From 87b0893ebd735156545d075018986ab98758f7ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mischa <mischa@gorinskat.nl>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:59:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add README with development setup and deployment workflow

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# natascha-rieter.nl — Grav CMS
+
+## Local development
+
+Requires Docker. To set up from scratch:
+
+```
+make setup
+```
+
+This starts the container and installs all plugins listed in `plugins.txt` via GPM.
+
+Other commands:
+
+```
+make start    # start the container
+make stop     # stop the container
+make install-plugins  # (re)install plugins from plugins.txt
+```
+
+Site runs at http://localhost:8080.
+
+## Repository structure
+
+| Path | Description | In git |
+|------|-------------|--------|
+| `user/config/` | Site and plugin configuration | yes |
+| `user/pages/` | Page content | yes (see deployment note) |
+| `user/themes/natascha/` | Custom theme | yes |
+| `user/plugins/` | Plugins (see plugins.txt) | no |
+| `user/accounts/` | Admin credentials | no |
+| `user/data/` | Runtime data | no |
+| `user/cache/` | Generated cache | no |
+
+## Deployment
+
+Production is shared hosting. Deploy via FTP.
+
+### Initial deploy
+Upload the full `user/` directory (including locally installed plugins from `user/plugins/`).
+
+### Subsequent deploys
+**Only upload** `user/themes/` and `user/config/`. Do **not** overwrite `user/pages/` — content is managed online by editors after go-live and a deploy would overwrite their changes.
+
+> **Future improvement**: once the site is live and content is stable, move `user/pages/` to `.gitignore` entirely (Option 1). Content backups should be handled separately (e.g. a server-side backup solution), not via git.
+
+## Plugins
+
+Plugins are not committed to git. The full list is in `plugins.txt`. To install locally, run `make install-plugins`. On the production server, plugins must be uploaded manually (no CLI access on shared hosting).