The path to building a blog on vercel, nextjs, and nobelium

date
Jun 10, 2023
slug
vercel-nextjs-blog
status
Published
tags
Website
summary
How I used the nobelium theme to get a blog up and running and connected to a custom domain fast!
type
Post
It all started with a prompt to ChatGPT:
“What's the easiest way to make a website with a static site generator?”
Response: ”Some popular static site generators include Jekyll, Hugo, and Next.js. Here I'll provide steps using Jekyll, as it's straightforward and well-documented.”
 
After a couple hours of trying to debug jekyll build errors on my 2019 macbook air…
ChatGPT Prompt: “alternatives to jekyll”
“There are several alternatives to Jekyll for building static websites. Here are some popular options:
  1. Hugo
  1. Gatsby
  1. Nextjs
Then googling: “nextjs blog static site generation”:
From the results, I found:
nobelium
craigaryUpdated Jul 2, 2024
!
Nobelium is a blog that’s deployed on vercel, and fetches content from a public notion, and uses nextjs to format the UI!
I followed the readme, and here we are!
 
That was my path to creating a personal website blog in mid-2023 with basically no web dev experience (in at least 3 years). Hope it helps!
 

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