Hello everyone! I was thinking about starting a website where to dump some guides on stuff Iearn about selfhosting and general IT stuff.

I don’t want a WordPress or similar. I want static pages (but I’m ok with some JavaScript for navigation maybe, or for proper display on different kind of devices). Ideally I’d like to host it on an AWS S3 bucket since it has the built-in option for static hosting.

I could even go back to the '90s and do it myself from scratch in textedit and html by hand, but I’m pretty sure there are better options out there.

I took a look at Hugo but even that it seems overly complicated for what I need.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks!

  • String@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve been meaning to change my website from Hugo to Zola. It has a few good themes to choose from and it’s easy to set up. Hugo has way more themes though.

    You might want to check out a lot of SSGs to see what themes each has, and pick the one you like the most.

    • manuel2258@lemy.lolEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I build my website using Zola, which worked pretty good. However I wasn’t satisfied with the existing templates so I did build my own using DaisyUI. That also worked pretty good most of the time and was a pleasant experience!

  • Adam@doomscroll.n8e.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Hugo can be as simple as installing it, configuring a site with some yaml that points at a really available theme and writing your markdown content.

    It gets admittedly more complex if you’re wanting to write your own theme though.

    But I think this realistically applies to most all static site generators.