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The rise of static-first websites: why major brands are making the switch
· Opinion · Resources

The rise of static-first websites: why major brands are making the switch

David Large · 11 Nov 2024

Understanding the difference between static, dynamic, and hybrid websites
· Resources

Understanding the difference between static, dynamic, and hybrid websites

David Large · 7 Nov 2024

Designing components for your website editors: a CloudCannon case study
· Resources

Designing components for your website editors: a CloudCannon case study

Victoria Roberts · 28 Oct 2024

The eternal balancing act: load time vs. delay time
· Opinion · Resources

The eternal balancing act: load time vs. delay time

David Large · Adon Moskal
16 Oct 2024

What is a headless CMS?
· Resources

What is a headless CMS?

CloudCannon · 27 Sep 2024

Why information architecture matters for your website
· Opinion · Resources

Why information architecture matters for your website

Victoria Roberts · 4 Sep 2024

Website UX vs SEO: picking your battles
· Opinion · Resources

Website UX vs SEO: picking your battles

Adon Moskal · David Large
23 Aug 2024

Easily manage your multilingual Astro site in CloudCannon
· Resources · Astro

Easily manage your multilingual Astro site in CloudCannon

Tom Richardson · 8 Aug 2024

How you can optimize publishing workflows for your content team
· Resources

How you can optimize publishing workflows for your content team

David Large · 23 Jul 2024

How you can optimize your CMS for SEO success
· Resources

How you can optimize your CMS for SEO success

David Large · 11 Jul 2024

How you can optimize your Content Editor for long-form articles
· Resources

How you can optimize your Content Editor for long-form articles

David Large · 4 Jul 2024

How you can optimize your Visual Editor for page building
· Resources

How you can optimize your Visual Editor for page building

David Large · 27 Jun 2024

Secure, swift, and stable: static sites for the financial sector
· Opinion · Resources

Secure, swift, and stable: static sites for the financial sector

David Large · 21 Jun 2024

How to manage hundreds of connected websites with a Git-based headless CMS
· Features · Resources

How to manage hundreds of connected websites with a Git-based headless CMS

Liam Bigelow · David Large
28 Mar 2024

Top 11 free Eleventy themes for 2024
· Resources · Eleventy

Top 11 free Eleventy themes for 2024

Jaimie McMahon · 30 Jan 2024

Top 10 free Astro themes to use in 2024
· Resources · Astro

Top 10 free Astro themes to use in 2024

Jaimie McMahon · 25 Jan 2024

Why choose a Git-based headless CMS over a monolithic DXP in 2024?
· Resources

Why choose a Git-based headless CMS over a monolithic DXP in 2024?

David Large · 11 Jan 2024

Learning web development: a self-guided roadmap
· Beginner · Resources

Learning web development: a self-guided roadmap

Jaimie McMahon · 3 Jan 2024

What is a Git-based CMS and why you should use one
· Resources

What is a Git-based CMS and why you should use one

Jaimie McMahon · 27 Nov 2023

The complete guide to growing your web development agency
· Agencies · Resources

The complete guide to growing your web development agency

Jaimie McMahon · 17 Nov 2023

Automatically optimize your images with Eleventy Image and CloudCannon
· Features · Resources · Eleventy

Automatically optimize your images with Eleventy Image and CloudCannon

Zach Leatherman · 14 Nov 2023

New web component for responsive HTML tables
· Features · Resources · Eleventy

New web component for responsive HTML tables

Zach Leatherman · 1 Nov 2023

How to become a freelance web developer: a comprehensive guide
· Agencies · Resources

How to become a freelance web developer: a comprehensive guide

Jaimie McMahon · 27 Sep 2023

22 ways to deliver more value to your web development clients
· Agencies · Resources

22 ways to deliver more value to your web development clients

Jaimie McMahon · 8 Sep 2023

Eleventy (11ty) vs. Gatsby in 2023 – which SSG is best for you?
· Resources · Eleventy · Gatsby

Eleventy (11ty) vs. Gatsby in 2023 – which SSG is best for you?

