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Congratulations for work well done and a good read too! I recently ripped some VHS tapes but still have to publish them. You mentioned static sites. What do you recommend? Are there any templates, sites etc. ? Thanks again!


Thanks for reading!

I've used a few different static site generators over the years.

Jekyll - Probably the most widely used, so whatever you're trying to do, there's a good chance it's documented somewhere online. It's Ruby-based, but I used it for years even though I can't read Ruby at all, and it was rarely an issue.

Hugo - This is what I currently use to generate my blog because it's incredibly fast. There's a bit of a learning curve, but you probably wouldn't have to learn a ton about Hugo to make a simple site that lists video clips.

Gridsome - This is a good solution if you already know Vue, because it's all Vue-based. Documentation is a bit spotty because it's kind of a niche tool, and development slowed down a lot in 2020.

Gatsby - I briefly used it, but I found it very confusing as someone not familiar with React. Friends who like React seem to love it though.

I unfortunately don't know of any templates for this type of project, though. Next time I get really frustrated with MediaGoblin, I might publish one. : )


I used Hugo before, but you guessed it right - I was hoping for something ready made. Well I guess we'll have to do it ourselves... someday.




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