Question

Is there a module or similar things that support skinning in NodeJS? I want to build a NodeJS website, and want to be able to re-skin the website as I like without much efforts, like in WordPress.

Is skinning supported in NodeJS?

Answer 1

If you’re interested in building a website in Node.js and don’t need a wordpress-style cms behind it, there are few projects that can help you out.

Have you looked into Bootstrap? It’s built with less which you can easily plug in to your Express setup (see the guide here, using the command line executable to set up a new project you can specify less like this: express --css less myapp and it will do all the work for you)

In the bootstrap less file are several variables you can use to change the colours, fonts, sizes, etc, and it’s also got a lot of helpers for grid layouts and responsive designs.

It even includes a few useful javascript plugins too which make the ui nicer with less work.

There are also a lot of sites with themes and theme generators around which then work on top of bootstrap, and may achieve what you want.

Plugging in this sort of solution (whether bootstrap or other) is about as close as you can come to getting skinning for node; As otherwise suggested if you’re looking for a CMS out of the box as well, probably best to look for another platform like WordPress.