Want a blazing fast website that loads in less than a second?
Don’t want to pay annual hosting fees or domain charges?
Read on…
I a web developer with 10+ years experience in setting up light-weight fast loading static sites that load in under a second!
Blazing Fast Static Sites – My offer
5 pages – including a blog and contact page.
Add unlimited pages or posts using simple CMS.
Free hosting and domain
Interactive guide included.
Advantages of static sites
- Fast Loading – Because static sites don’t use databases, there are no time-consuming queries. Static sites load fast and therefore help you in search engine rankings.
- Security – Since the site is just made up of static files, there are no databases that can be hacked. You save money on security.
- Easy to Update – Does this mean I need a developer to update static site? No, the site is easy to update using WYSIWYG Editor
Note: My Static Site package is not suitable for eCommerce sites. Choose my affordable eCommerce package.
Custom Designs
I can code a light-weight custom design to suit your brand.
Here are some examples…
VJ.css
I also have a 7kb CSS file that you can use to style plain HTML websites. Just write your simple static site with nice semantic html, and VJ.css will make it look good for you. It includes responsive styles for common elements, good defaults for headings, buttons (1), dark mode support as well as interactive popups and open/close accordion (2). Use the handy css custom properties to customise the template to your brand.
Blazing Fast Load Times
With the recent site I developed for a local community: https://ftaa.org.au/, we opted to go static.
Static Sites are built with just:
- HTML which provides the basic structure (content).
- CSS is used to control the look and feel of the site (design).
- JavaScript is used to control the behavior of different elements (interactivity).
This is exactly what your browser needs to display the web page. Since there are no additional overheads, the sites load fast.
Have a look at GTMetrix Performance Report for wpstatic.netlify.app
Have a look at Google Page Speed Insights for FTAA.org.au
Secure
Save money on security!
Since the site is just made up of static files, there are no databases that can be hacked. To move the site or to recover the site is easy, just upload some files.
Free Hosting
Let’s take advantage of free hosting by Microsoft (Github) to host our files. It serves them fast! Also, it backups up our files after every update!
The free 500MB space is enough for most small business websites.
Free Domain Name
Your domain name (website address or url) is an important marketing tool for your business.
Don’t want to pay an annual fee for a domain name?
Then choose your awesome free domain like myname.netlify.com or myname.github.io.
If you are willing to spend just $10 to $20 per year, you can have your site hosted on your own domain like myname.com
You can register custom domains through domain registrars like:
Easy to update
Just because it does static does not mean that you need to know code to upgrade the site. Add as many pages or posts as you want.
Static Sites using WordPress
Use the full power of WordPress, create and edit your website locally and at the push of a button publish the post to free hosting like netlify.
WordPress as a Static Site Generator – How it works in 15 seconds
Watch me build a post using WordPress locally on my Mac and push it online to my demo site.
Lightweight CMS
Since our sites are powered by a lightweight CMS (content management system), adding content to your site is an easy process no matter whether you’re creating a Page or a Post. Simply login and select Add New Page/Post.
You can securely login to the website back-end (admin area) and access a simple WYSIWYG editor (just like Word).
As illustrated below:
- The simple editor allows you to format your page/post
- You can preview how the web page would look as you build your page
- Add images or documents, create links and more
- Once you are happy, hit publish to see your handiwork
Easy SEO – Rank well in Google
Provide the right meta descriptions and titles to rank well in Google! Also, add tags to categorise/group your posts.
Contact Forms
Just because your site is static does not mean you miss out. We can embed contact forms (50 submissions free per month).
Have a look at this working contact form https://wpstatic.netlify.app/contact-us/
Blazing Fast Static Sites – My offer
5 pages – including a blog and contact page.
Add unlimited pages or posts using simple CMS.
Free hosting and domain
Interactive guide included.
