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I finally converted this blog from WordPress to a static site generator. After completing two full read-throughs of the novel I don't update this blog very often, and hardly anyone comments on it anyway. This way I don't have to keep up with WordPress and plugin updates on a site that might as well be static, it'll load a lot faster, and I can still add the occasional post easily enough.
Some changes: To keep things simple, I dropped comments and search [Edit: since it's static files now, I just let the sitewide search engine index it!], and I made the tag/category archives tables of contents instead of aggregates. I incorporated some of my own responses to comments into the articles as updates or stand-alone posts.
Tech notes: I went with Eleventy. I used wordpress-export-to-markdown to convert the exported WordPress archive to Markdown (with images!), and built the simplest possible set of templates and styles. eleventy-plugin-rss adds a feed, and I looked at some functions from eleventy-base-blog to build things like the tag archives and understand how to convert dates.
It took me about a day to get most of it together. There are probably still some glitches and broken links. If you find anything broken, please let me know by email: kelson at pobox dot com.
Update: I forgot to link to a pair of articles that helped me get started: Taking WordPress to Eleventy (Josh Can Help) and How To Migrate From WordPress To The Eleventy Static Site Generator (Smashing Magazine).
How To Migrate From WordPress To The Eleventy Static Site Generator
— Kelson Vibber, 2021-01-03
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