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88 posts in 'Why Eleventy?'

Becoming an Astro-not

I spent an entire weekend migrating my Eleventy site to Astro—and then back to Eleventy! A reflection on using the right tool for the job, when many options are viable.

Nov 10, 2024

Categories: Why Eleventy?

11ty and Ghost

Alex talks at length about what it's like using both Ghost and 11ty for two different blogs.

Oct 15, 2024

Categories: BloggingCMSWhy Eleventy?

Digital Notebook - Project Notes

Sam Feldstein's digital notebook. Sam is a frontend developer from Bondurant, IA.

Oct 10, 2024

Categories: DeploymentHow to...Why Eleventy?

Prairie Rose Arena - Project Notes

Sam Feldstein's digital notebook. Sam is a frontend developer from Bondurant, IA.

Oct 10, 2024

Categories: CMSDeploymentHow to...ImagesPerformanceWhy Eleventy?

This site is under construction!

Notes on migrating this website from Jekyll to Eleventy, as well as a bit of (re)design in the open.

Jul 14, 2024

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

This site goes up to Eleventy.

I just migrated this little website’s internals over to Eleventy. If I did my job right, you won’t notice the change.

Jul 14, 2024

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

Building This Website

Write your own markup for fun and profit

Jul 12, 2024

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Building with Eleventy

Re(re-re) building my personal site with Eleventy and web components

May 21, 2024

Categories: BloggingWebCWhy Eleventy?

Eleventy adoption guide: Overview, examples, and alternatives

Eleventy (11ty) is a compelling solution for developers seeking a straightforward, performance-oriented approach to static site generation.

May 7, 2024

Categories: DeploymentGetting StartedWhy Eleventy?

April 2024 Leilukin's Hub Overhaul with Eleventy

I rebuilt my website with the static site generator Eleventy in April 2024.

Apr 21, 2024

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

index.md is a valid Eleventy project

Building website projects from the scratch with Eleventy is a delightful process in my experience because in the beginning, all you need is index.md and you can then customise and add on top of it as much as you like.

Apr 13, 2024

Categories: Getting StartedWhy Eleventy?

Rebuilding My Developer Portfolio with Eleventy

I recreated my developer portfolio and blog from scratch with Eleventy.

Apr 11, 2024

Categories: How to...Why Eleventy?

Version 3

I'll show you the true power of being third!

Mar 2, 2024

Categories: CSS/SassData CascadeGlobal DataMigrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

10 Reasons Why Static Site Generators Are Perfect for Modern Web Development

Whether you're a startup founder, a small business owner, or part of a larger organisation, navigating the complexities of web development can be daunting. In today's fast-paced digital landscape, where user experience reigns supreme and website performance can make or break your online success, finding the right approach to building and maintaining your web presence is critical.

Feb 24, 2024

Categories: Why Eleventy?

PhD Website: LOUD for Cultural Heritage – now running with 11ty

I have redesigned my PhD Website – Linked Open Usable Data for Cultural Heritage (https://phd.julsraemy.ch) – with 11ty, a static site generator, instead of Omeka S.

Feb 22, 2024

Categories: Why Eleventy?

We're Running an 11ty Conference

We’re running an 11ty Conference! — Eleventy

Jan 30, 2024

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Why I Migrated My Newsletter From Substack to Eleventy and Buttondown

Today I've gone live with a new website and email newsletter platform for Cybercultural, my tech history newsletter that I started on Substack in 2019. What pushed me to migrate off Substack is its stance on hate content, which I personally object to. But over the past several months, I've…

Jan 26, 2024

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

Eleventy Migration

Back in 2018 I migrated my blog from WordPress to Hexo. Hexo is a static site generator running on Node.js. At the time I chose Hexo because it allowed me complete control over the structure of the resulting website, plus I could override and tweak the markup of the resulting pages. Hexo is a fairly fully-featured static site generator. It has a lot of functionality built into it to cover a lot of...

Jan 13, 2024

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

Eleventy Resume Builder

Despite searching the internet, I couldn't find a quick starter for my online resume project, not even on the official 11ty start page. Consequently, I decided to invest some time in creating one and making it available as a starter project for a broader audience.

Jan 5, 2024

Categories: Getting StartedHow to...Why Eleventy?

New year, new blog!

After 9 years of self-hosted WordPress on EC2, I'm finally converting my blog to Eleventy and deploying it to AWS serverless services with Ampt.

Jan 5, 2024

Categories: Why Eleventy?

