Sunrise: Mars
Quiet, cold day on Mars. I watched a nice, blue sunrise.
Time to get started re-build my blog. The old one loads too slow on Earth. There is no point posting if readers cannot load the page.
I am dumping the CMS for a static site. What steps do I need to build it?
Install 11ty and create project folder
With node.js installed, use npm to install 11ty static site generator.
npm install -g @11ty/eleventy
Make a new project folder with a suitable name.
mkdir martian-news
Open the new project folder...
cd martian-news
The First Page
And use Visual Studio Code to create a new home page.
code index.md
Type some words for the new home page and save. CTRL+S
Hello Earth.
Click CTRL+SHIFT+` to open the VS Code terminal.
Use 11ty to generate and serve a demo of the new page:
eleventy --serve
Then load http://localhost:8080/ to view the new page.
Hello Earth.
