Next.js 13 Blog Tutorial: Build SEO Optimized Blog with Next.js, Contentlayer, and Tailwind CSS 🔥
Tags: nextjs, react, tailwindcss, webdev
Published: 2023-09-04 12:40:00

We have lot of options to write blogs such as dev.to, hashnode, medium etc. But as a developer we must have our own blog where we can have freedom to customize anything we want. That's why I have created this tutorial.

## Overview

In this tutorial you'll learn how to create a stunning static blog website with Next.js, Contentlayer, and Tailwind CSS. I'll cover everything from building a homepage, blog pages, category pages, an about page, and a contact page, to implementing powerful SEO strategies for higher Google rankings. This blog features both dark and light themes, offering a minimal and elegant design that's fully responsive on mobile devices. Plus, you'll discover how to showcase your Markdown-based blogs easily on this website.   Before starting this video you can checkout the following demo link👇

Link🔗: [NextJs Static Blog Website](https://create-blog-with-nextjs.vercel.app/)

Here is the tutorial on how I have created this portfolio!👇
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## What You’ll Learn
By watching this video tutorial, you will learn the following:

- Setting up a Static Blog with Next.js
- New Next.js App router
- Designing a Beautiful Homepage
- Creating Engaging Blog and Category Pages
- Crafting an Informative About Page
- Building an Interactive Contact Page
- Implementing Powerful SEO Techniques
- Adding Dark and Light Themes
- Ensuring Mobile Responsiveness
- Showcasing Markdown Blogs 
- Different methods to highlight code blocks and use themes

> This blog uses latest features of Next.js 13!😎

## Libraries Used
For this project, you will use the following libraries:

- Next Js
- Tailwind CSS for styling
- Contentlayer to render Markdown blogs
- Supabase to count and display blog page views
- Lottie Animation
- React hook form
- Next Sitemap to create sitemap of the website
- Google's structured json-ld schema for SEO 

## Code Links

- You can find the starter code for this project at: [Nextjs Personal Blog Website Starter Code](https://github.com/codebucks27/Nextjs-contentlayer-blog) And, for the final code, checkout the following link:

- Final Code Link (Gumroad): [Nextjs Personal Blog website Final Code](https://codebucks.gumroad.com/l/ypzlu)

Feel free to try different designs and animations with it and you can also tag me or share your link in the comments.

Any suggestions are welcomed!
**Don't forget to Share your feedback in the comments.**

## You might also like these website templates:

- A stunning Next.js portfolio template => [here](https://codebucks.gumroad.com/l/cdccc)
- A beautiful portfolio template in ReactJS => [here](https://codebucks.gumroad.com/l/hsTPD)
- NFT collection landing page in ReactJS => [here](- A beautiful portfolio template in ReactJS => [here](https://codebucks.gumroad.com/l/hsTPD))

## Thanks For Reading😄

Checkout my other article: 

- [Build a custom pagination component in ReactJS from scratch]
(https://devdreaming.com/blogs/create-pagination-component-reactjs)

- [Form validation in ReactJS: build a reusable custom hook for inputs and error handling]
(https://devdreaming.com/blogs/react-form-validation-custom-hook)

Feel free to visit my youtube channel: 
[@CodeBucks](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeYt6blRBKuNrEg_-282fSA)

Checkout my new website:
[DevDreaming](https://devdreaming.com)

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