https://github.com/tgiles/static-site

https://github.com/tgiles/static-site

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tgiles/static-site
• Owner: TGiles
• Created: 2020-05-19T19:52:56.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-08-16T21:29:31.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-08-16T22:43:55.777Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Nunjucks
• Size: 5.65 MB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# 11ty Web Site

This is the new home for my personal website.

Using 11ty, I've converted my old website and added a blog section to it!

Huge thanks to [Jon Keeping](https://github.com/JonUK) and his blog post on [creating a blog with Eleventy!](https://keepinguptodate.com/pages/2019/06/creating-blog-with-eleventy/)

## But your old site worked fine, what gives?

I enjoy learning new tech and discovering if I like the new way of doing things.

Other than little content fixes, I haven't updated my personal site in years!

I suppose it felt like time to do an overhaul and pick up some more skills in the process.

I also wanted to add a blog so that I can spend more time writing my thoughts/notes in a way that can be beneficial to other people.

## Fair enough, but why 11ty? Why not ?

I definitely wanted to write my new site as a static site, regardless of which technology used.

I've heard nothing but good things about [Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/), but it seemed overkill for my needs.

I've had some experience with [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) through GitHub Pages, so I wanted to try something different.

However [11ty](https://www.11ty.dev/) claims to be a "simpler static site generator".

Since my main goal was to overhaul my old site and add a blog to it, this "simpler" way of doing that was appealing to me.

So far 11ty has lived up to that claim, in my opinion!