About Éclair Academy

Éclair Academy is the official academy of Éclair CMS. It exists for a simple reason: a tool is only useful if you know how to use it. Here, you learn Éclair from A to Z, with short, accurate, easy-to-follow lessons, whether you're a craftsperson, a freelancer, a developer or an agency.

Who is behind Éclair Academy?

How are the lessons written?

Each lesson starts from Éclair's source code and its official guide. Menu names are those of the admin, figures are those of the code, and any fast-changing information (prices, hosting plans, the Claude and ChatGPT interfaces) is dated and comes with its source. When a piece of information couldn't be verified, it isn't published.

• Accuracy: nothing made up, official sources and check dates.
• Teaching: where to click, what should happen, and what to do if it doesn't.
• Restraint: light pages, readable on mobile, with no ads or trackers.

A site built with Éclair

This site itself runs on Éclair CMS 1.8. The lessons are Éclair pages, the paths are organized as subpages, the translations are linked together, and the editor's SEO, GEO and Design analysis was used to review every page. The theme templates were customized to filter menus by language and show navigation between lessons, as explained in the Customize the theme templates lesson.

The Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface, designed by the Braille Institute for people with low vision, was chosen so that every lesson stays readable for everyone, on every screen.

Contribute and report an error

A screenshot that no longer matches, a step that has changed at a hosting provider, an unanswered question? Write to us from the Contact page. Issues with Éclair itself are reported on the Éclair CMS GitHub repository.