Jaimie McMahon · 8 Jun 2023

Eleventy (11ty) vs. Astro
· Resources · Eleventy · Astro

Eleventy (11ty) vs. Astro

Jaimie McMahon · 16 May 2023

How Jampack optimizes our Eleventy website and improves performance
· Resources · Eleventy

How Jampack optimizes our Eleventy website and improves performance

David Large · 14 Apr 2023

Top 10 Free SvelteKit Themes for Building Lighting-Fast Static Sites in 2023
· Resources · SvelteKit

Top 10 Free SvelteKit Themes for Building Lighting-Fast Static Sites in 2023

Jaimie McMahon · 3 Mar 2023

Upcoming CloudCannon Interface improvements (Open Beta)
· Company · Features · Resources

Upcoming CloudCannon Interface improvements (Open Beta)

George Phillips · 8 Feb 2023

Creating sites, the Jamstack way
· Beginner · Features · Resources

Creating sites, the Jamstack way

CloudCannon · 7 Feb 2023

SvelteKit vs. Next.js
· Resources · Next.js · SvelteKit

SvelteKit vs. Next.js

Jaimie McMahon · 3 Feb 2023

Static Site Generator (SSG) Visions, Roadmaps, and Trajectories: What to Watch in 2023
· Resources · Eleventy · Jekyll · Astro · Hugo · Nuxt.js · SvelteKit · Bridgetown

Static Site Generator (SSG) Visions, Roadmaps, and Trajectories: What to Watch in 2023

David Large · 20 Jan 2023

The Top Five Static Site Generators for 2023 (and when to use them!)
· Resources · Eleventy · Astro · Hugo · Next.js · SvelteKit

The Top Five Static Site Generators for 2023 (and when to use them!)

David Large · 13 Jan 2023

23 of the best Eleventy Themes (Starters) for 2023
· Resources · Eleventy

23 of the best Eleventy Themes (Starters) for 2023

David Large · 3 Jan 2023

11 Top Eleventy Blog Themes (Starters) in 2023
· Resources · Eleventy

11 Top Eleventy Blog Themes (Starters) in 2023

David Large · 21 Dec 2022

Looking for an alternative to Netlify CMS?
· Agencies · Resources

Looking for an alternative to Netlify CMS?

CloudCannon · 16 Dec 2022

Save time with CloudCannon's Snippets
· Features · Resources

Save time with CloudCannon's Snippets

David Large · 9 Dec 2022

New CloudCannon features and improvements (November 2022)
· Company · Features · Resources

New CloudCannon features and improvements (November 2022)

CloudCannon · 1 Dec 2022

Looking for a TinaCMS or Tina Cloud alternative?
· Agencies · Resources

Looking for a TinaCMS or Tina Cloud alternative?

CloudCannon · 21 Nov 2022

New CloudCannon features and improvements (October 2022)
· Company · Features · Resources

New CloudCannon features and improvements (October 2022)

CloudCannon · 9 Nov 2022

Does My Website Look Big in This? Six Tips to Lower your Page Weight
· Resources

Does My Website Look Big in This? Six Tips to Lower your Page Weight

David Large · 20 Oct 2022

The Best Marketing Tools and Integrations for your Static Site
· Resources

The Best Marketing Tools and Integrations for your Static Site

David Large · 30 Sep 2022

Choosing a CMS for your Static Site: Part 2 — Headless? Git-based, or API-based?
· Resources

Choosing a CMS for your Static Site: Part 2 — Headless? Git-based, or API-based?

David Large · 13 Sep 2022

Choosing a CMS for your Static Site: Part 1
· Resources

Choosing a CMS for your Static Site: Part 1

David Large · 7 Sep 2022

What is a Static Site Generator?
· Resources

What is a Static Site Generator?

David Large · 31 Aug 2022

Static vs Dynamic Websites: The Definitive Guide
· Resources

Static vs Dynamic Websites: The Definitive Guide

David Large · 24 Aug 2022

Ten Myths about Static Websites
· Resources

Ten Myths about Static Websites

David Large · 17 Aug 2022

Introducing Pagefind: Static Low-bandwidth Search at Scale
· Resources

Introducing Pagefind: Static Low-bandwidth Search at Scale

Liam Bigelow · 15 Jul 2022

Fifty of 2022's most popular Hugo themes
· Resources · Hugo

Fifty of 2022's most popular Hugo themes

David Large · 20 May 2022

Twelve Amazing Free Hugo Documentation Themes
· Resources · Hugo

Twelve Amazing Free Hugo Documentation Themes

David Large · 13 May 2022

How to set up WYSIWYG editing with MkDocs
· Resources · MkDocs

How to set up WYSIWYG editing with MkDocs

David Large · 13 Apr 2022

Watching your Core Web Vitals on Jamstack
· Resources

Watching your Core Web Vitals on Jamstack

David Large · 8 Apr 2022

Maximizing the convenience factor: archetypes in Hugo
· Resources · Hugo

Maximizing the convenience factor: archetypes in Hugo

Bryce Wray · 23 Mar 2022

How to convert a Bootstrap theme to a client-editable Hugo site
· Resources · Hugo

How to convert a Bootstrap theme to a client-editable Hugo site

CloudCannon · 22 Mar 2022

Why should you use a static site generator?
· Resources

Why should you use a static site generator?

