Documentation

Everything about HotDog CMS, step by step, from installing it to publishing your site and keeping it up to date.

New here? Start with What HotDog CMS is, then Install it and make your first site. Every page says what you need before you begin, and every step is written out. If a word is new to you, it's probably in Words you'll meet.

In a hurry? Get started is the whole thing on one page.

Prefer to watch? The tutorials show a site built from start to finish, and a WordPress site moved across.

  1. Start hereWhat HotDog CMS is, how it works, and the words you'll meet.
  2. InstallPut HotDog CMS on Linux, macOS or Windows, with git beside it.
  3. Your first siteStart a site from the template, look around it, and put it in git.
  4. WritingPages, articles, Markdown, pictures, sections, menus and more.
  5. The editorEdit sites in your browser, with drafts, reviews and a live preview.
  6. ChecksWhat HotDog looks at before anything is published, and how to fix what it finds.
  7. PublishingPut the finished site on a web server, by hand or automatically.
  8. Moving from another toolBring a site across from WordPress, Ghost, Hugo or Jekyll.
  9. Visitors' privacyVisit statistics that ask first, and a privacy page that stays true.
  10. Going furtherForms and search on your server, themes, packs, and how HotDog is kept safe.
  11. Scripting and automationCreate and change sites from scripts, use an AI assistant safely, and update many sites at once.
  12. ReferenceEvery command, every setting, every front matter key.
  13. HelpWhen something goes wrong, and where to ask.