I feel a bit stuck with my site right now as I want to add a fanfic archive of all my old fics but have no desire to code 100+ pages.
I looked at using a SSG, but am not at all confident with command line/terminal. I guess the other option is some kind of php script or something similar, but then I would have to move off Neocities and probably pay for some hosting, which I guess is fine, but not really what I wanted to do just yet.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for making it easier?
I don't think a SSG would be a bad idea for this project. I managed to get Pelican working and apparently Jekyll is even easier. The main issue using an SSG with a free Neocities account is that it regenerates the whole site you built and you would kind of have to replace all* files every time you updated, but if you were doing an archive where updates are few it wouldn't be that arduous
*maybe you could pick and choose which files to update but it might screw up something like a tagging system if you have one
There are ways to automate file uploads to neocities! I use the deploy to neocities git script, this page details how to do that and/or use the command line :D
I think the thing with SSGs is that I was having a hell of a time trying to even get started from scratch/from the tutorials.. so I ended up just using a template (tried both Eleventy and Astro) and having an easier time learning how SSGs work!
I recently got a site up and running with Eleventy and yeah, a template is a nice way to get going :D I’ve started digging into the config files to get other things I want and their documentation is decent but could use more examples.
Don't be afraid of the terminal. The first step to getting good at things is being bad at them. I recommend Zola for an SSG. Jekyll gets nightmarish a couple of years in due to the mess of Ruby dependencies.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
carisma_sensei
no subject
Date: 2025-01-25 05:52 am (UTC)I looked at using a SSG, but am not at all confident with command line/terminal. I guess the other option is some kind of php script or something similar, but then I would have to move off Neocities and probably pay for some hosting, which I guess is fine, but not really what I wanted to do just yet.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for making it easier?
no subject
Date: 2025-01-25 06:09 pm (UTC)*maybe you could pick and choose which files to update but it might screw up something like a tagging system if you have one
no subject
Date: 2025-01-26 01:35 am (UTC)There are ways to automate file uploads to neocities! I use the deploy to neocities git script, this page details how to do that and/or use the command line :D
https://nenrikido.neocities.org/blog/post/deploy-site/
I think the thing with SSGs is that I was having a hell of a time trying to even get started from scratch/from the tutorials.. so I ended up just using a template (tried both Eleventy and Astro) and having an easier time learning how SSGs work!
no subject
Date: 2025-01-26 09:34 pm (UTC)I recently got a site up and running with Eleventy and yeah, a template is a nice way to get going :D I’ve started digging into the config files to get other things I want and their documentation is decent but could use more examples.
no subject
Date: 2025-01-26 07:10 pm (UTC)Don't be afraid of the terminal. The first step to getting good at things is being bad at them. I recommend Zola for an SSG. Jekyll gets nightmarish a couple of years in due to the mess of Ruby dependencies.