Re:Things I Learned from My First 6 Months of Anime Blogging
by dragontamer on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:37PM
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I prefer paying for hosting, so I know that "I'm not the product".
I agree with the other posters so far: Static generators are the way to go today. Jekyll + Github Pages is common but I don't like it (I don't "trust" the free nature of Github now that its run by Microsoft. I wanna pay for the service.). Jekyll is a fine program, but the Ruby warts means that its a bit difficult to setup unless you have all your Gems lined up.
Hugo's installation process was far easier and practically does the same thing as Jekyll. Since its easier to setup and use Hugo, I prefer using that. But you really can't go wrong with either.
Its great for static sites and shared hosting in general. The payment options are very clean and clear, and its very cheap. A simple SFTP or RSYNC to transfer your Hugo or Jekyll generated files over, and you're set. Simple if you know how to use command-line stuff.
NFS has a very simple "Lets Encrypt" based command line program to quickly add HTTPS encryption to your site.
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Other popular options for static-hosting are Amazon's S3 and Cloudflare. And of course the free options: Github pages, and Neocities.
I agree with the other posters so far: Static generators are the way to go today. Jekyll + Github Pages is common but I don't like it (I don't "trust" the free nature of Github now that its run by Microsoft. I wanna pay for the service.). Jekyll is a fine program, but the Ruby warts means that its a bit difficult to setup unless you have all your Gems lined up.
Hugo's installation process was far easier and practically does the same thing as Jekyll. Since its easier to setup and use Hugo, I prefer using that. But you really can't go wrong with either.
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My preferred webhost is "NearlyFreeSpeech": https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/
Its great for static sites and shared hosting in general. The payment options are very clean and clear, and its very cheap. A simple SFTP or RSYNC to transfer your Hugo or Jekyll generated files over, and you're set. Simple if you know how to use command-line stuff.
NFS has a very simple "Lets Encrypt" based command line program to quickly add HTTPS encryption to your site.
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Other popular options for static-hosting are Amazon's S3 and Cloudflare. And of course the free options: Github pages, and Neocities.