I changed my mind, my CMS adventure

When I launched this site a few days ago I posted that I'd settled on Kirby as my CMS of choice. This wasn't exactly a spur of the moment thing, it's a system I've been dabbling with for quite a while.

Jan 4, 2024

Categories: CMSWhy Eleventy?

Migrating my site from NextJS to Eleventy

I recently migrated my website from NextJS to Eleventy.

Dec 17, 2023

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWebCWhy Eleventy?

Calling All Courageous Canary Testers for Eleventy 3.0

Calling all courageous canary testers for Eleventy v3.0 — Eleventy

Dec 17, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?Upgrading

Eleventy brings me joy

Ramblings about how and why I re-wrote this site completely soon after I first published it

Dec 14, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Eleventy vs. Next.js for static site generation

We evaluate Eleventy and Next.js and compare both static site generators for performance, developer experience, scalability, and ecosystem.

Dec 7, 2023

Categories: BloggingConfigurationGetting StartedWhy Eleventy?

Static Feedback #11: All About Eleventy

A post by Zach Leatherman (zachleat)

Nov 29, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?YouTube

Static Feedback #11: All About Eleventy

Static Feedback #11: All about Eleventy — Eleventy

Nov 29, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?YouTube

The tension and future of JAMstack

A post by Zach Leatherman (zachleat)

Nov 21, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

I've switched to Eleventy: my thoughts

In this article, I will talk about why I switched, how I did it, and my thoughts about Eleventy as a new user.

Oct 27, 2023

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

Eleventy and Storyblok - My perfect combination

In this article, I share why I choose this combination, hoping you also fall in love with them.

Oct 11, 2023

Categories: CMSWhy Eleventy?

Under the hood

LostInBrittany's tech blog, reborn... again...

Oct 9, 2023

Categories: WebCWhy Eleventy?

Eleventy

I love the idea of static site generators (sometimes known as SSGs or SSBs – static site builders). They eschew the complexity of modern CMSes such as Wordpress. Instead of server-side code and databases, a static site generator is a script that, when run, transforms a folder of text files and templates into HTML.

Oct 7, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

What's that?

A short introduction why I started a blog and what you can expect here

Oct 6, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Technical Architecture

How to make your site generate more leads, increase revenue, and save on engineering. These are the best design principles to follow when creating a web system instead of a website. Brought to you by one of the world's best product studios.

Sep 26, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Migrating blog to a static site generator - 11ty versus Astro

Benefits, downsides and the whole journey of migrating to an SSG.

Sep 9, 2023

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

I Rebuilt My Blog and Didn't Write About It

Chris McLeod is a software developer with over 20 years of experience. Sometimes he writes about it.

Aug 20, 2023

Categories: BloggingWhy Eleventy?

Refactoring My Static Site in 2023

When I last redesigned tylersticka.com, I was tired of my content management system. I already authored posts with Markdown and HTML, my…

Aug 12, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Bigg Announcement: Eleventy and CloudCannon

Eleventy and CloudCannon! — Eleventy

Jul 25, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Good news about CloudCannon and Eleventy

Not long after receiving a short-sighted shafting, my favorite JavaScript-based SSG and its creator wind up in good and friendly hands.

Jul 25, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

The Eleventy Community Survey Results (2023)

The Eleventy Community Survey Results (2023) — Eleventy

Jul 17, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Six Million NPM Downloads!

Six Million npm Downloads! — Eleventy

Jul 4, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Choosing a jamstack static site generator

Choosing a Jamstack Static Site Generator

Jul 3, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

WordPress to Eleventy - Part 1, The Why

For years my personal website used WordPress, now it's using Eleventy and this is why

Jun 18, 2023

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

The Need for Speed: Why Eleventy Leaves Bundlers Behind

Static site generator Eleventy recently released version 2.0, which includes support for web component files and a new dev server.

May 10, 2023

Categories: PerformanceWhy Eleventy?

What’s New in Eleventy 2: A Great SSG Just Got Better

Get up to speed with Eleventy 2.0, a popular, highly configurable SSG that's packed with new features to make web development even easier.

Mar 21, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Full-stack Web Apps Without React

There are a ton of options for full stack web frameworks that don't use React. Let's explore some of them and why they are each unique.

Mar 17, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

CAUTION

The posts below were published before the release of Eleventy v2.0.0 (Feb 8, 2023). Information in these posts may be out of date. The current stable release is 2.0.1. Eleventy v3.0 is currently under development and available for testing.

Which SSGs I recommend

Here’s a recap of my thoughts about the best tools for building and maintaining personal websites.

