2019/NYC/indieoptions
What tools are out there? was a session at IndieWebCamp NYC 2019.
Video: βΆοΈ45:56s
Notes archived from: https://etherpad.indieweb.org/indieoptions
IndieWebCamp NYC 2019
Session: What tools are out there?
When: 2019-10-05 13:45
Participants
- Greg McVerry
- Add yourself here⦠(see this for more details)
Notes
There is a so much choice out there whether you use a CMS, Static Site Generator, roll your own
- Static Site Generator - you have to write the content and use a website; you're serving a flat file
- Options with open protocols and open APIs
- No code option
- Micro.blog --> it's a service
- All building blocks work: specific tools that connect to each other (e.g., indieauth , webmentions)
- Hugo site - you can type in html or Markdown
- $5/mo or $10/mo if you want a podcast
- Good community
- Connects to Tumblr, Medium, Wordpress, Mastodon
- Do things with IG where you can own your gram
- One button install
- Not open source
- Takes minutes to learn and years to master; it's not open-source but open garden
- Micro.blog --> it's a service
- Options that are ready-to-go platforms and services
- Tumblr,
- Wordpress.com,
- Blogger
- Medium
- don't have integrations with all the building blocks
- Known
- All kinds of posts
- IRC, location,
- Big community
- Open source
- have to use terminal
- has an install tax -
- Wordpress.org - 35-40% of the web
- +/- So customizable but you can get lost with all of the plug-ins
- +/-
- Requires hosting -> need to pay for shared host
- GitHub pages
- below No and Wordpress.org because you're mainly just writing in html
- - You have to touch code
- + Free
β Roll Your Own Buy domain from DNS Compute: ssdnodes.com - Web serving: How you create and serve your content (Apache, Caddy); Hugo
- Tips:
- start lean, keep it mantainable
- small goes farther
- Write for yourself first