David Large · 16 Mar 2022

Evolution of the CMS: why the future of content management is Git-based
· Resources

Evolution of the CMS: why the future of content management is Git-based

Mike Neumegen · 15 Mar 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Hugo Sections
· Resources · Hugo

The Ultimate Guide to Hugo Sections

Bryce Wray · 10 Mar 2022

Free Jekyll themes for 2022: Ten great community options
· Resources · Jekyll

Free Jekyll themes for 2022: Ten great community options

CloudCannon · 9 Mar 2022

The 'Islands' era
· Resources

The 'Islands' era

Mike Neumegen · 8 Mar 2022

Top 10 Hugo Themes for 2022
· Resources · Hugo

Top 10 Hugo Themes for 2022

David Large · 2 Mar 2022

The 'Rebirth' era
· Resources

The 'Rebirth' era

Mike Neumegen · 2 Mar 2022

Planning for your next Hugo project
· Resources · Hugo

Planning for your next Hugo project

Bryce Wray · 24 Feb 2022

The 'Let's Recreate Rails' era
· Resources

The 'Let's Recreate Rails' era

Mike Neumegen · 23 Feb 2022

The 'Maybe Static Wasn't So Bad' era
· Resources

The 'Maybe Static Wasn't So Bad' era

Mike Neumegen · 16 Feb 2022

Forestry to CloudCannon: The full migration guide
· Resources

Forestry to CloudCannon: The full migration guide

Mike Neumegen · 11 Feb 2022

The 'SPAs are awesome' era
· Resources

The 'SPAs are awesome' era

Mike Neumegen · 10 Feb 2022

The ‘Reinvention’ era'
· Resources

The ‘Reinvention’ era'

Mike Neumegen · 2 Feb 2022

The ‘After Jekyll’ era
· Resources

The ‘After Jekyll’ era

Mike Neumegen · 25 Jan 2022

The ‘Before Jekyll’ era
· Resources

The ‘Before Jekyll’ era

Mike Neumegen · 14 Jan 2022

How Ruby on Rails uses Jekyll to build their marketing site
· Resources · Jekyll

How Ruby on Rails uses Jekyll to build their marketing site

CloudCannon · 29 Nov 2021

Expansive developer documentation with Hugo
· Resources · Hugo

Expansive developer documentation with Hugo

CloudCannon · 22 Nov 2021

How the Jekyll SEO plugin helps you optimize your site
· Resources · Jekyll

How the Jekyll SEO plugin helps you optimize your site

CloudCannon · 15 Nov 2021

Comparing a Jekyll and Hugo template
· Resources · Jekyll · Hugo

Comparing a Jekyll and Hugo template

CloudCannon · 8 Nov 2021

How the Jekyll Feed plugin generates your Atom feed
· Resources · Jekyll

How the Jekyll Feed plugin generates your Atom feed

CloudCannon · 1 Nov 2021

Deconstruction: How Digital.gov uses Hugo to power their community site
· Resources · Hugo

Deconstruction: How Digital.gov uses Hugo to power their community site

CloudCannon · 25 Oct 2021

What is a static website?
· Resources

What is a static website?

CloudCannon · 17 Oct 2021

Top 10 Headless Commerce Tools to Build an eCommerce Storefront
· Resources

Top 10 Headless Commerce Tools to Build an eCommerce Storefront

Diego Salinas Gardón · 14 Oct 2021

Deconstruction: How Bootstrap powers their documentation site with Hugo
· Resources · Hugo

Deconstruction: How Bootstrap powers their documentation site with Hugo

CloudCannon · 11 Oct 2021

Deconstruction: How Bitcoin.org uses Jekyll to power their marketing site
· Resources · Jekyll

Deconstruction: How Bitcoin.org uses Jekyll to power their marketing site

CloudCannon · 11 Oct 2021

Making a Page Builder with CloudCannon
· Resources

Making a Page Builder with CloudCannon

Jordan Trbuhovic · 6 Oct 2021

Looking for a Forestry alternative?
· Resources

Looking for a Forestry alternative?

CloudCannon · 13 Sep 2021

Choosing a static site generator with zero experience
· Resources

Choosing a static site generator with zero experience

David Large · 1 Sep 2021

On Git, with zero experience
· Resources

On Git, with zero experience

David Large · 25 Aug 2021

How I created my first static website, with zero experience (1/∞)
· Resources

How I created my first static website, with zero experience (1/∞)

