I used ChatGPT to build a website
Tags: vue, webdev, tailwindcss, chatgpt
Published: 2023-01-16 12:26:31

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title: I used ChatGPT to build a website
published: true
date: 2022-12-26 20:36:58 UTC
tags: vue,webdev,tailwind,chatgpt

---

### I asked ChatGPT to build me a website with Vue and tailwind


I wanted to try out ChatGPT and see if I could build something, I decided to build a blog website with Vue and I wanted to try out tailwind for the first time.  ChatGPT is an amazing  tool and it helped me get a layout of the website done pretty quickly.

You can find the website here:  [https://blog.rrrm.co.uk](https://blog.rrrm.co.uk)

**Full conversation bellow:** 

> create a  dark mode page with navbar with logo on left and social media icons on the right and -display a list of posts in middle of page with tailwind and vue

To create a dark mode page with a navbar using Tailwind CSS and Vue, you can follow these steps:

1.  Start by creating a new Vue project using the Vue CLI, if you don't already have one set up.
    
2.  Install Tailwind CSS by running `npm install tailwindcss` or `yarn add tailwindcss`.
    
3.  Create a `tailwind.config.js` file in the root of your project and configure it according to your preferences. You can find more information on how to do this in the Tailwind CSS documentation.
    
4.  In your project's main JavaScript file (e.g. `main.js`), import Tailwind CSS by adding the following line:
    

```js
import 'tailwindcss/tailwind.css
```

5.  Create a new Vue component for the navbar. In the template for this component, you can use Tailwind CSS classes to style the navbar and its contents. For example:


```html
<template>
  <nav class="bg-gray-800 text-white py-4">
    <div class="container mx-auto flex items-center justify-between px-4">
      <div class="flex items-center">
        <img src="/logo.png" alt="Logo" class="h-8" />
      </div>
      <div class="flex items-center">
        <a href="#" class="px-3 py-2 rounded-full hover:bg-gray-700">
          <i class="fab fa-facebook-f"></i>
        </a>
        <a href="#" class="px-3 py-2 rounded-full hover:bg-gray-700">
          <i class="fab fa-twitter"></i>
        </a>
        <a href="#" class="px-3 py-2 rounded-full hover:bg-gray-700">
          <i class="fab fa-instagram"></i>
        </a>
      </div>
    </div>
  </nav>
</template>
```

6.  In the template for your main app component, you can then include the navbar component you just created:


```html
<template>
  <div class="bg-gray-900 min-h-screen">
    <Navbar />
    <div class="container mx-auto py-12">
      <!-- List of posts goes here -->
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

<script> import Navbar from './Navbar.vue'

export default {
  components: {
    Navbar
  }
} </script>
```

7.  To display a list of posts in the middle of the page, you can create a new Vue component for each post and include it in your main app component template. For example:


``` html
<template>
  <div class="bg-gray-900 min-h-screen">
    <Navbar />
    <div class="container mx-auto py-12">
      <Post
        v-for="post in posts"
        :key="post.id"
        :title="post.title"
        :description="post.description"
      />
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
  import Nav
 ```


> can you finish the code above

Sure, here is the completed code for a dark mode page with a navbar using Tailwind CSS and Vue:
 

```html
<template>
  <div class="bg-gray-900 min-h-screen">
    <Navbar />
    <div class="container mx-auto py-12">
      <Post
        v-for="post in posts"
        :key="post.id"
        :title="post.title"
        :description="post.description"
      />
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

<script> 
import Navbar from './Navbar.vue'
import Post from './Post.vue'

export default {
  components: {
    Navbar,
    Post
  },
  data() {
    return {
      posts: [
        {
          id: 1,
          title: 'First post',
          description: 'This is the first post'
        },
        {
          id: 2,
          title: 'Second post',
          description: 'This is the second post'
        },
        {
          id: 3,
          title: 'Third post',
          description: 'This is the third post'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
} </script>
```

