From dc313add0e11337e4377477d905d01333ab76758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Flanagan Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:13:18 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Work on static site blog post --- ...p-a-fast-simple-and-free-blog-like-this.md | 30 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/blog/how-to-setup-a-fast-simple-and-free-blog-like-this.md b/content/blog/how-to-setup-a-fast-simple-and-free-blog-like-this.md index 8f30699..697b87a 100644 --- a/content/blog/how-to-setup-a-fast-simple-and-free-blog-like-this.md +++ b/content/blog/how-to-setup-a-fast-simple-and-free-blog-like-this.md @@ -1,26 +1,25 @@ --- description: "" -title: How to Setup A Fast, Simple, and Free Blog Like This +title: How to Setup A Free, Fast, and Simple Blog Like This draft: true --- -**TL;DR**: Makefiles are awesome and use Netlify. The code for this entire site -is available [here][repo]. I publish at-will using their CLI via `netlify -deploy --prod`. It's simple and awesome. +**TL;DR**: Netlify is incredible for hosting static websites. The code for this +entire site is available [here][repo]. I publish at-will using their CLI via +`netlify deploy --prod`. It's simple and awesome. # Introduction -This website *intentionally* may not look like much. It is simple both in -style, colors, and layout. It is blazing fast. It looks the same on any mobile -device. It uses the simple web technologies you already know. You can use any -static site generator such as [Hugo][hugo] or [Gatsby][gatsby]. *And I don't -pay for any of it to work!* I do pay for the domain [`lyte.dev`](/), though, -but you don't need one. +This website may not look like much, but that's *intentional*. It is simple +both in style, colors, and layout. It is blazing fast. It looks the same on any +device, mobile or otherwise. It uses the simple web technologies you already +know. You can use any static site generator such as [Hugo][hugo] or +[Gatsby][gatsby]. *And I don't pay for any of it to work!* I do pay for the +domain [`lyte.dev`](/), though, but you can get certain domains for completely +free. -And it's awesome. - -And you can easily build on top of it, extending it to do anything you could -ever possibly want! Need a Content Management System (CMS)? +And you can easily build on top of a system like this, extending it to do +anything you could ever possibly want! Need a Content Management System (CMS)? [Done][netlify-cms]. Need to deploy a complicated Single-Page Application (SPA)? [Easy][netlify-spa]. @@ -32,8 +31,7 @@ Let's get started! # How This Site Works - - ++ Obtain a domain and + Publish the site at will using Netlify (their CLI is great!)