C M Rasys

After an arduous and protracted development (definitely not due to procrastination), I’ve finally updated the website with something entirely new.

Changes

The site is no longer running on WordPress and is instead a static website being built with Hugo. A static website runs a lot faster and I never really needed all of the extra bells and whistles of WordPress. Hugo also uses Markdown files for all of the site content which provides a pretty straightforward avenue for writing as well as version control using Git.

Though, perhaps most importantly, Hugo gives me all the control I need to make the site into whatever I want it to be without also having to deal with the needless complexity of WordPress. I also don’t need the site to do anything all that fancy. It’s really just a blog after all. That said, I have put together some useful shortcodes for some extra utility inside a post:

Random blocks

...something. My mother won custody. My father got visitation rights. I had to spend every other weekend and Monday evening with him. I do remember, quite vividly, the first time I went to visit. My mom dropped me off in the driveway, I think she was still too scared to get... 47 Memory Lane

Lists

All of the above sections will update automatically whenever the website gets built with new content. But because it’s a static website, there’s no additional processing or delay on the user’s end having to reprocess everything on every page load.

The Near Future

I’m planning on putting together a few articles on the creation of the website in Hugo, as well as some of the more interesting tricks I pulled off with the shortcodes. I also have plans for doing a series of notes/annotations for older pieces with revisions. The purpose of this is to provide a bit more insight into the actual writing process.

So there’s new stuff to look forward to coming soon, now I just have to actually create it…