POC -> Add CMS integration -> Contentful/Strapi

[ekas]

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[Neha]

@ekas @jaswantsandhu Please explain why we are going for CMS?

[ekas]

@Neha For Easy Content Management.

[ssm0801]

@ekas I have worked on strapi earlier, so will be able to work on this issue

[Neha]

Please go ahead. This is a POC. we are looking for:

1. what all features we can get
2. Cost(if any)

I would suggest to fork and clone the repo. Run at localhost, to see the UI. We don't have backend as of now. But it will give you an idea on how our website is. Please feel free to start a discussion or contact over discord to discuss this more

[ssm0801]

Can I know what all content do we have to maintain in CMS ?
@Neha @ekas

[Neha]

#68

We can start with Meetups

[mukeshyadav]

I noticed that @ssm0801 has already started on this, but I wanted to let you know that Strapi offers two versions: a self-hosted option and a cloud-based version. If we choose the self-hosted option, we likely won't incur significant costs. However, the cloud-based version costs almost $29 per developer per month, which seems quite expensive to me. I would recommend going with the self-hosted option. What do you think?

[ssm0801]

@Neha @ekas I have done the setup and created the meetup schema with the roles-based access, we can have a look at it, if it is fine then we can proceed with it and create other entities

[samarpanda]

@ssm0801 Have you raised a PR for the setup? I would like to take a look. Happy to help if you need anything in it.

[ssm0801]

@samarpanda we need new repo for strapi

[samarpanda]

Yes, have you created one?

[ssm0801]

I don't have access

[Neha]

Thank you @mukeshyadav @samarpanda @ssm0801 Thank you for your inputs. I will create a new repo for you. Any name you would prefer?

[ssm0801]

@Neha we can have jslovers-strapi-cms

[samarpanda]

How about 'jsl-strapi'? (jsl prefix for jslovers) 😊

[mukeshyadav]

I recommend replacing Strapi with something like jsl-cms or jsl-admin.

[Neha]

@mukeshyadav sure. Let me pick one name out of it.

[ssm0801]

@Neha Is the new repo created ?

[Neha]

@ssm0801 https://github.com/jslovers/jsl-admin here you go.

apologies for the delay. I was traveling

[IdrisGit]

In reference to issue #38 regarding the database, Strapi has officially dropped support for MongoDB from v4 (https://strapi.io/blog/mongo-db-support-in-strapi-past-present-and-future). If we want to use Strapi then we might need to use SQL database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite) or use another CMS that has support for MongoDB (PayloadCMS is the one I am aware of which supports MongoDB).

Additionally, we don't need to use any ORM if we use Strapi or Payload as both have inbuilt ORM.