Don't ever break a URL if you can help it
This is something I strive quite hard to ensure, using tools like html-proofer and comparing against old sitemaps when I change things considerably with my site. It's also something that is quite infuriating when following links to a site that has now rewritten their URLs, so I've learned from that too!
Recommended read: Don't ever break a URL if you can help it https://www.hanselman.com/blog/dont-ever-break-a-url-if-you-can-help-it
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Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
A super interesting idea. I've been thinking recently whether I should maybe look at making this site dynamically rendered, but still backed with my site's content being in a Git repo
Recommended read: A Site Reborn https://calebhearth.com/a-site-reborn
Autonomy Online: A Case For The IndieWeb
Recommended read: Autonomy Online: A Case For The IndieWeb https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/08/autonomy-online-indieweb/
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
Reply to https://twitter.com/mr_goodwin/status/1286945025625128961
Alright twits, what static site generation tools do you use? Need: - Markdown - Blog tool Want: - Simple / clean output - Custom pathsMark Goodwin (@mr_goodwin)Sat, 25 Jul 2020 08:42 UTC
Definitely happy to chat more on Slack / at #HomebrewWebsiteClub if you're able to join, but my recommendation is generally Hugo. Templating / documentation is not the best, especially if you're not used to Go's templating. I moved from Jekyll last year https://www.jvt.me/posts/2019/01/04/goodbye-jekyll-hello-hugo/ and have found it a much better experience. It's super quick to build (even for my large multi-purpose site) and has a tonne of stuff built-in to it that makes it fairly batteries included
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
Reply to https://twitter.com/MichalKonturek/status/1284886460643135491
https://twitter.com/rockey5520/status/1284801768979861505
Ditto that. Jekyll was fun but it was time to move on.Michal Konturek (@MichalKonturek)Sun, 19 Jul 2020 16:22 UTC
I moved from Jekyll to Hugo cause of speed and massively recommend it. It's a bit painful documentation wise / if Go's templating isn't your cup of tea but I could see it being one of the longer running static site generators
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
Refactoring my static generator
Recommended read: Refactoring my static generator https://petermolnar.net/article/less-features-cleaner-site/
by Jamie Tanna
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#web
#indieweb
#webmention
#personal-website.
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
Reply to https://twitter.com/jevakallio/status/1254823758784856065
HI! Do you have a self-hosted personal website/blog? If yes drop a link in replies! 🙏 I'm also interested what are your main problems in hosting your own website? Effort? Cost? Tech? Getting engagement?Jani Eväkallio (@jevakallio)Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:24 UTC
My #PersonalWebsite is https://www.jvt.me and as I'm very into owning my own data and being part of the #IndieWeb, I'm replying to this tweet from my website!
Site itself is Hugo and hosted on Netlify
And for folks who've rightfully come out of Pauline Narvas's talk at #WiTNotts wanting to start blogging, there's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham which is every other week (online) and is a great space to put two hours aside to blog / work on your website
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website
#blogging
#homebrew-website-club
#wit-notts.
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
It'll be of no surprise to any of you who know me as a #PersonalWebsite and #blogging advocate that I would be very much looking forward to Pauline Narvas's talk at #WiTNotts this Thursday! And as it's remote, hopefully more of you can join!
https://twitter.com/WiT_Notts/status/1244599451471224832
This week we're running our first remote #WiTNotts and we'd love to see you there! Webcams at the ready, we've got @paulienuh talking to us about #blogging then we're going to have a little birthday celebration as we turn 4! 🎂🎉🎙️📝🎈 Full details 👉 nott.tech/wit-aprilWomen In Tech, Nottingham 🌈✨ (@WiT_Notts)Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:16 UTC
Don’t call it a comeback. I been here for years.
Recommended read: Don’t call it a comeback. I been here for years. http://cameronmoll.com/journal/dont-call-it-a-comeback
Reply to https://twitter.com/maria_fibonacci/status/1233907944481271808
Ok nerds...where do you have your blogs?
Verónica. (@maria_fibonacci)Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:12 UTC
I'm using Hugo and Netlify, backed with GitLab CI. Because I own the platform that is my site, I can do funky things like reply to this tweet directly from my website!
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
Reply to https://twitter.com/nodebotanist/status/1233929091960754177
Devs: where/what platform are we using for blogs this decade? I don't wanna use Medium because of the paywalls n stuff.
Mxs. Kassian Rosner Wren (@nodebotanist)Sun, 01 Mar 2020 01:36 UTC
I'd thoroughly recommend self hosting - I use Hugo and Netlify for mine and it works really well. It's also got the bonus that because it's my own site and platform that I can use it as I want, such as replying to your tweet from my website
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
The one thing I wish I'd done when I first started my design career
In this 9 minute podcast, Craig Burgess speaks about how he wished he'd got started on his #PersonalWebsite and doing more #blogging early on in his career. Craig also speaks about the #IndieWeb and why everyone should get involved.
