[HacktionLab] Creating a static site for earth first action updates

[U]

Hey no worries.

It's more the ease of instantly deploying from a git repo (and the
optimisations they provide) that would incentivise something like Netlify.

Did a Hugo build for a client recently and realised it wasn't easier than
deploying a wordpress site at all. You can use Netlify CMS with Hugo to
make the site somewhat dynamic, to save any hassle maybe try the one click
install - https://github.com/netlify-templates/one-click-hugo-cms

Honestly I'm not sure I'll go this route again, but it's worth a shot for
sure.

Cheers

On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:59 AM mick at flossmanuals.net <mick at flossmanuals.net>
wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Hosting isn't really a problem but an interesting link there.
>
> Any other tips?
>
> If there aren't any offers of direct help I'll probably just keep plugging
> away Hugo at it and report back. It does look quite doable tbh. But just
> would prefer a bit of guidance, especially as to what could go wrong, or
> how to make it future proof.
>
> Thanks
> Mick
> On 24/01/2020 09:41, U wrote:
>
> You don't even need hosting, you can run a static site direct from
> github/gitlab to Netlify who will host it for free. It's really
> straightforward to set up, consider trying a premade theme and putting it
> up.
>
> Cheers
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 9:36 AM mickfuzz at clearerchannel.org <
> mickfuzz at clearerchannel.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm looking for help to create a static site based on markdown files for
>> an archive of earth first action updates.
>>
>> Aussie John (schnews) is busy OCRing a lot of printed materials, and
>> making pdf scans too, he is a real work horse!
>>
>> I'm providing some hosting and keep that this is a very future proof
>> format. So would like the text to be in md files rather than HTML
>>
>> I think I may be able to create some kind of basic hugo / jekyll site,
>> but really would prefer to support someone else with more experience to
>> do the starting structure and get that up and running in a gitlab /
>> github repo.
>>
>> I could then step in to host, and help John do updates.
>>
>> This is a great project for someone with good web-dev skills looking to
>> do a tester project in new static site building
>> OR ideally someone who has been working in this way recently.
>>
>> As mentioned John will be doing the heavy lifting here so this is a
>> potentially quite fun and very productive volunteer job.
>>
>> Please do get in touch with me if you can help direct. OR post back to
>> the list if you have general tips about you think it would be good to do
>> it in terms of the tech used or other tips.
>>
>> nice one
>> Mick
>>
>>
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