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How static sites work

How static sites work

From the course: Learning Static Site Building with Jekyll

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How static sites work

- [Instructor] In this course, we'll be building something called a static site. First, let's define what it means for a website to be a static site. A static site only includes content that can be loaded from a file, things like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and images. This type of content, which is stored directly and delivered verbatim from a server is called static content. A static site doesn't include any dynamic content or things that can change on the fly or be generated by server code. This means that you can't use server code to render content or pages. The difference can be illustrated by comparing static sites with a popular site platform, like WordPress. Tools like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and Umbraco are called content management systems or CMSs. CMSs like WordPress are a popular choice for building websites and blogs because they make it easy to publish a site without having to build it from scratch. However, CMSs do have some downsides. Let's take a look at how WordPress…

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