Dead is a blogging/tumblog/content manufacturing device built using Dat and running on the Beaker browser. Have you heard of a blog before? Then you get it.
The key difference, though, is that by running on the Dat protocol, dead-lite enables each individual to create their own instance of dead-lite and to publish their own content on their own computer and share with other people. This means the data lives on your computer and doesn't require any server space.
- Load dead-lite via
dat://dead-lite.hashbase.ioin the Beaker browser. - Click on the
...menu and select Make editable copy. - Fill in the Title and Description and then select Create copy.
- Open a new browser tab and enter
beaker://library/in the address bar. - Select your renamed copy of dead-lite from your library.
- Click your DAT URL to launch the tool.
- Select
...next to the default blog post to delete it. The + icon lets you add an image and/or text. The gear (Settings) icon lets you create an avatar, username, and bio.
You can change your blog's theme using the template.css file in the repository's root.
- Clone the repo.
- Install dependencies
yarn install- Start the development server
yarn start- Create a new Dat site in your Beaker Browser library.
- Add your Dat url to config.js
- Replace the contents of
dat.jsonwith your newdat.json - Run a build in a separate window
yarn run build- Add the contents from your
/buildfolder to your new site's library. The output should look something like this:
- You should be able to navigate to your localhost address now, and still pull posts/data from your dat site.