Without a CMS
Let clients edit an Eleventy site without a CMS
Connect the repository to Siteshare and invite your client. They change the Markdown, Nunjucks or Liquid pages of the Eleventy site by chatting or typing on the real site, and see the change in a draft before anything goes live. There is no CMS config to write: the pages are the content.
- 01
Add the site
Install the Siteshare GitHub App on the repository and add the site, or run npx siteshare connect in its folder. Siteshare recognises it as Eleventy and builds it once, the way your host would.
- 02
Check how it starts
Siteshare proposes how to start and build the site from your package manager and lockfile. Confirm it, or change it in admin.json.
- 03
Invite your client
They open their own site with /edit at the end of the address and change it by chatting, selecting or typing on the page. Anything above their level waits for your approval.
| Question | Eleventy | Siteshare |
|---|---|---|
| Pages and posts | Markdown, Nunjucks, Liquid or HTML files | Edited in place; a new post follows the ones next to it |
| Shared layout | _includes and layouts | Changed when your client asks; above their level it waits for you |
| Images | Your images folder | Replaced with a photo your client sends |
| Settings | eleventy.config, package.json | Protected: a change there waits for you |
Instead of Decap
Decap CMS is a common choice for Eleventy: free, in your repository, with a config that describes each collection and field. Siteshare needs no config and also reaches text that isn’t in a collection, such as a sentence in a template.
Questions
Does my Eleventy site need Node for Siteshare?
Yes, Eleventy runs on Node. Siteshare uses your package manager and lockfile and starts the development server for the preview.
What does it cost?
Free for one site. Then $9 a site a month, less as you grow: five sites cost $36 a month and twenty $126, with clients and builders unlimited and the assistant with fair use.
Hand it over. Get your evenings back.
Free for one site, forever. No card needed.