GitHub Pages does not allow you to use a database to store your content, which is why you’d need to purchase your own server space. Most CMS’s store your text, images, and other media in a database, so that it can retrieve them in the order you specify. A content management system makes it easy to build a website, usually with a drag-and-drop interface. I know, this sounds daunting, but it’s actually not! A server, as we’ve learned, is just a computer that “broadcasts” your website to the internet. Purchasing server space and using a content management system It is fast and free, but you need to use the command line and there will be a learning curve. Hugo is a static site generator designed to be used with GitHub Pages. I don’t have experience with it, but it looks very promising, with the added benefit that it’s an open-source, free-to-use project that allows you to connect directly to GitHub Pages. Publii is a tool for building websites that, like Mobirise, has a GUI (graphic user interface, meaning you can drag and drop things). Here is a big library of HTML/CSS templates. Once you’ve created something you like, you can upload your site to GitHub pages. If you start with an HTML/CSS template, you can customize it by adding and changing elements with a code editor and a browser. There’s nothing wrong with building your website by hand, with HTML and CSS, and it would be a terrific way to learn the in’s and out’s of web development. (That’s why I chose it!) However, there are some alternatives you might consider: Build your website by hand There isn’t anything quite like Mobirise, unfortunately, in terms of ease of use combined with the ability to publish to GitHub Pages. Get a unimodal network from a bimodal network.Tableau 2: Basemaps, data layers, and geolocation.Messing around with the Topic Modeling Tool.
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