Feb 3, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Eleventy (11ty) - A simple and powerful static site generateor

Eleventy is rising in the ranks among static site generators ⚡ It is powerful, simple to use, and can help you achieve the coveted top Lighthouse performance score ⚡ Let’s dive into what else makes it unique

Jan 24, 2023

Categories: Why Eleventy?

An Introductory Guide to Eleventy

Here’s an introductory guide to Eleventy. Learn about its benefits, uses, and getting started. Host your 11ty static site with fast and secure Tiiny.host.

Jan 2, 2023

Categories: Getting StartedWhy Eleventy?

Why I use Eleventy

High school student and open source developer.

Nov 4, 2022

Categories: Why Eleventy?

The next time you see me I will be Eleventy

Engineering Management, SQL, and a dash of front-end from NYC.

Oct 13, 2022

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Jamstack

How I came to build (a previous version of) this site on the Jamstack.

Sep 26, 2022

Categories: Why Eleventy?

6 Reasons I (Still) Love 11ty

Two years after launching my site with 11ty, it’s grown considerably, and yet I’m still in love with the tool.

Aug 5, 2022

Categories: Why Eleventy?

CAUTION

The posts below were published before the release of Eleventy v1.0.0 (Jan 9, 2022). Information in these posts may be out of date. The current stable release is 2.0.1. Eleventy v3.0 is currently under development and available for testing.

11ty: The Good, the Bad, and the... Possum?

An in-depth review of 11ty, an extensible static site generator written in Node that supports a variety of template languages.

Jun 3, 2021

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Why 11ty?

May 18, 2021

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Case Study: One year with Eleventy after leaving GatsbyJS

One year after I switched from GatsbyJS to Eleventy, In this post I recapped the process and wrote down how it is today working with Eleventy.

May 12, 2021

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Eleventy in eleven minutes

Image by 11ty.dev I would like to share my opinionated path how I got started using. Table... Tagged with eleventy, thingsivelearned, blazingfast, staticsitegenerator.

Feb 5, 2021

Categories: Getting StartedWhy Eleventy?

Going Beyond Static Sites With Eleventy

Eleventy includes features that allow exceeding the traditional limits of static. Learn how to leverage these features and think beyond static when using Eleventy.

Jan 28, 2021

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Eleventy and Hugo: comparing and contrasting

Trying to choose between the two best static site generators? See if these points address your personal hot buttons.

Dec 28, 2020

Categories: Why Eleventy?

What is Eleventy! With David Darnes (Audio)

We’re talking about Eleventy. What is it and how does it fit into your Jamstack workflow? Drew McLellan talks to Renaissance man David Darnes to find out.

Nov 3, 2020

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Why I love 11ty (and JAMstack) for building static sites...

It's been really hard to keep up with web development technologies over the past 10 years 🤔, but here's how 11ty and the JAMstack is helping me build static sites in a modern way. 👍. Tagged with webdev, eleventy, html, jamstack.

Oct 11, 2020

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Let's Learn Eleventy (11ty) - What is Eleventy?

This is the first part of the Let't Learn Eleventy series. We'll learn what is Eleventy and how to get started with it.

Aug 26, 2020

Categories: Why Eleventy?Getting Started

Your blog doesn’t need a JavaScript framework

Why I choose Eleventy over Gatsby for my new website

Jun 21, 2020

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Going solo with Eleventy

Losing webpack, regaining Tailwind CSS.

May 9, 2020

Categories: Why Eleventy?

The Emergency Website Kit

In cases of emergency, many organizations need a quick way to publish critical information. But existing (CMS) websites are often unable to handle sudden spikes in traffic.

Mar 22, 2020

Categories: How to...Why Eleventy?

Static site generators: Hugo vs Jekyll vs Gatsby vs 11ty

I have an obsession with SSGs, and Eleventy is my favourite (even better than Hugo, Jekyll, and Gatsby).

Jan 31, 2020

Categories: Why Eleventy?

Why I'm Digging Eleventy

Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.

Oct 12, 2019

Categories: Why Eleventy?Pagination

Why I left Hugo for Eleventy

Only weeks after telling you I was sticking with Hugo, I switch to Eleventy: the whys and wherefores.

Sep 8, 2019

Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?

What I Like About Eleventy

Over the last month so, I’ve been working with Dr. Julian Jones to port some design system projects from Jekyll over to Eleventy, the feral possum of static site generators. Why undertake a whole replatforming initiative? Well, there were two primary issues we were trying to solve:

Aug 19, 2019

Categories: Why Eleventy?

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