About Craft CMS

Craft is a content-first CMS that aims to make life enjoyable for developers and content managers alike. It is optimized for bespoke web and application development, offering developers a clean slate to build out exactly what they want, rather than wrestling with a theme.

Learn more about Craft at craftcms.com.

How to Install Craft 3

• Copy .env.example to .env
• Run docker-compose up -d
• Run composer install
• Run yarn (or npm install)
• Run yarn run dev (or npm run dev)
• Run php craft setup/security-key
• Go to the install page: /admin/install
  • Alternatively run php craft install
• Login to the Control Panel: /admin
• Activate wanted Plugins: /admin/settings/plugins

For more information see the Craft 3 documentation for installation and updating instructions.

Resources

Official Resources

• Craft 3 Documentation
• Craft 3 Class Reference
• Craft 3 Plugins
• Demo site
• Craft Slack
• Craft CMS Stack Exchange

Community Resources

• Mijingo – Video courses and other learning resources
• Envato Tuts+ – Video courses
• Straight Up Craft – Articles, tutorials, and more
• pluginfactory.io – Craft plugin scaffold generator

Troubleshooting

• Error storage / config / cpresources doesn't have the correct permissions:
  • (sudo) chmod -R 777 config storage public/cpresources
• Changes aren't automatically reflected:
  • The PHP Docker Container has a config file in .docker/php/config/conf/opcache.ini change opcache.validate_timestamps to 1