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After 3,240 days, I figured it was a good time for a good refresh. Recently I took some time to rebuild my site theme & after launching it, I’m excited to share it with you! In this post, learn about some of the things that went into the process.

In this post, I’ll show you how I trigger Azure Search to reindex the site each time it’s redeployed as part of my existing GitHub Actions.

In this article, I’ll share how I automate my scheduled Hugo deployments using a CI/CD process and GitHub Actions.

In 2019, I switched to a static site generated by Hugo and hosted on Azure. This brought benefits like speed, easy content authoring, and cost savings of 97%+.

In this post, I’ll show you how I trigger Azure Search to reindex the site each time its redeployed as part of my existing Azure Pipeline configuration.

A few months ago I re-launched my site on Hugo, but search wasn’t included in the release. That’s what this post is about.

In this post, I explain how this site is automatically built & deployed when I push commits as well as on a scheduled basis with Azure DevOps Pipelines.

In this article, I explain in detail how I migrated my static site, generated using Hugo, from a dynamic CMS to Microsoft Azure hosting.

I’ve been blogging for 16 years and have used three open source engines to implement my site. Learn more about my experience after switching to Hugo.

Learn how to set up a local source enlistment for Orchard CMS development, create branches, and manage customizations using Git and Azure.

Join me as I share my experience of relaunching my site using Orchard CMS in March 2013. I’ll discuss my customizations and contributions.

In my latest post, I answer questions regarding my blog migration to Azure and provide helpful tips for others considering a similar move.

About a month and half ago I relaunched my blog onto a new web CMS platform moving away from the SubText engine to Orchard.

Site change prompts questions about Orchard engine choice, while Azure selection deemed a no brainer compared to SharePoint & WordPress options

I’ve re-launched my blog & will be sharing my journey and insights on how I did it. Join me as I explain my decisions and offer tips.

In this article, I reflect on the evolution of my blog, from its humble beginnings using .Text to my decision to switch to the modern forked engine SubText.

I’ve set up my blog using .Text v0.94 and plan to add posts and modify the UI. Currently, it’s hosted on my home network.