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| | | Do you prefer managing your site using a CMS? Or would you like to make it easier for someone (a non-techie, perhaps) in your team to make edits easily? If interested, follow along. Else, skip to the [next section](../overview/) |
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| | | Let's sync your site with forestry CMS. |
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| | | ## Prerequisites !! |
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| | | Obviously you ought to have __a github account__. This is where your website source will live. Basically, forestry will read from github and write (commmit) to your github repo. |
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| | | > Gitlab or bitbucket will work too. Just check their [implementation here](https://forestry.io/docs/git-sync/gitlab/). Happy fishing. |
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| | | ### Requirement 1 : A Forestry account |
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| | | Jump over to [forestry](https://bit.ly/forestry-account) and sign up for an account. Consider signing up using your github account. That way, you don't have to deal with passwords. |
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| | | ### Requirement 2: A Netlify account _(optional)_ |
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| | | If you intend to host with something other than Netlify _e.g github pages_, please scroll on. Hosting with Netlify is a lot of fun though; I highly recommend it. |
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| | | ### Step 1 : Fork or Clone Compse theme |
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| | | First we will fork this [bigspring](https://github.com/themefisher/bigspring-hugo-startup-theme) template. |
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| | | ### Step 2 : Add your repository in Forestry |
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| | | > The exampleSite already comes with prefilled default forestry settings. If you set up your site using [option 2](../getting-started/#option-2-recommended), look for a file `.forestry/settings.yml` and remove all `exampleSite/` strings from it. |
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| | | Go to your [forestry](https://bit.ly/forestry-account) account and click on `import your site now`. |
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| | | 1. Choose `hugo` |
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| | | 2. `github` or `gitlab`. wherever your repo is at. |
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| | | 3. Select your repo |
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