Build a Better Blog with a Static Site Generator
Make your blog load faster than your reader can blink with a static website generator without resorting to hand written HTML.
What you'll learn
Readers hate slow loading websites, and your blog is no exception! The fastest blog response times possible come from sites that simply serve up pre-rendered files. You don’t want to hand code HTML, of course, so you need a static site generator that lets you write simple Markdown that is rendered to fully templated and styled web pages.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- Add an RSS Feed to Hexo 1m
- Add an RSS Feed to DocPad 2m
- Add Clean URLs to DocPad 2m
- Add Date URLs to DocPad 1m
- Add Disqus to Hexo 3m
- Add Disqus to DocPad 3m
- Add MailChimp to Hexo 3m
- Add MailChimp to DocPad 1m
- Add Google Analytics to Hexo 2m
- Add Google Analytics to DocPad 1m
- Summary 1m
About the author
Jeff has been passionate about and active in software for over 25 years. Currently he is CEO and Chief Instructor at Code Career Academy (codecareeracademy.com) and runs the Gwinnett Georgia, Microsoft User Group (GGMUG.com). Jeff is a Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio and Development Technologies. He blogs at jeffa.tech. Jeff enjoys speaking to user groups and Code Camps about a variety of technical topics.