https://getnikola.com/enSat, 02 Dec 2023 09:00:48 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://getnikola.com/blog/from-zero-to-nikola-in-one-minute-without-installing-anything.htmlRoberto Alsina<p>Maybe slightly more than one minute, but it's close to that. Thanks to <a class="reference external" href="http://netlify.com">netlify</a> and <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com">GitHub</a> (or <a class="reference external" href="http://gitlab.com">GitLab</a> or <a class="reference external" href="http://bitbucket.org">Bitbucket</a>) you can create, edit and publish a Nikola-based blog without installing anything on your own computer.</p> <p>This gives you about 75% of the convenience of a hosted blogging solution while keeping all the advantages of a static site, like data ownership, versioning and avoiding vendor lockin.</p> <p>How to do it: you start by forking <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/getnikola/blog-template">this repo</a> and follow the steps in this video:</p> <div width="100%" style="text-align: center;"> <iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Yg6HbwdRro" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div><p>Keep in mind that this is not in any way a crippled version of Nikola, it has all the same features as you would get installing it on your own device, you can add themes, plugins, image galleries, etc by just adding things in your GitHub repository.</p> <p>You should be able to do this with your own site, as long as it's stored in a GitHub repository and you add a <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/getnikola/blog-template/blob/master/requirements.txt">requirements.txt like this one</a> to your root directory.</p> <p>So, a big round of applause for <a class="reference external" href="http://netlify.com">netlify</a> for an awesome service!</p>https://getnikola.com/blog/from-zero-to-nikola-in-one-minute-without-installing-anything.htmlTue, 30 Aug 2016 12:09:48 GMT