatically checked in)
  • you can edit HTML/CSS files - refresh page to see changes
  • once done, check in files and push
  • you can go to https://dwbe.org/yourpage and select Force server refresh from the orange ... menu; otherwise refresh happens every few minutes