NetlifyCMS Example Configurations

Here is a good search on github to find example NetlifyCMS setups in the wild: https://github.com/search?l=YAML&q=editorial_workflow&type=Code

www.kee.pm website

Using Hugo and NetlifyCMS:

config.yml

https://github.com/kee-org/www-kee-pm/blob/ca50740dad4baa2c132ba7f8f13b0446c0bf3199/static/admin/config.yml

# Save changes to GitHub
backend:
  name: github
  repo: kee-org/www-kee-pm
  branch: beta

# Use the Editorial workflow - https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/blob/master/docs/editorial_workflow.md
#publish_mode: editorial_workflow

# Save image uploads to /img/uploads - https://gohugo.io/themes/creation/#static
media_folder: "static/img/uploads"
public_folder: "/img/uploads"

# Collections
collections: # A list of collections the CMS should be able to edit
  # Used in routes, ie.: /admin/collections/:slug/edit
  - name: "article"
    # Used in the UI, ie.: "New Post"
    label: "News article"
    # The path to the folder where the documents are stored
    folder: "content/news"
    # Allow users to create new documents in this collection
    create: true
    # Filename template e.g. YYYY-MM-DD-title.md
    slug: "{{slug}}"
    # The fields each document in this collection have
    fields:
      - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string", tagname: "h1"}
      - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown"}
      - {label: "Date", name: "date", widget: "datetime", format: "Y-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ"}
      - {label: "Tags", name: "tags", widget: "tags"}

netlify.toml

With accompanying netlify.toml configuration file for this Hugo project:

# Global settings applied to the whole site.
[build]
  publish = "public"
    command = "hugo"

    [context.production.environment]
      HUGO_ENV = "production"

      [context.deploy-preview]
        command = "hugo --baseURL $DEPLOY_PRIME_URL"
#  --buildDrafts --buildFuture might be useful one day?

# Branch Deploy context: All deploys that are not in
# an active Deploy Preview will inherit these settings.
[context.branch-deploy]
  command = "hugo --baseURL $DEPLOY_PRIME_URL"

Cereus Pro Hugo Theme

https://github.com/arhen/hugo-cereus-pro-theme/blob/master/static/admin/config.yml

backend:
  name: git-gateway
  repo:  {{ with .Site.Params.githubRepo }}{{ . }}{{ end }} # Path to your GitHub repository
  branch: master # Branch to update (optional; defaults to master)

publish_mode: editorial_workflow # adds an interface for drafting, reviewing, and approving posts

media_folder: "static/images/uploads"
public_folder: "images/uploads"

collections:
  - label: "Pages"
    name: "pages"
    files:
      - label: "About Page"
        name: "about"
        file: "content/about/_index.md"
        fields:
          - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string"}
          - {label: "Description", name: "description", widget: "text"}
          - {label: "Publish Date", name: "date", widget: "datetime"}
          - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown"}
      - label: "Now Page"
        name: "now"
        file: "content/now/_index.md"
        fields:
          - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string"}
          - {label: "Description", name: "description", widget: "text"}
          - {label: "Publish Date", name: "date", widget: "datetime"}
          - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown"}

  - name: "blog"
    label: "Blog"
    folder: "content/blogs"
    create: true
    slug: "{{slug}}"
    fields:
      - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string"}
      - {label: "Description", name: "description", widget: "text"}
      - {label: "Publish Date", name: "date", widget: "datetime"}
      - {label: "Tags", name: "tags", widget: "list"}
      - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown"}

One Click Hugo CMS

config.yml

https://github.com/netlify-templates/one-click-hugo-cms/blob/master/site/static/admin/config.yml