# Switching Sites to Jekyll
=> .. Up a Level

I'm now mostly converted over to static websites using Jekyll[1] and MfGames Jekyll Website[2]. There are advantages and drawbacks of this approach, but for right now, I'm pretty happy with the advantages.

=> http://jekyllrb.com/ 1: http://jekyllrb.com/
=> https://github.com/dmoonfire/mfgames-jeykll-website 2: https://github.com/dmoonfire/mfgames-jeykll-website

* Static pages: Lately, my ISP's rendering of WordPress has gotten pretty slow. Static pages are about as fast as I can make it.
* No logins: Since everything is generated on my local machines, there isn't a chance of breaking into the system since there is no logins.
* Unique appearance: Well… mostly. I'm not using a built-in theme, just something I threw together with Bootstrap and a few other plugins.
* Controlled via Git: I love source control, not much else to say.

While I know that the chances of someone breaking into my WordPress sites was pretty low, even with automated tools, those emails were the last thing I needed to push me into doing this. It also gave me a chance to create something “different” and also tie into some other processes.

In the process, I changed

* The Moonfires[3]: The portal site for my family.

=> http://moonfire.us/ 3: http://moonfire.us/
* D. Moonfire[4]: My blog and writing site.

=> http://d.moonfire.us/ 4: http://d.moonfire.us/
* Moonfire Games[5]: My programming and games site.

=> http://mfgames.com/ 5: http://mfgames.com/

Technically, I changed a few others, but I have no traffic with those, so they don't really count.

It isn't perfect. I still see things I need to do, but at the moment, it works well enough that I should move into the next project. So, here's for a new site that I will hopefully enjoy for years.


# Metadata

Categories:

=> /categories/programming/ Programming

Tags:

=> /tags/jekyll/ Jekyll

# Footer

Below are various useful links within this site and to related sites (not all have been converted over to Gemini).

=> /now/ Now
=> /contact/ Contact
=> /bio/ Biography
=> /bibliography/ Bibliography
=> /support/ Support

=> /fiction/ Fiction
=> //fedran.com/ Fedran
=> https://mfgames.com/ Coding
=> https://moonfire.us/ The Moonfires

=> /categories/ Categories
=> /tags/ Tags

=> /privacy/ Privacy
=> /colophon/ Colophon
=> /license/ License

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=> https://d.moonfire.us/blog/2014/06/06/switching-sites/