About My Website

As I often look at a website's source to see how it was created, I thought I'd post here how this site is made. I wanted a website. Somewhere to write my thoughts and ideas. I didn't want it to be expensive. It doesn't need comments; people can email me.

I already have software to do this. BBedit is my long time text editor, but it also does HTML & CSS amongst other things. I also have Transmit that I've used to upload files to a server in the past.

I bought a book on learning web design that taught me HTML5 and CSS3. I realised that it could do 99% of what I need for my site. I initially thought of using an online CMS system, but realised that so many of these systems become too expensive or just plain disappear. By using HTML5 and CSS3 my site will be readable as long as I pay my hosting company! I'm sure the HTML5 and CSS3 spec will change, but doubt it will deprecate the basics I use.

My website is hand-coded using vanilla HTML5 and CSS3 and uploaded to my server. I create my own RSS file and copy in the new content each time I update my site.

I get a great sense of satisfaction doing this. I also don't need my site to look like every Wordpress site and can do things in a way that suits me. Let's hope I produce some content that's worth reading!

I do want to thank Derek Sivers, whose website and simplicity has finally got me to build my own site.