A statically generated image slides using GSAP, Next.js and Strapi CMS

Step 1. Set up Strapi enviroment

On wild-slider-cms

Execute

cp .env.example .env

You must have a Mongodb.com account and AWS S3 Bucket Set up your .env

• DATABASE_URI=mongodb+srv://<user>:<password>@cluster0.vbxof.mongodb.net/<dbname>?retryWrites=true&w=majority
• DATABASE_URI=YOUR_MONGO_DATABASE_URI
• DATABASE_NAME=YOUR_DATABASE_NAME
• AWS_API_ID=YOUR_AWS_S3_ID
• AWS_API_KEY=YOUR_AWS_S3_KEY
• AWS_API_REGION=YOUR_AWS_API_REGION
• AWS_BUCKET_NAME=YOUR_AWS_BUCKET_NAME

Step 2. Set up Strapi locally

Execute

cd wild-slider-cms
yarn # or: npm run install
yarn develop  # or: npm run develop

This will open http://localhost:1337/ and prompt you to create an admin user.

Step 3. Create a Entries data

From Content-Types, Entries.

• Click on button Add new entries.

• Click on cover image and upload assets from slider folder

• Select an Image for entry

• Write a caption and press Save and Publish button

• Repeat this 3 times for others Images

Step 4. Set permissions

From Settings & Roles, edit the Public role.

Then select: count, find, and findone permissions for Entries. Click Save.

Step 5. Set up environment variables

While the Strapi server is running, open a new terminal and cd into the Next.js app directory you created earlier.

cd wild-slider-frontend

Copy the .env.local.example file in this directory to .env.local (which will be ignored by Git):

cp .env.local.example .env.local

Then set each variable on .env.local:

• STRAPI_PREVIEW_SECRET can be any random string (but avoid spaces), like MY_SECRET - this is used for Preview Mode.
• NEXT_PUBLIC_STRAPI_API_URL should be set as http://localhost:1337 (no trailing slash).
• NEXT_PUBLIC_STRAPI_API_URL_GRAPHQL should be set as http://localhost:1337/graphql (no trailing slash).

Step 6. Run Next.js in development mode

Make sure that the local Strapi server is still running at http://localhost:1337. Inside the Next.js app directory, run:

npm install
npm run dev

# or

yarn install
yarn dev

Your wild-slider application should be up and running on http://localhost:3000! You should see the 4 entries you’ve created. If it doesn't work, make sure that:

• You’ve set the Roles & Permissions in Step 4.
• You’ve clicked on "Publish" in Step 3