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Ask HN: What's the best static site generator for photography portfolios?

4 pointsby cianmmabout 1 year ago
I&#x27;ve been using Squarespace to power my personal website, which is mostly just a photography portfolio, for a while now. Since that&#x27;s pretty much all it does, it hurts to pay Squarespace so much to power it.<p>At the same time, I spend all of my working life arguing with computers to get them to do things, so I don&#x27;t have much appetite for more involved coding side projects.<p>Does anybody have thoughts or recommendations on a static site generator that works great for photography portfolios?

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Brajeshwarabout 1 year ago
Here is a suggestion. Try a theme from the likes of <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jekyllthemes.io" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jekyllthemes.io</a> which has mostly Github Pages friendly themes. Buy it once, set it up on Github Pages. You won&#x27;t have to pay the monthly hosting free.<p>Or, your photography is growing and looking for just a photos-focused hosting with a little bit of a payment (perhaps cheaper than SquareSpace), then try <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;500px.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;500px.com</a> or <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smugmug.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smugmug.com</a> (the parent company that bought back Flickr).