From 51b1ce4d552fc5cf6cb20e0dcf166bb34bef82b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:54:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add daily email for 2025-03-15 Building static websites with Drupal --- source/_daily_emails/2025-03-15.md | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_daily_emails/2025-03-15.md diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2025-03-15.md b/source/_daily_emails/2025-03-15.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..47c76542b --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2025-03-15.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: Building static websites with Drupal +date: 2025-03-15 +permalink: daily/2025/03/15/tome +tags: + - software-development + - static-websites + - static-site-generators + - drupal +cta: ~ +snippet: | + Did you know you can build your website locally with Drupal and export it to a static website? +--- + +Over the last few days, I've written a few emails about static websites and static site generators before I [speak about Sculpin][4] at PHP Thames Valley. + +They are [easy to build][2] and deploy and [cheap to host][3]. + +As a PHP Developer, I use Sculpin as it uses Symfony components, is extendable by writing my own PHP code and uses Twig for templating. + +As a Drupal Developer, I like the power of Drupal's out of the box functionality and additional modules like Pathauto and Redirect, but I'd like to deploy it as a static website for it to be faster and more secure. + +Enter Tome, [a Drupal module to create static websites][0]. + +You build the website the same as you would locally and export the content and files to a static website - the same you would generate with a static site generator like Sculpin or writing the files by hand. + +Sam Mortenson (the creator of Tome) and I discussed it on [episode 19 of the Beyond Blocks podcast][1]. + +So, if you like Drupal and the benefits of static sites, Tome may be a good solution for you. + +[0]: https://www.drupal.org/project/tome +[1]: {{site.url}}/podcast/19-sam-mortenson +[2]: {{site.url}}/daily/2025/03/12/easy +[3]: {{site.url}}/daily/2025/03/13/deploy +[4]: {{site.url}}/presentations/sculpin