In the template for the `Post` component, you can use Tailwind CSS classes to style the post. For example:


```html
<template>
  <div class="bg-gray-800 p-6 rounded-lg shadow-lg">
    <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-100">{{ title }}</h2>
    <p class="text-gray-400 mt-2">{{ description }}</p>
  </div>
</template>

<script> export default {
  props: {
    title: String,
    description: String
  }
} </script>
```

`I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.`


> can you give more space between each post


To give more space between each post, you can add a margin to the `Post` component using Tailwind CSS classes. For example, you could add a `mt-12` class to add a margin of 12 units at the top of each `Post` element:


```html
<template>
  <div class="bg-gray-800 p-6 rounded-lg shadow-lg mt-12">
    <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-100">{{ title }}</h2>
    <p class="text-gray-400 mt-2">{{ description }}</p>
  </div>
</template>

<script> export default {
  props: {
    title: String,
    description: String
  }
} </script>
```

You can also use the `ml-` and `mr-` classes to add margins to the left and right sides of the `Post` element, respectively.

Alternatively, you could use the `grid` layout utility in Tailwind CSS to evenly distribute the `Post` elements in a grid and add some gap between them. For example:


```html
<template>
  <div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-4">
    <Post
      v-for="post in posts"
      :key="post.id"
      :title="post.title"
      :description="post.description"
    />
  </div>
</template>
```

This will create a single-column grid with a gap of 4 units between each `Post` element. You can adjust the number of columns and the size of the gap by changing the values of the `grid-cols-` and `gap-` classes, respectively.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.


> can you give the grid padding in mobile


To add padding to the grid on mobile devices, you can use the `px-` class in Tailwind CSS. This class adds padding to the left and right sides of an element, and the size of the padding can be specified by adding a number after the `px-` prefix.

For example, to add padding of 4 units to the grid on mobile devices, you can use the `px-4` class like this:


```html
<template>
  <div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-4 px-4 sm:px-0">
    <Post
      v-for="post in posts"
      :key="post.id"
      :title="post.title"
      :description="post.description"
    />
  </div>
</template>
```

The `sm:` prefix in the `px-4 sm:px-0` class indicates that the padding will only be applied on small devices (i.e. devices with a width of 640px or more). The `px-0` class removes the padding on larger devices.

You can adjust the size of the padding by changing the value of the `px-` class, and you can target different device sizes by using the `sm:`, `md:`, `lg:`, and `xl:` prefixes.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.

> make each post clickable and take user to single post page

To make each post clickable and take the user to a single post page when clicked, you can use the `<router-link>` component provided by Vue Router.

First, make sure that you have Vue Router installed in your project. If you don't already have it, you can install it by running `npm install vue-router` or `yarn add vue-router`.

Then, you can set up Vue Router in your main app component by importing it and adding it to the `components` object in the `export` statement:


```js
import VueRouter from 'vue-router'

export default {
  components: {
    Navbar,
    Post
  },
  data() {
    return {
      posts: [
        {
          id: 1,
          title: 'First post',
          description: 'This is the first post'
        },
        {
          id: 2,
          title: 'Second post',
          description: 'This is the second post'
        },
        {
          id: 3,
          title: 'Third post',
          description: 'This is the third post'
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  router: new VueRouter({
    routes: [
      // Define your routes here
    ]
  })
}
```

Next, you can define a route for the single post page in the `routes` array. For example:

```js
import VueRouter from 'vue-router'
import SinglePost from './SinglePost.vue'

export default {
  components: {
    Navbar,
    Post
  },
  data() {
    return {
      posts: [
        {
          id: 1,
          title: 'First post',
          description: 'This is the first post'
        },
        {
          id: 2,
          title: 'Second post',
          description: 'This is the second post'
        },
        {
          id: 3,
          title: 'Third post',
          description: 'This is the third post'
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  router: new VueRouter({
    routes: [
      {
        path: '/post/:id',
        component: SinglePost
      }
    ]
  })
}
```

In the `SinglePost` component, you can use the `id` parameter passed in the route to fetch and display the single post.

