🎯 Choose your goal
Where do you want to be?
- A) I want someone else to manage any updates & code (maintenance) my website may need and just post my writing --> #A) No maintenance platforms for writers
- B) I want someone else to manage any maintenance my site may need and just post my art[1] --> #B) No maintenance platforms for artists
- C) I can do light maintenance (customization options with some code), but I mainly want to work on what's on the site --> #C) Light maintenance -> smooth sailing
- D) I can do heavy maintenance (code everything myself) for my site to start out, but after that, I want to focus on what's on it #D) Heavy maintenance -> smooth sailing
- E) I want to own and manage my website and everything on it, I'll take care of any maintenance needed --> #E) Own everything
- Give me a list of options and I'll pick one --> #All the ways to make a site
Need help picking?
A) No maintenance platforms for writers
- WordPress / Squarespace / Shopify / Weebly
- If you want to blog to make money, definitely go with one of these, as that'll get you the most ✨professional✨ results.
- Wix is an Israeli company, please participate in the boycott by using something else!
- Blogger
- Platforms where you write then post (themes optional):
- Site builders like Framer, Statamic, or Publii
- Medium
- Forestry.md
B) No maintenance platforms for artists
- WordPress / Squarespace / Shopify / Weebly
- If you want to sell your art on your website, definitely go with Shopify or Weebly for their shop-related features.
- Wix is an Israeli company, please participate in the boycott by using something else!
- Cow Sites
- Site builders: Framer, Statamic, or Publii
- Tumblr or Dreamwidth
- Drag-and-drop editing: Lurk or mmm.page
C) Light maintenance -> smooth sailing
- Templates! Just change some code values and you're good to go:
- StrawberryStarter is an Eleventy one where the site is the documentation
- I like these Astro ones: Blahg and Sphere
- Simple static site generators: Faircamp and Makko
- Obsidian with the Digital Garden plugin
D) Heavy maintenance -> smooth sailing
- Chyrp Lite
- Static site generators: Hugo, Eleventy, Jekyll, Gatsby, Astro
- Neocities and its derivatives (Nekoweb and Reocities)
E) Own everything
- Self-hosting options:
- Midnight.pub
All the ways to make a site
📩 Footnotes
📋 References
Status: #edit
Related:
Sources:
- 32bit Cafe's Resources List for the Personal Web
- Blogger's toolbox -- Robert Birming
- Inspired by https://manuelmoreale.com/blog-platforms
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Why are the posting art and posting writing goals separate? -- Because some blogging sites don't allow images at all on free plans, don't host images themselves, or don't handle them well. ↩︎