Content Creation

Overview

StaticForge provides a convenient CLI command to generate new content files with pre-configured frontmatter. This ensures your files are correctly formatted and placed in the right directories without manual copy-pasting.

The `make:content` Command

Use make:content to create a new Markdown file.

php vendor/bin/staticforge.php make:content "My Post Title"

Options

Option	Shorthand	Description	Default
`--type`	`-t`	Specify a subdirectory/category (e.g., `blog`, `docs`)	`(root content dir)`
`--date`	`-d`	Set a custom publish date (YYYY-MM-DD)	`(Today)`
`--draft`	`-D`	Mark the content as a draft	`false`

Examples

Create a standard page:

php vendor/bin/staticforge.php make:content "About Us"
# Creates: content/about-us.md

Create a blog post:

php vendor/bin/staticforge.php make:content "Release Notes v1.0" --type=blog
# Creates: content/blog/release-notes-v1-0.md
# Adds 'category: blog' to frontmatter

Create a draft documentation page:

php vendor/bin/staticforge.php make:content "Advanced Guide" --type=docs --draft
# Creates: content/docs/advanced-guide.md
# Adds 'draft: true' to frontmatter

Structure of Generated Files

The command generates a file with valid YAML frontmatter and a starting header:

---
title: "Release Notes v1.0"
date: "2026-02-12"
category: "blog"
---

# Release Notes v1.0

Write your content here...