Finally, you can make each post clickable by wrapping the `Post` component in a `<router-link>` element and passing the `id` of the post as a prop. For example:


```html
<template>
  <div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-4 px-4 sm:px-0">
    <router-link :to="'/post/' + post.id">
      <Post
        v-for="post in posts"
        :key="post.id"
        :title="post.title"
        :description="post.description"
      />
    </router-link>
  </div>
</template>
```

This will make each `Post` element clickable and take the user


> can you add the link inside the post loop

To add the `<router-link>` element inside the `Post` component, you can pass the `id` of the post as a prop to the `Post` component and then use it to build the `to` attribute of the `<router-link>` element.

Here is an example of how you can do this:


```html 
<template>
  <div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-4 px-4 sm:px-0">
    <Post
      v-for="post in posts"
      :key="post.id"
      :title="post.title"
      :description="post.description"
      :id="post.id"
    />
  </div>
</template>

<script> import Post from './Post.vue'

export default {
  components: {
    Post
  },
  data() {
    return {
      posts: [
        {
          id: 1,
          title: 'First post',
          description: 'This is the first post'
        },
        {
          id: 2,
          title: 'Second post',
          description: 'This is the second post'
        },
        {
          id: 3,
          title: 'Third post',
          description: 'This is the third post'
        }
      ]
    }
  }
} </script>
```


```html
<template>
  <div class="bg-gray-800 p-6 rounded-lg shadow-lg mt-12 cursor-pointer">
    <router-link :to="'/post/' + id">
      <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-100">{{ title }}</h2>
      <p class="text-gray-400 mt-2">{{ description }}</p>
    </router-link>
  </div>
</template>

<script> export default {
  props: {
    title: String,
    description: String,
    id: Number
  }
} </script>
```

This will make the entire `Post` element clickable and take the user to the single post page when clicked.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.

> center single post page and get the correct post title and description based on the id

To center the single post page, you can use the `flex` utility in Tailwind CSS to center the content horizontally and vertically. For example:


```html
<template>
  <div class="bg-gray-900 min-h-screen flex items-center justify-center">
    <div class="bg-white p-6 rounded-lg shadow-lg">
      <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-800">{{ title }}</h2>
      <p class="text-gray-600 mt-2">{{ description }}</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

<script> export default {
  data() {
    return {
      title: '',
      description: ''
    }
  },
  created() {
    // Fetch the post data based on the id parameter passed in the route
  }
} </script>
```

To fetch the correct post data based on the `id` parameter passed in the route, you can use the `$route` object provided by Vue Router.

First, make sure that you have set up Vue Router in your main app component as described in my previous answer.

Then, in the `SinglePost` component, you can use the `created` hook to fetch the post data when the component is created. For example:


```js
export default {
  data() {
    return {
      title: '',
      description: ''
    }
  },
  created() {
    const id = this.$route.params.id
    // Fetch the post data using the id
  }
}
```

You can use an HTTP client library such as Axios or the built-in `fetch` function to make a request to your server to retrieve the post data based on the `id`.

For example, using Axios:


```js
import axios from 'axios'

export default {
  data() {
    return {
      title: '',
      description: ''
    }
  },
  created() {
    const id = this.$route.params.id
    axios.get(`/api/posts/${id}`)
      .then(response => {
        this.title = response.data.title
        this.description = response.data.description
      })
  }
}
```

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.


> can make single post wider and move it to top of page in middle


To make the single post wider and move it to the top of the page in the middle, you can use the `w-3/4` and `top-0` classes in Tailwind CSS.

The `w-3/4` class sets the width of the element to 3/4 of the available width, and the `top-0` class positions the element at the top of the page.

Here is an example of how you can use these classes in the `SinglePost` component:


```html
<template>
  <div class="bg-gray-900 min-h-screen flex items-center justify-center">
    <div class="bg-white p-6 rounded-lg shadow-lg w-3/4 top-0">
      <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-800">{{ title }}</h2>
      <p class="text-gray-600 mt-2">{{ description }}</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

<script> export default {
  data() {
    return {
      title: '',
      description: ''
    }
  },
  created() {
    // Fetch the post data based on the id parameter passed in the route
  }
} </script>
```

This will make the single post wider and position it at the top of the page in the middle.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.


