Freeblogging in 2025
Web hosting is easy!
Correction… web hosting is easy, if you have dozens of years of I.T. experience, reliable power, internet with public facing ddos protection, server infrastructre running the latest software with industry standandard source code management. Web hosting requires much more than simply running Apache.
Enter Cloudflare worker pages, ASTRO site framework, and GitHub for serviceable path to fully proxied and lightweight static page creation.
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STEPS
- Create free github account
- Create free cloudflare account
- Create free namecheap account
- Register domain in namecheap (or Cloudflare)
- Navigate to ASTRO framework repository example and use ‘Deploy to Cloudflare’ button ** Starter Blog Template example - desired template: (https://github.com/cloudflare/templates/tree/main/astro-blog-starter-template) ** Cloudflare deploy template example - (https://deploy.workers.cloudflare.com/?url=https://github.com/cloudflare/templates/tree/main/astro-blog-starter-template)
| PROS | CONS |
| Easy to start | Using custom templates takes additional work | | Worker pages allow for lightweight deployment for small applications | |