Blogging Tools

Following something of a tradition, I thought it might be useful to share a snapshot of the tools I use to write my blogs.

Tool Summary

Activity/Component	URL	Description
Site Builder	Chirpy	Chirpy is a Jekyll theme
Content Repository	GitHub	Uses GitHub Pages
DNS	Cloudflare	Used to point highlandcows.com to my content repo at GitHub
Editor	iA Writer	Minimalist Markdown Editor

It took me a few days to get things set up with Jekyll and GitHub pages. Once you are satisfied with that working, you can use Cloudflare (or the DNS provider of your choice) to point to your repo at GitHub.

Workflow for new content

Posting new content is as simple as creating dated files in my local _posts directory, committing those to my local git repo and then pushing those changes to GitHub.

If you have questions about any of this, feel free to contact me. My email is at the bottom of navigation menu at left.