I am planning out a series of workshops about owning ones digital presence. I want to go over:
- Buying your own domain. (Optionally, for your own site or email)
- Basics of HTML, CSS
- Hosting your own static site (on GitHub Pages, Neocities, VPS?) (Prereq 2, optional 1)
- VPS stuff
Where "VPS stuff" is a bit nebulous, a big one, and not the focus of this.
GitHub pages seems like a great candidate for "hosting your own static site".
- The Bad:
- Microsoft's monopoly expands. (But it would be bad guidance to push novices away from GitHub anyways)
- People need to use Git and manage SSH keys. More barrier to entry.
- The Good:
- Can use your own domain, but don't need to
- People need to use Git and manage SSH keys. Lowers the barrier to entry for everything else; good skill to have.
I feel pretty confident that GitHub pages is the way to go, but Neocities is attractive for its culture and for not needing SSH.
I'm wondering:
- What do you think, between Neocities and GitHub pages?
- Or, is there a good third option I should consider?
You can but don't need to