Building Digital Skills on a Budget

Create-a-Free-Blog — Part 3 Welcome back! In Part 2, we built your blog locally using Hugo. Today, we’re going to publish it live on the internet — completely free, and with zero ads — using GitHub and Netlify. Let’s go live. What You’ll Need A GitHub account (free) A Netlify account (also free) Your Hugo site folder (from Part 2). In this tutorial this folder is named myblog An internet connection Create a GitHub Repository GitHub will store your blog’s source code – everything inside your site folder will be pushed to a GitHub repository so that it’s accessible by a hosting site, in this case, Netlify. Here’s how to create a repository (repo). ...

Create-a-Free-Blog – Part 2 Thanks for joining us! Grab a drink – today we’re going to get hands-on and generate your blog locally using Hugo, a fast and modern static site generator. This means your blog won’t be live on the internet just yet – we’ll get there in Part 3. We’ll install Hugo, pick a theme, create your first post, and preview your blog in your browser. If you missed the first post, see Part 1: Create a Clean Zero-Ad Blog for Free. ...

Create-a-Free-Blog – Part 1 This is our very first post here at LearnTechCafe. It’s all about helping you build your own blog for free, with no ads, and no trials. The only “catch”? You need a willingness to learn, using an open-source tool called Hugo (more on that later). So follow along with this series and build yourself a clean, professional website to get your thoughts and ideas out there for the world to see, all while saving you money. ...