Recommended read: The one thing I wish I'd done when I first started my design career https://getdoingthings.com/podcast/getdoingthings/the-one-thing
Local First, Undo Redo, JS-Optional, Create Edit Publish
Recommended read: Local First, Undo Redo, JS-Optional, Create Edit Publish http://tantek.com/2020/037/b2/local-first-undo-redo-create-edit-publish
Recommended read: Your Website is Your Castle https://desmondrivet.com/2020/01/05/website-castle
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website
#blogging
#ownership
#indieweb.
Recommended read: A brief year in review of my website, domain, online identity, commonplace book, journal, diary, etc. https://boffosocko.com/2019/12/31/a-brief-year-in-review-of-my-website-domain-online-identity-commonplace-book-journal-diary-etc/
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website
#blogging
#ownership
#indieweb.
Recommended read: The People's Web https://anildash.com/2019/12/23/the-peoples-web/
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website
#ownership
#web
#indieweb.
Recommended read: How to create a free website https://mblaney.xyz/2019-12-28-How_to_create_a_free_website
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website
#blogging
#ownership
#indieweb.
So long Disqus, hello Webmention
Recommended read: So long Disqus, hello Webmention https://nicolas-hoizey.com/2017/07/so-long-disqus-hello-webmentions.html
The sad state of personal data and infrastructure
Recommended read: The sad state of personal data and infrastructure https://beepb00p.xyz/sad-infra.html
This is a great read about the things that being in the https://indieweb.org/ (Independent Web) can empower you with, and the ownership and agency that it affords you.
I'd recommend a read of https://www.jvt.me/posts/2019/07/22/why-website/ and https://www.jvt.me/posts/2019/10/20/indieweb-talk/ for a bit more info, too.
Recommended read: It’s Time to Get Personal https://24ways.org/2019/its-time-to-get-personal/
Recommended read: “Link In Bio” is a slow knife https://anildash.com/2019/12/10/link-in-bio-is-how-they-tried-to-kill-the-web/
In the Beginning was the Website
Recommended read: In the Beginning was the Website https://desmondrivet.com/2019/12/08/intro-to-indie-web
by Jamie Tanna
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#indieweb
#personal-website
#blogging
#ownership
#ethics
#decentralisation.
How to Fix Social Media by Injecting A Chunk of the Blogosphere
Recommended read: How to Fix Social Media by Injecting A Chunk of the Blogosphere https://kottke.org/19/01/how-to-fix-social-media-by-injecting-a-chunk-of-the-blogosphere
Recommended read: The best way to blog in 2020 https://werd.io/2019/the-best-way-to-blog-in-2020
Ditching Event Platforms for the IndieWeb (5 mins read).
How we can replace event platforms like Meetup.com with your own IndieWeb-backed platforms.
by Jamie Tanna
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#meetup.com
#events
#rfc
#indieweb
#nablopomo
#personal-website.
Vendor Lock In Through Your Domain Name
Recommended read: Vendor Lock In Through Your Domain Name https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/11/vendor-lock-in-through-your-domain-name/
by Jamie Tanna
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#web
#personal-website.
I’m Officially Part of the IndieWeb
Recommended read: I’m Officially Part of the IndieWeb https://www.jhsheridan.com/officially-indieweb/
Building the new LeedsJS website
A great look at how folks are looking at taking ownership back from Meetup.com
Recommended read: Building the new LeedsJS website https://lukeb.co.uk/2019/11/11/building-the-new-leedsjs-website/
by Jamie Tanna
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#events
#meetup.com
#personal-website
#indieweb.
A fresh new look for this site
Recommended read: A fresh new look for this site https://ma.ttias.be/fresh-new-look-site-2019/
Recommended read: Why You Should Have a Website https://www.jamesgallagher.app/writing/why-you-should-have-a-website
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website
#personal-brand
#blogging
#indieweb.
A Linux sysadmin's guide to moving to a new website
Recommended read: A Linux sysadmin's guide to moving to a new website https://ma.ttias.be/sysadmin-guide-move-content-new-website/
Yesterday I met someone who, after my talk Overengineering Your Personal Website at last year's DevOpsDays London, started building their own website. That's awesome! 🙌🏼
Recommended read: A love letter to my website https://www.vanschneider.com/a-love-letter-to-personal-websites
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
WPWeekly Episode 361 – Introduction to the IndieWeb With David Shanske
This should be a really interesting listen about getting started with the IndieWeb with David, I'd recommend it.
But in an even cooler turn of events, it was very cool to see that my article Why I Have a Website and You Should Too ( https://www.jvt.me/posts/2019/07/22/why-website/ ) discussed at roughly 39:00.
Recommended read: WPWeekly Episode 361 – Introduction to the IndieWeb With David Shanske https://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-361-introduction-to-the-indieweb-with-david-shanske
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website.
Why I Have a Website and You Should Too (12 mins read).
A persuasive look at the many reasons why you should have your own website, and some of the benefits it will bring you.
by Jamie Tanna
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#persuasive
#personal-website
#www.jvt.me
#indieweb
#webmention
#personal-brand
#homebrew-website-club
#blogging.
