Copy Our Website
We’re excited to share that our Tregony Repair Café website is completely open source and available for other repair cafés to use! If you’re running or planning to start a repair café, you’re welcome to clone our website and adapt it for your own community.
Why We’re Sharing
The repair café movement is all about community, sharing knowledge, and working together to reduce waste. In that same spirit, we believe in sharing the tools that help us connect with our community. Our website has been carefully designed to:
- Showcase repair events with photos and stories
- Manage volunteer information and resources
- Accept donations easily through integrated payment systems
- Provide downloads for forms, checklists, and guides
- Build community through engaging content and clear information
What You Get
Our website template includes everything you need to create a professional online presence for your repair café:
🎨 Professional Design
- Modern, mobile-responsive layout
- Repair café branding with coffee cup and spanner favicon
- Clean, accessible design that works on all devices
📝 Content Management
- Easy blog system for event updates
- Photo galleries for showcasing repairs
- Resource pages for volunteers and visitors
- Downloadable forms and documents
💰 Donation System
- Integrated PayPal QR code system
- Suggested donation amounts
- Clear messaging about how donations help
🔧 Technical Features
- Fast loading and SEO optimized
- Automatically updates when you add content
- Built with Jekyll and hosted free on GitHub Pages
Getting Started is Easy
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Visit our GitHub repository: github.com/OolonColoophid/OolonColoophid.github.io
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Read the comprehensive README - we’ve included step-by-step instructions for customizing the site for your repair café
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Fork or clone the repository to create your own version
Note: This project is licensed under GPL-3.0, which means any modifications or derivative works must also be open source under the same license. This ensures the repair café community continues to benefit from shared improvements!
- Customize with your details:
- Update café name, location, and contact information
- Add your own photos and event details
- Modify colors and branding to match your identity
- Set up your own donation system
- Publish for free using GitHub Pages - no hosting costs!
Perfect for Any Repair Café
Whether you’re:
- Just starting out and need a professional web presence
- Well established but want to improve your online community engagement
- Part of a network of repair cafés looking for a consistent template
- A volunteer with some technical skills wanting to help your local café
This template can save you hundreds of hours of development time and provide a proven foundation for your community.
Technical Support Available
Our detailed README includes:
- Complete setup instructions
- Customization guides
- Photo management tips
- Content creation guidelines
- Troubleshooting help
Plus, the global repair café community is always ready to help each other succeed!
Join the Movement
Every repair café that gets online helps spread the message of repair, reuse, and community connection. By sharing our website template, we hope to make it easier for repair cafés everywhere to:
- Reach more people in their communities
- Share their repair stories and inspire others
- Coordinate volunteers more effectively
- Accept donations to keep their cafés running
- Connect with other repair cafés around the world
Get Started Today
Head over to our GitHub repository and start building your repair café’s online home. The README has everything you need to get started, and remember - if we can help the repair café movement grow, we’re all for it!
Happy repairing, and happy website building!
Questions about using our website template? Feel free to contact us at contact@tregonyrepaircafe.org or open an issue on our GitHub repository.