https://neocities.org/ has a free tier. It's limited (no arbitrary filetype uploads, no custom domains), but convenient and easy to use.
Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?
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Big up for GitHub pages! See the documentation here: https://pages.github.com/ You can also use `Jekyll`, a static site generator, directly with it, if you want fancier features: https://help.github.com/en/github/working-with-github-pages/...
Is Jekyll the only static site generator that works directly with Github pages?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?
#73+1 for a static site generator with GitHub + Netlify.
Even manual deployment to Netlify is enough for most needs. Just drag the public folder in and you're done. It's an automagical experience.
I am actually in process of moving to Hugo/Netlify, and if I come close to bandwidth or storage caps I hope B2/Cloudfare has implemented official solutions by then. I'd personally love to avoid s3.
Re: Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?
#74Namecheap WordPress hosting.
3 bucks a month and they handle scaling and all that shit for you supposedly.
It's not free but you get a way more functionality than a static site offers.
Re: Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?
#75+1 for a static site generator with GitHub + Netlify. Even manual deployment to Netlify is enough for most needs. Just drag the public folder in and you're done. It's an automagical experience. I am actually in process of moving to Hugo/Netlify, and if I come close to bandwidth or storage caps I hope B2/Cloudfare has implemented official solutions by then. I'd personally love to avoid s3.
Hugo/Netlify is a dream. One of the few things in web technology that is a joy to use.
Re: Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?
#76In addition to the Gitlab/Github options, AWS S3 by itself is fairly decent and a few pennies. You can front it by cloudfront for more money if you need a global CDN. There's also NearlyFreeSpeech[^1] which is very cheap and very free speech oriented. [^1]: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/
But with s3/cf if you get hugged by something like hn you're going to be in for a hefty bandwidth bill.
Re: Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?
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I don't think this would work. How would one get around the ISP's NAT to expose your address to the wider internet? At least, without potentially paying the ISP extra or going through a (relatively) lot of trouble to monitor/manage where your DNS is pointing. If I am way off base on this, please elucidate.
Not all ISPs have NATs, I guess.
In the US, most don't have NATs, in my experience.
Re: Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?
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As someone who moved entire 20+ domains to porkbun, I can assure you they are a pretty good company. Certainly not a giant, but I never had problems. They are the only few companies that allow https:// domain redirection, email forwarding, and yet provide good prices for domains too. Updated to fix a tpyo in number.
I'm sure 0+ was a typo :) ... but porkbun.com sounds interesting. I've been on GoDaddy for years but their UI and marketing is so spammy that a minimalist alternative would be a nice change. Thanks.
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Re: Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?
#79Actually you can get all your want by simply Google it but for your convenience:
1) free options: you can choose wordpress.com, blogspot, github, etc to host your website, but the drawback is you have to use their sub-domain system which is ugly, like yourwebsite.wordpress.com, another con is the backend of website lack many customization features, all in all, you host your content on other's house, what more can u ask!
Sure you can buy a domain and attach your domain to those services, its up to you.
2) A much cheaper and regular way to host a website is choose a hosting company like Namecheap, Godaddy (not recommend though), you can lower your cost to less than $20 first year, with a domain + shared hosting.
3) you can still choose static site generator like Hugo, Jekeyll, netilify, etc, but the concept is same, you either host your content for free on their domains, or buy yourself a lovely domain to start with.
Re: Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?
#80Has anybody had any experience with hosting their domains and web sites/content(personal and professional) on the Google ecosystem? Specifically; Google Domains/Sites/Pages/App etc.?