Helix Pages is the Helix project behind https://*.project-helix.page/
Clone the current repo and run hlx up.
Direct commits to master branch are blocked, all changes must come via a PR. Once the PR is merged into master, the CI will hlx deploy and hlx publish the new code.
The project requires some extensions of the default VCL provided by Helix. The publish steps requires to include the extensions in vcl/extensions.vcl. To publish, run:
hlx publish --custom-vcl='vcl/extensions.vcl'The patched version of the 3 subroutines adds the parsing of the host url to extract the content owner / repo that would override the one stored in the Fastly dictionary.
Go to your Google Drive account
Create a new shared folder to hold the website root
- Click on the button “+ New” > Folder
- Give the folder a name (e.g., sitename)
- Double-click the sitename folder to open
Share the folder with helix
- Select the menu arrow after MyDrive > sitename > Share with others ...
- Share it with [email protected]
- Give helix write permission (necessary for ???)
- Copy the folder URL (e.g., https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/{id} )
Create a domain mount point on GitHub
- Go to your GitHub home (e.g., https://github.com/username/ )
- Select Repositories tab and green New button
- Create a new repository
- Give it a short name (for the domain)
- Make it Public
- Inside repository, create a new file “fstab.json” with content:
{ "mountpoints": [ {
"root": "/",
"url": "https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/{id}"
} ] }
where “url” is the Google Drive folder URL above
Create a file for each page of the site
- Use drag & drop or the button “+ New” > Google Docs
- Change the filename to index (no extension) or a page name (no extension)
- Be sure to add an image (bug) and make a Heading 1 style title
Type your new website URL into a browser:
https://{repo}-{username}.hlx.page/index.html