Need Help regarding static websites.
Hi All,
I have been using WordPress for the past 3 years and slowly I realised that there are other options for static sites.
Other options are really useful especially with the fact that it reduces the hosting charges dramatically.
But here comes the problem::
Deployment by code is just so new, that last when I tried to do deploy using render.com it failed.
I host my major sites at kinsta, so just understand how much we are pampered with the fact that we hardly deal with any technicalities.
I understand technical stuff but don't want to dig into it immediately.
So is there a middle ground for static sites where deployment too is managed by some service?
I'm more than happy to pay that little amount.
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I would recommend that you use hugo for the static site generator and https://fabform.io for the forms backend. There is a little learning curve with hugo
but after you get over the hurdle it works a charm.
thanks for the reply...
currently i'm managing quite a few on carrd.co,works well though it has limitations on basic templates....
For the current hosting platforms (Render, Netlify, Vercel) you will have to do some initial setup to deploy automatically. You will have to store your content in a GitHub or GitLab or something similar and push your updates there. The platform will take care of automatically updating the site once you made a push.
I think the closest thing to a "static" CMS is https://forestry.io/, you can edit your content directly ia an web editor there so you don't have to
git clone,git push. That also requires some setup and linking with your hosting provider. Render is good to go. It's a pretty good, lightweight solution.If you would like to create a https://forestry.io/, https://render.com/ solution, drop me an email and we'll talk.
P.S. I built a static site generator myself https://mkws.sh.
If you don't mind swapping from WP we built Versoly
All our sites are static and the results show it paid off https://www.debugbear.com/blog/website-builder-performance-review :)
Hi,
Sorry for replying so late..
Versoly looks very interesting except that pricing really doesn't fit to me...
What pricing are you looking for?
Kinsta seems to be more expensive.
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75usd..!! I can host wordpress with Kinsta at 30usd/month.
I don't understand the pricing of yours.
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Hey @saiindra
The specific infrastructure term for these static sites is JAMStack. If you do some research on that you'll see specific solutions to hosting. (see: https://jamstack.wtf/)
As far as I know, Render should handle static site deployment so you may want to check the framework you're using is actually built for it and configured correctly. I use Nuxt.js and you need to specifically tell it to build your artifact in a static mode for it to work.
If you think this is a Render problem rather then your framework problem, then I'd recommend checking out:
Otherwise, if you're talking about deploying WordPress itself statically, then this won't work without using a third-party saas. Some options for that with a quick google are:
I would add Digital Ocean to that list of providers. If I remember correctly they give 3 static websites free of charge (in App Platform).