NOTE: this page is still in development.. I am just testing some links ATM, thank you

I created this blog up as a place to write some lengthier detail about what’s going on in the box clan. The goals were:

simplicity: both in design and how to create posts
limited ads / ad free
use my own domain Wordpress was good for a while, the ad’s were minimal

In short:

Was it worth it? Yes
Would I do it again? … Hmmm… Maybe

Contents…

Simple process
Get HTTPs working

This can auto generate if I want… Jump to…

Simple process:
- Get Https working
Where I went wrong
- Import the content
- Stuff that I’m not overly happy with, but can deal with it

Simple process:

Get Https working

I’ve been using piHole at home for a quite a while and am impressed with the responsiveness of

Where I went wrong

Compiling etc. Following the GitHub Pages approach… Creating then

Drive towards static webites What options are out there

Why Jekyll? https://jekyllrb.com/ Doing a search, seemed to be more support/use in github

Build A Blog With Jekyll And GitHub Pages… https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/08/build-blog-jekyll-github-pages/ https://jekyllthemes.io/theme/beautiful-jekyll … Could convert from WordPress then publish on GitHub

Simplistic, responsive jekyll based open source theme https://sylhare.github.io/Type-on-Strap/ .. this theme http://jekyllthemes.org/themes/Type-on-Strap/

Import the content

Convert Wordpress to markdown https://github.com/theaob/wpXml2Jekyll

Stuff that I’m not overly happy with, but can deal with it

- Images
- Spell check - I'm relying on VSCode - maybe I should a plugin, yes problem solved