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Getting started with Bulma Clean Theme for Jekyll
Getting started with Bulma Clean Theme for Jekyll

I have made a theme for Jekyll which is based on the Bulma frontend framework. It might look familiar, because I am also using it for this site. If you like the look of this theme then I thought I would write a little blog post about how to use it for your own site and how you can use it with GitHub Pages.

Why use a static site generator
Why use a static site generator

There are many ways to make a website and many different CMS platforms you can use, such as WordPress and Joomla, as well as site builder tools that offer you drag and drop interfaces, but what about static site generators?

Why do I always use Laravel?
Why do I always use Laravel?

I often get asked why I use Laravel for a lot of projects. I get comments such as its too big for this project, its overkill, you can write something better yourself that’s simpler and easier to use.

Making multiple post types in Jekyll
Making multiple post types in Jekyll

Recently I decided to make a new section of my website for short stories. This presented my with a dilemma about how best to make multiple post types using Jekyll and GitHub Pages. I found a few different ways people have done it in the past, but I found Collections were the best way of doing it so I thought I would share how I did it.

Time for an update, using Bulma framework
Time for an update, using Bulma framework

It has been a long time since I last updated the design of my site and as a Frontend Developer it didn’t seem right to wait any longer. I have used a variety of different frontend frameworks in the past, from Foundation, to Bootstrap, but this time I wanted something different, so with a cup of coffee in hand I started looking for something new.

First impressions of Vue.js
First impressions of Vue.js

I’ve been looking into different JavaScript frameworks for a while and there seems to be a big following for Vue.js throughout the Laravel community. Therefore, I thought I had better give it a look and see what its all about.

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Creating a links page with Bulma Clean Theme
Creating a links page with Bulma Clean Theme

I’ve seen a few posts recently asking what other authors use for their website. There are many options available, but sometimes you just want a single page with links to your social media profiles and links to your books. This is where Bulma Clean Theme and GitHub pages can come to the rescue.

HTML is beautiful
HTML is beautiful

Building a modern website can sometimes lead you to be so far separated from the end result that is sent to the user. Developers can end up focusing on building sites with component based frontend frameworks, fetching data from APIs and installing hundreds of npm dependencies. We can become more interested in writing great code in their chosen programming language than what we serve to the website visitors. How did we get so far away from writing HTML?

Fixing a few SEO issues with my author website
Fixing a few SEO issues with my author website

When I launched my cozy mystery series, The Little-Astwick Mysteries, I decided to create a new website to promote it. But I made a few mistakes with SEO that have led to a few issues with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). Here is how I fixed them.

How NOT to make a website

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