David Large · 16 Aug 2021

Eleventy (11ty) vs. Jekyll
· Resources · Eleventy · Jekyll

Eleventy (11ty) vs. Jekyll

CloudCannon · 10 Aug 2021

Eleventy (11ty) vs. Hugo
· Resources · Eleventy · Hugo

Eleventy (11ty) vs. Hugo

CloudCannon · 3 Aug 2021

Switching from WordPress to Hugo
· Resources

Switching from WordPress to Hugo

CloudCannon · 21 Jun 2021

Why you should use Hugo for your Marketing Site in 2021
· Resources · Hugo

Why you should use Hugo for your Marketing Site in 2021

CloudCannon · 13 Jun 2021

Jamstack vs. WordPress - reasons to make the change
· Resources

Jamstack vs. WordPress - reasons to make the change

CloudCannon · 25 May 2021

The case for Distributed Persistent Rendering
· Resources

The case for Distributed Persistent Rendering

Mike Neumegen · 17 May 2021

Jekyll vs. Hugo - choosing the right tool for the job
· Resources · Jekyll · Hugo

Jekyll vs. Hugo - choosing the right tool for the job

CloudCannon · 4 Mar 2021

Git-based CMS or API-first CMS - main differences and benefits
· Resources

Git-based CMS or API-first CMS - main differences and benefits

Farrel Burns · 17 Feb 2021

G Suite Authenticated Sites with CloudCannon and SAML
· Resources

G Suite Authenticated Sites with CloudCannon and SAML

George Phillips · 4 Feb 2020

What's new in Jekyll 4
· Resources · Jekyll

What's new in Jekyll 4

Mike Neumegen · 3 Sep 2019

Jekyll themes with GitHub
· Resources · Jekyll

Jekyll themes with GitHub

Jordan Trbuhovic · 10 Jul 2019

Private Jekyll themes with Gemfury
· Resources · Jekyll

Private Jekyll themes with Gemfury

Jordan Trbuhovic · 13 Jun 2019

Jekyll for Freelancers
· Resources · Jekyll

Jekyll for Freelancers

Mike Neumegen · 7 Feb 2018

Speed up your Jekyll builds
· Resources · Jekyll

Speed up your Jekyll builds

Mike Neumegen · 8 Dec 2017

Publishing Workflows for Jekyll Editors
· Resources · Jekyll

Publishing Workflows for Jekyll Editors

Mike Neumegen · 29 Nov 2017

Three New Jekyll Templates
· Resources · Jekyll

Three New Jekyll Templates

Mike Neumegen · 28 Mar 2017

7 Free Jekyll Templates
· Resources · Jekyll

7 Free Jekyll Templates

Mike Neumegen · 6 Dec 2016

Drupal vs Jekyll + CloudCannon
· Resources · Jekyll

Drupal vs Jekyll + CloudCannon

Mike Neumegen · 24 Sep 2015

Who's using Jekyll?
· Resources · Jekyll

Who's using Jekyll?

Mike Neumegen · 12 Jun 2015

Running a kickass online conference with 400 attendees for $50
· Resources

Running a kickass online conference with 400 attendees for $50

CloudCannon · 19 May 2015

How to create a super simple Christmas landing page
· Resources

How to create a super simple Christmas landing page

George Phillips · 23 Dec 2014

How to create a browser window with just CSS and HTML
· Resources

How to create a browser window with just CSS and HTML

George Phillips · 21 Dec 2014

How to create an animated pickup in CSS and HTML
· Resources

How to create an animated pickup in CSS and HTML

George Phillips · 19 Dec 2014

Docker in CloudCannon
· Resources

Docker in CloudCannon

CloudCannon · 17 Dec 2014

The ultimate list of services for static websites
· Resources

The ultimate list of services for static websites

Mike Neumegen · 12 Dec 2014

Have SSL on your CloudCannon website for free
· Resources

Have SSL on your CloudCannon website for free

Mike Neumegen · 9 Dec 2014

Google's transforming material icons in HTML and CSS
· Resources

Google's transforming material icons in HTML and CSS

George Phillips · 5 Dec 2014

Controlling video playback with the mouse
· Resources

Controlling video playback with the mouse

Mike Neumegen · 1 Dec 2014

Why every freelancer should solo travel around Thailand
· Resources

Why every freelancer should solo travel around Thailand

Mike Neumegen · 25 Nov 2014

How Pixelapse image blurring works
· Resources

How Pixelapse image blurring works

George Phillips · 19 Nov 2014

3 ways to improve your web design skills
· Resources

3 ways to improve your web design skills

George Phillips · 17 Nov 2014

How the Facebook content placeholder works
· Resources

How the Facebook content placeholder works

George Phillips · 15 Nov 2014

Turn ANY template or theme into a CMS
· Resources

Turn ANY template or theme into a CMS

CloudCannon · 1 Sep 2014

Build e-commerce sites on CloudCannon with Snipcart
· Resources

Build e-commerce sites on CloudCannon with Snipcart

CloudCannon · 30 Jul 2014

Using CloudCannon with JavaScript
· Resources

Using CloudCannon with JavaScript

George Phillips · 18 Apr 2014