# Blog starter example ## Deploy your own Deploy the example using [ZEIT Now](https://zeit.co/now): [![Deploy with ZEIT Now](https://zeit.co/button)](https://zeit.co/new/project?template=https://github.com/zeit/next.js/tree/canary/examples/blog-starter) ## How to use ### Using `create-next-app` Download [`create-next-app`](https://github.com/zeit/next.js/tree/canary/packages/create-next-app) to bootstrap the example: ``` npm i -g create-next-app create-next-app --example blog-starter ``` ### Download manually Download the example [or clone the repo](https://github.com/zeit/next.js): ```bash curl https://codeload.github.com/zeit/next.js/tar.gz/canary | tar -xz --strip=2 next.js-canary/examples/blog-starter cd blog-starter ``` ### Run locally Install and run the development server: ```bash yarn install now dev ``` ### Deploy Deploy it to the cloud with [now](https://zeit.co/now) ([download](https://zeit.co/download)): ```bash now ``` ## The idea behind the example This is an example of a blog built with Next.js. [Read more about the motivation and how it is built](https://jolvera.dev/posts/rebuilding-my-blog-with-nextjs). The blog is still barebones and need more improvements and styling, but this should be enough to get you started. [Demo deployed in Now](https://nextjs-blog-starter.now.sh/)