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An Introduction to Static Site Generators | DigitalOcean

static site → pages already generated before the page request rather than on demands

a template engine creates templates for common elements that appear across the site; base template is container of placeholders that are then filled and turned into html

content goes inside markdown files

metadata and front matter is handled by a language like YAML, which defines attributes about the content and can be used to apply a specific layout from the templates. this data usually sits at the top of a content file, encapsulated by --- e.g.

---
title: Front Matter Matters
author: Author Name
description: Write out your description here
layout: base.html
---

Introduction to Static Site Generators | Static Web Publishing for Digital Scholarship

On Windows:

  • Click on the Start button
  • Type cmd select the search result for the Command Prompt program

This will open your terminal to your User’s home directory. Here are three important commands to help you navigate your system:

dir | List the contents of your current directory mkdir | Make a new directory (or folder) called new-folder by running mkdir new-folder cd | Change directories to a target folder by running cd path\to\new-folder

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