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Ask HN: What is the cheapest way to make a website?

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Post by protabot »

Must haves: Be able to display a message on the landing page Nice to haves: A Folder to keep articles

I know Strikingly has a cheap ($12?) website building tool, but. It just seems wrong that I can't just buy a domain and get some random content on it without having Go Daddy charge me $5/month to host it? I apologize in advance for the noobness, but this is a serious question ;). Hope everyone is well.

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Post by mattcdrake »

I registered my domain via Google Domains for $12. I write content in markdown and use a static site generator called Hugo to turn it into html. I host it on Netlify for free.

My process is:

- blog in markdown

- add a commit

- push repo // This builds on Netlify

The new content is live within minutes. I have also used Netlify to host a static html landing page that I wrote and styled by hand. I would highly recommend their service. Again, my only (monetary) cost is $12 per year via Google Domains.

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#5

Post by chrisma0 »

jklein11 wrote: post #4

Github pages is pretty much free. You can buy a domain name for ~$10 a year

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/...

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Post by mortivore »

mattcdrake wrote: post #3

I registered my domain via Google Domains for $12. I write content in markdown and use a static site generator called Hugo to turn it into html. I host it on Netlify for free. My process is: - blog in markdown - add a commit - push repo // This builds on Netlify The new content is live within minutes. I have also used Netlify to host a static html landing page that I wrote and styled by hand. I would highly recommend…

I do the same, but with Gatsby.js, and Namecheap.

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#7

Post by juangacovas »

mattcdrake wrote: post #3

I registered my domain via Google Domains for $12. I write content in markdown and use a static site generator called Hugo to turn it into html. I host it on Netlify for free. My process is: - blog in markdown - add a commit - push repo // This builds on Netlify The new content is live within minutes. I have also used Netlify to host a static html landing page that I wrote and styled by hand. I would highly recommend…

You can get cheaper domains, i.e. Porkbun.com is running a 3 per user $4.15 for .com (just looked, I'm happy with them)

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Post by shrutipathak »

juangacovas wrote: post #7
mattcdrake wrote: post #3

I registered my domain via Google Domains for $12. I write content in markdown and use a static site generator called Hugo to turn it into html. I host it on Netlify for free. My process is: - blog in markdown - add a commit - push repo // This builds on Netlify The new content is live within minutes. I have also used Netlify to host a static html landing page that I wrote and styled by hand. I would highly recommend…

You can get cheaper domains, i.e. Porkbun.com is running a 3 per user $4.15 for .com (just looked, I'm happy with them)

I had no idea about Porkbun.com. Thanks for that.

Some domains I have been looking for seems cheaper than usual.

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