I have a couple sites on Google and since they sold to square space I thought I’d try to keep my stuff there. But I can’t figure it out. Square space is a site builder with a GUI and I can’t find anywhere to just deploy my site to them as a react app. I have found a few areas where I can add some code, but they are for specific areas of the provided templates. I’ve even tried to use developer mode, but it looks like you still need to follow their template rules to get anywhere.

It’s been a huge headache, Google made it so easy.

  • kambusha@feddit.ch
    4·
    1 year ago

    Can’t comment on square space, but you could maybe try firebase (google), github pages, or netlify as alternatives?

    • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      You can (or at least could ~5 years ago) easily serve a static site through an s3 bucket

        • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          True, though I think GutHub does need a paid account if you want the repo to be private

          • MJBrune@beehaw.orgEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, I mean if it’s a static website unless it’s using a generator, the source is accessible by just visiting the website. So having it public shouldn’t matter too much, right? Even if it’s using a generator, it’s not like what you are writing is secret. That said I use GitLab and Hugo on a private repo. I have no reason to make it public and all the highly experienced web developers told me it simply doesn’t need to be public so why make it public?

            • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Good point! I rarely use plain static pages, there’s usually some templating involved if I’m going through GH pages.

    • reric88🧩@beehaw.orgOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I actually started looking at firebase today. I’m confused by it, but that’s the case with everything new to me.

      • kambusha@feddit.ch
        1·
        1 year ago

        You’ll want to create a new firebase project, install the firebase CLI on your computer and then use the CLI to: login to firebase, select the project you created, and then using the CLI run firebase deploy wherever your code is. That should use firebase “hosting” to serve your static files.

        I find Google Cloud’s documentation extremely confusing (including firebase), so you’re not alone on that front. Took a lot of searching & troubleshooting to finally get my setup working as I intended.