> remove the white background from single post and move content to top of the page


To remove the white background from the single post and move the content to the top of the page, you can remove the `bg-white` class from the container element and use the `top-0` class to position the content at the top of the page.

Here is an example of how you can do this in the `SinglePost` component:


```html
<template>
  <div class="bg-gray-900 min-h-screen flex items-center justify-center">
    <div class="p-6 rounded-lg shadow-lg w-3/4 top-0">
      <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-800">{{ title }}</h2>
      <p class="text-gray-600 mt-2">{{ description }}</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

<script> export default {
  data() {
    return {
      title: '',
      description: ''
    }
  },
  created() {
    // Fetch the post data based on the id parameter passed in the route
  }
} </script>
```

This will remove the white background from the single post and position the content at the top of the page.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.


> can you parse and render markdown in vuejs


Yes, you can parse and render Markdown in Vue.js using a library such as marked.

To install marked, you can run `npm install marked` or `yarn add marked`.

Then, you can use the `marked` function provided by the library to parse and render Markdown in your Vue.js component.

Here is an example of how you can do this:


```html
<template>
  <div>
    <div v-html="parsedMarkdown"></div>
  </div>
</template>

<script> import marked from 'marked'

export default {
  data() {
    return {
      markdown: '# Hello, world!\nThis is some Markdown text.'
    }
  },
  computed: {
    parsedMarkdown() {
      return marked(this.markdown)
    }
  }
} </script>
```

This will parse and render the Markdown text in the `markdown` data property as HTML in the template.

You can also customize the rendering of the Markdown by passing an options object to the `marked` function. For example:


```js
parsedMarkdown() {
  return marked(this.markdown, {
    breaks: true,
    sanitize: true
  })
}
``` 

This will enable line breaks and sanitize the HTML output to prevent potential security vulnerabilities.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.


> lets use a vue library for it

You can use a Vue.js specific library such as vue-markdown to parse and render Markdown in your Vue.js app.

To install vue-markdown, you can run `npm install vue-markdown` or `yarn add vue-markdown`.

Then, you can import the `Markdown` component from the library and use it in your template:


```html
<template>
  <div>
    <Markdown>{{ markdown }}</Markdown>
  </div>
</template>

<script> import { Markdown } from 'vue-markdown'

export default {
  components: {
    Markdown
  },
  data() {
    return {
      markdown: '# Hello, world!\nThis is some Markdown text.'
    }
  }
} </script>
```

This will parse and render the Markdown text in the `markdown` data property as HTML in the template.

You can also customize the rendering of the Markdown by passing props to the `Markdown` component. For example:


```html
<template>
  <div>
    <Markdown breaks sanitize>{{ markdown }}</Markdown>
  </div>
</template>

<script> import { Markdown } from 'vue-markdown'

export default {
  components: {
    Markdown
  },
  data() {
    return {
      markdown: '# Hello, world!\nThis is some Markdown text.'
    }
  }
} </script>
```

This will enable line breaks and sanitize the HTML output to prevent potential security vulnerabilities.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.

> add highlight js for markdown


To add syntax highlighting to your rendered Markdown using highlight.js, you can install the highlight.js library and the vue-highlightjs plugin.

To install highlight.js and vue-highlightjs, you can run the following commands:


```js 
npm install highlight.js vue-highlightjs
```

or

```js 
yarn add highlight.js vue-highlightjs
```

Then, you can import the `highlight.js` library and the `VueHighlightJS` plugin and install them in your Vue.js app.

For example:


```js
import Vue from 'vue'
import VueHighlightJS from 'vue-highlightjs'
import 'highlight.js/styles/atom-one-dark.css'

Vue.use(VueHighlightJS)
```

Next, you can wrap the `Markdown` component in the `highlight` component provided by the `vue-highlightjs` plugin to apply syntax highlighting to the rendered Markdown.

