I had the need to build a new, more modern, easier to navigate website. I had three requirements
- Static Site
- Open Source
- Self Hosted
Additionally, I have the limitations of being minimally knowledgably in HTML and javascript, and limited capacity to host said website. I learned a lot from Fireship.io, but most of the frameworks taught there are too bulky for what I wanted, and had a steeper learning curve than I wanted.
Then I came across Astro.
This was the easiest way to approach what I was trying to build in raw HTML. Using the astro-paper template, this site has been incredibly easy to generate.
This post serves just as an announcement more than anything truly interesting, but that said, it worked great!
This is how I set up my site with very limited knowledge of web development. Nothing new or special, but it was helpful to me so I thought I’d write it down. Soon I’ll do a full write up on the server that hosts this site and how I host multiple different sites including external self hosted services so stay tuned.