River19h ago

Toying with the idea of making a second website, and so I'm considering some of my options for hosting it. Github won't let me host another site for free. It looks like Gitlab has a pretty good service? It looks like I can do as many as I like for free, or am I mistaken?

Any other recommendations I should check out? I'm planning on just doing a static site, either WordPress¹ or 11ty. Needs to be free or dirt cheap, and if they're not evil, that's ideal.

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¹ Is WordPress actually good? It seems widely used even by some FOSS and tech people? I've only ever used 11ty, but I'm also trying to consider the viability of something that non-technical folks can interact with too.

#askFedi #webHosting #indieWeb #11ty #wordPress #techSupport

Show threadShadow5318h ago

@riverpunk You might know this already, but WordPress isn't "static" in the way 11ty is. IIRC, 11th generates HTML files that you upload to be served directly, while WordPress uses PHP and a database to dynamically generate HTML when a page is visited.

If you want a Static Site Builder, look at https://jamstack.org/generators/ or https://github.com/myles/awesome-static-generators

I've only used Hugo and Zola (my current).

For hosting, https://pgs.sh offers a free tier. GitLab Pages and CodeBerg pages are also options.

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Show threadShadow5318h ago

@riverpunk Netlify used to make it easy to deploy static sites, but it seems they've pivoted from that?

I think hosting alone is worth asking fedi about. #hosting #StaticWebsites maybe?

Show threadRootHosts17h ago
@shadow53 @riverpunk Hey! We actually provide hosting for both WordPress and static sites, including email, free TLS certificates, and no need to manage DNS.
Show threadRiver

@roothosts @shadow53 Are there any output or subscriber limits for your email at the Start tier? Also curious if you have any resources on how a static site might use your email services?

Thank you so much for the reply, your pricing seems fairly reasonable.

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Show threadRootHosts16h ago

@riverpunk @shadow53

Regarding email on the Start tier of our Web/Shared hosting, you can create up to 2 email accounts.

As for static sites, there’s nothing special required — even a simple index.html counts as a static website and can be hosted with us. To send emails from a static site, you need to use a custom domain. If you don’t have one, we can provide an email address using our domain.

Show threadShadow535h ago
@roothosts @riverpunk Definitely recommend using your own domain for anything you want to keep around for a while