Typescript for Web Pages, Simplified
A few days ago, I did the stupid. I accidentally wiped over some key PHP files from my personal home page's Concrete5 setup, and attempts to recover them were unsuccessful (yeah, stupid me forgetting where his backups were).
So having decided to start over, I had to decide 'with what'? Usually I use opportunities like this to pick up a new thing I'd never worked with before. My site is on a php-based host (cpanel+scriptaculous), so some of the more modern node options like ghost were out, as were anything involving docker. But in thinking about it, I realized I didn't need all of the weight that comes with many php-based CMS/Blog systems like wordpress, b2evolution, and concrete (in addition there's the matter that increasingly the 'themes' aren't free).
What did I really want? Easy theming, a list of my social media sites, a list to my other home pages, a place for a bio blurb, and spots where I could put the summary of the most recent article from each of my blogs/rss feeds. I also wanted a general-posting blog but I could externalize that separate from the personal home page itself. I don't need a static site generator or big CMS system for something like that.
But I might want to add a few special features through simple web-components, and the theming framework may need some coding. And doing that, I absolutely wanted Typescript. But again, I don't want a big rollup/webpack framework. I just want the deployed site nice and simple, using CDNs as much as possible.
So here's how I set that up and worked past a few odds and ends. Continue reading "Typescript for Web Pages, Simplified"
So having decided to start over, I had to decide 'with what'? Usually I use opportunities like this to pick up a new thing I'd never worked with before. My site is on a php-based host (cpanel+scriptaculous), so some of the more modern node options like ghost were out, as were anything involving docker. But in thinking about it, I realized I didn't need all of the weight that comes with many php-based CMS/Blog systems like wordpress, b2evolution, and concrete (in addition there's the matter that increasingly the 'themes' aren't free).
What did I really want? Easy theming, a list of my social media sites, a list to my other home pages, a place for a bio blurb, and spots where I could put the summary of the most recent article from each of my blogs/rss feeds. I also wanted a general-posting blog but I could externalize that separate from the personal home page itself. I don't need a static site generator or big CMS system for something like that.
But I might want to add a few special features through simple web-components, and the theming framework may need some coding. And doing that, I absolutely wanted Typescript. But again, I don't want a big rollup/webpack framework. I just want the deployed site nice and simple, using CDNs as much as possible.
So here's how I set that up and worked past a few odds and ends. Continue reading "Typescript for Web Pages, Simplified"