Minimal, Reactive, and Extensible Blog Boilerplate
The Svelte Simple Blog Starter is a clean, production-ready foundation for building content-driven sites with SvelteKit and BCMS. Designed for developers who want a minimal yet scalable starting point, this starter demonstrates best practices in file structure, server-side data loading, and component-driven development, without unnecessary complexity.
Key Features and Structure
Modern SvelteKit Setup: Uses SvelteKit’s file-based routing (/src/routes), server-side data loading (+page.server.ts), and reactive Svelte components for a fast, modern developer experience.
BCMS Integration: Fetches content from BCMS using a lightweight client. Blog data is accessed via server-side load functions, keeping the frontend clean and decoupled from the CMS logic.
Dynamic Routing: Blog posts are rendered using dynamic routes (/src/routes/blog/[slug]), with server-side fetching for SEO and performance.
Component-Driven UI: The UI is composed of small, reusable Svelte components (blog-card.svelte, tag.svelte, content-manager.svelte, footer.svelte), making it easy to extend or customize. Layout and utility functions are separated for clarity.
Minimal Styling, Easy Customization: Ships with a single CSS file and Tailwind CSS for rapid styling. The design is intentionally simple, so you can adapt it to your brand or project needs.
TypeScript Support: The codebase is fully typed, providing type safety and a better developer experience.
How It Works
Homepage: The main page (/src/routes/+page.svelte) fetches all blog posts from BCMS server-side and displays them using the BlogCard component. The structure is minimal, focusing on clarity and extensibility.
Blog Post Pages: Each blog post is rendered via a dynamic route (/src/routes/blog/[slug]/+page.svelte). The page fetches the post and related content server-side, displays categories, cover image, and rich content using the ContentManager component.
Server-Side Data Loading: All content fetching is abstracted into server-side load functions, which handle communication with BCMS and return typed responses to the frontend. This separation makes the codebase easy to maintain and scale.
Why Choose This Starter?
Perfect for Learning or Prototyping: See how to connect SvelteKit with a headless CMS using best practices, with a codebase that’s easy to read and extend.
Production-Ready Foundation: The structure supports scaling up to more complex sites, with clear separation of concerns and robust data fetching.
No Bloat, Just Essentials: Focus on your content and features, not on removing unnecessary code.
Whether you’re building a personal blog, a documentation site, or a content-driven app, this starter gives you a solid, modern foundation with all the essentials, and nothing more.
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