For example:


```html
<template>
  <div>
    <highlight>
      <Markdown breaks sanitize>{{ markdown }}</Markdown>
    </highlight>
  </div>
</template>

<script> import { Markdown } from 'vue-markdown'

export default {
  components: {
    Markdown
  },
  data() {
    return {
      markdown: '# Hello, world!\n```js\nconsole.log("Hello, world!")\n```'
    }
  }
} </script>
```

This will apply syntax highlighting to the code blocks in the Markdown using the Atom One Dark theme. You can customize the theme by importing a different CSS file or by using the `hljs` class in your own CSS.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.

> can you do it with vue-markdown-render

Yes, you can use the vue-markdown-render library to parse and render Markdown in your Vue.js app and apply syntax highlighting using highlight.js.

To install vue-markdown-render, you can run `npm install vue-markdown-render` or `yarn add vue-markdown-render`.

Then, you can import the `MarkdownRender` component from the library and use it in your template:


```html
<template>
  <div>
    <MarkdownRender :source="markdown"></MarkdownRender>
  </div>
</template>

<script> import { MarkdownRender } from 'vue-markdown-render'

export default {
  components: {
    MarkdownRender
  },
  data() {
    return {
      markdown: '# Hello, world!\nThis is some Markdown text.'
    }
  }
} </script>
```

This will parse and render the Markdown text in the `markdown` data property as HTML in the template.

To apply syntax highlighting to the rendered Markdown, you can pass the `highlight` prop to the `MarkdownRender` component.

For example:


```html
<template>
  <div>
    <MarkdownRender :source="markdown" highlight></MarkdownRender>
  </div>
</template>

<script> import { MarkdownRender } from 'vue-markdown-render'

export default {
  components: {
    MarkdownRender
  },
  data() {
    return {
      markdown: '# Hello, world!\n```js\nconsole.log("Hello, world!")\n```'
    }
  }
} </script>
```

This will apply syntax highlighting to the code blocks in the Markdown using the default theme. You can customize the theme by importing a different CSS file or by using the `hljs` class in your own CSS.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.

> how to add copy code button to highlighted markdown

To add a "Copy code" button to the syntax highlighted code blocks in your rendered Markdown, you can use the `v-copy` directive provided by the vue-clipboard2 library.

To install vue-clipboard2, you can run `npm install vue-clipboard2` or `yarn add vue-clipboard2`.

Then, you can import the `VueClipboard` plugin and install it in your Vue.js app.

For example:


```js
import Vue from 'vue'
import VueClipboard from 'vue-clipboard2'

Vue.use(VueClipboard)
```

Next, you can add a "Copy code" button to the syntax highlighted code blocks by using the `v-copy` directive on the button element and binding it to the code block element.

For example:


```html
<template>
  <div>
    <MarkdownRender :source="markdown" highlight></MarkdownRender>
  </div>
</template>

<script> import { MarkdownRender } from 'vue-markdown-render'

export default {
  components: {
    MarkdownRender
  },
  data() {
    return {
      mark` 
```

> finish the code abode

Here is the complete code to add a "Copy code" button to the syntax highlighted code blocks in your rendered Markdown using vue-clipboard2:


```html
<template>
  <div>
    <MarkdownRender :source="markdown" highlight></MarkdownRender>
  </div>
</template>

<script> import { MarkdownRender } from 'vue-markdown-render'

export default {
  components: {
    MarkdownRender
  },
  data() {
    return {
      markdown: '# Hello, world!\n```js\nconsole.log("Hello, world!")\n```'
    }
  }
} </script>

<style> .copy-button {
  cursor: pointer;
  border: none;
  background: none;
  color: #0076ff;
  font-size: 14px;
  outline: none;
  transition: color 0.15s ease-in-out;
}

.copy-button:hover {
  color: #004cbf;
} </style>

<template v-slot:code="{ code }">
  <pre class="hljs">
    <code v-html="code" v-pre></code>
    <button class="copy-button" v-copy="code">Copy code</button>
  </pre>
</template>
```

This code uses a scoped slot provided by the `MarkdownRender` component to customize the rendering of the code blocks. The `v-copy` directive is used on the button element to bind it to the code block element, and the `copy-button` class is used to style the button.

When the button is clicked, the code block will be copied to the clipboard.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions