Blockchain FAQ Blog

A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js. Originally forked from hexo.

Heroku Installation

#node, npm and git are prerequisite
$ sudo apt install snapd
$ sudo snap install heroku --classic

$ npm install hexo-cli -g

Login with Heroku credentials

$ heroku login
#enter heroku email and password

Setup new heroku app

heroku create -a <app-name>

Setup your blog

#this project already initiated
$ hexo init blog

$ cd blog
#change directory before running this to install
npm install hexo-deployer-heroku --save

Start the server

#no need to start local server if push directly to heroku
$ hexo server

Create a new post

$ hexo new "Hello World!"

Clean previous public and database folder

$ hexo clean

Generate static files

#generate new public and database folder for deployment
$ hexo generate

Add heroku git

#peter-blockchain
heroku git:remote -a <git repo name>

Add text @ blog > config.yml

deploy:
  type: heroku
  repo: <repo from heroku>

Deploy static files

$ hexo deploy

Check the heroku website

$ heroku open

Visit the peter-blockchain website
Read the hexo documentation
Find hexo solutions in troubleshooting
See the hexo plugin list and the theme list on wiki
Find git repo in Heroku dashboard
Also check out Getting Started on Heroku with Node.js for getting started on Heroku with Node.js

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