WordPress is way too ambitious for a very simple website that lists cool blogs like blogroll.fr and I’d like to turn the current website into a static website, using ideally only HTML and CSS, or a tiny bit of something else if really needed.
The only thing that really worries me is that I would like to keep an RSS feed so that it’s easy to follow when blogs are added (and so I can also automatically post new links to social media without having to think about it). I have no idea how that could be done.
Does anyone have any advice or thoughts about this?
And please do remember that I am a complete beginner with anything code based! Everything is scary!
@alexture
Most static site generators produce RSS. There’s also a WP plugin that will export all of your current content to SSG-compatible markdown.
I just did a migration like that last month, to Hugo, so if you need more information please let me know.
@alexture Many static site generators do RSS out of the box. I use Hugo. If you want a custom theme, you may need to learn a bit of its template language, but otherwise, there’s no coding beyond a slight bit of config.
@alexture
A really great solution is @eleventy. I requires a bit of coding, but there documentation is beginner friendly and the community here on mastodon is awesome.
@jak2k @alexture @eleventy +1 for 11ty.
@alexture
Jekyll is also a great solution for generating static websites. It also has a Plugin to generate an RSS feed
@techlifeweb @jak2k @alexture I heard 11ty was good
@techlifeweb @jak2k @alexture @eleventy And you can find a ton of ways that different people touch on “Getting Started” with eleventy here: https://11tybundle.dev/categories/getting-started/
79 posts in ‘Getting Started’
I really, really enjoy working with Hugo. There is some code involved (mostly Markdown), but the right theme will take care of most of the details for you. It is also very RSS-friendly, generating not just a main site feed but also section- and tag-specific feeds for anyone who wants to subscribe to only certain material.
@alexture Also a beginner here, and also on Linux Mint. I have been using Zola static site generator, and have recently played with my feeds. The documentation is pretty good. Maybe worth a looksee.
https://www.getzola.org/documentation/templates/feeds/
Feeds | Zola
@alexture we’re doing something similar over at blogroll.club although we manually post updates when a new blog gets updated that then gets pushed to an RSS feed.
+1 for hugo. It’s what I use for my site, and the RSS feed creation is great out of the box