# [[Tools for publishing and distribution]] ![[Tools for publishing and distribution.svg]] Below are some tools for [[Publishing and distribution]] your [[Content Creation|content]]. ## Domains ### Domain registration - [[Porkbun]] - [site](https://porkbun.com/): My domain registrar of choice - [[Namecheap]] - [site](https://www.namecheap.com/) - [[Register.to]] - [site](https://register.to) ### Domain management - [[DigitalOcean]] - [site](https://digitalocean.com): Has a great service for managing DNS records of all your domains in one place, requiring only that you point nameservers to the DO ones. ## Publishing platforms ### [[Static site generator|Static site generators]] Static site generators are tools that are used to take plain text files (usually [[obsidian-playbook/Using Obsidian/02 Making Notes in Obsidian/Markdown|Markdown]]) and then create a website from them. It's called "static" because the website does not pull from the text files in real time-- instead, it relies on you regenerating the website every time you add something or make a change and then redeploying the site. The advantage is that statically generated sites are usually pretty lightweight to run. ![[Static site generator#Examples]] ### [[Client-side documentation renderers]] Client-side documentation renderers, unlike static site generators, dynamically fetch Markdown pages and render them as webpages as needed. They don't require prebuilding of websites because the heavy lifting is done in real time, on the client side. ### Federated platforms - [[write.freely]] - [site](https://write.freely) and the hosted version, [[write.as]] - [site](https://write.as) - [[microblog.pub]] - [site](https://microblog.pub/) ## Web hosting Most web hosting providers also offer domain registration and management. ### As a service - [[Bluehost]] - [site](https://www.bluehost.com/) - [[GoDaddy]] - [site](https://godaddy.com.) - [[Obsidian Publish]] for [[Obsidian]] vaults - [site](https://publish.obsidian.md/) - [[GitHub Pages]] - [site](https://pages.github.com/) - [[Webflow]] - [site](https://webflow.com/) - [[Gandi]] - [site](https://gandi.net) - [[Pair]] - [site](https://www.pair.com/) %%Used and recommended by [[Mike Shea]]%% ### All-in-one platforms Content management systems - [[Medium]] - [site](https://medium.com/) - [[Squarespace]] - [site](https://www.squarespace.com/) - [[WordPress]] - [site](https://wordpress.com/) - [[Wix]] - [site](https://www.wix.com/) - [[Ghost]] - [site](https://ghost.org/) ### Virtual Servers to DIY - [[DigitalOcean]] <3 - [site](https://www.digitalocean.com/) ### [[Static hosting providers]] ![[Static hosting providers#Examples]] ### Other web-related services - [[YOURLS]] - [site](https://yourls.org/): open-source self-hosted [[URL Shortening|URL shortener]] that I use - [[DigitalOcean]] - [site](https://digitalocean.com): cloud provider - I also use it for web servers ## Distribution ### Newsletters and mailing lists - [[Buttondown]] - [site](https://buttondown.email/): This is the one I'm currently using - [[Substack]] - [site](https://substack.com/): not recommended due to [questionable ethics](https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/leaving-substack-again/) - [[TinyLetter]] - [site](https://tinyletter.com/) - [[ConvertKit]] - [site](https://convertkit.com/) %%Used and recommended by [[Mike Shea]]%% - [[Mailchimp]] - [site](https://mailchimp.com) - [[Podia]] - [site](https://www.podia.com/): has email marketing as an optional addon - [[ListMonk]] - [site](https://listmonk.app/) ### Social networks - Mastodon - [site](https://https://joinmastodon.org/) - [[HackerNews]] - [site](https://news.ycombinator.com/) - [[Reddit]] - [site](https://www.reddit.com/) - X - [site](https://x.com) (if you must) ## Video hosting - [[YouTube]] - [site](https://youtube.com) - [[Wistia]] - [site](https://wistia.com/) - [[Vimeo]] - [site](https://vimeo.com) - [[Vidyard]] - [site](https://vidyard.com) ## Live streaming ### Broadcasting studios - [[StreamYard]] - [site](https://streamyard.com) - [[OBS]] - [site](https://obsproject.com) - [[ECamm]] - [site](https://www.ecamm.com/) - [[StreamLabs]] - [site](https://streamlabs.com/) - [[Restream]] - [site](https://restream.io) ### Streaming platforms - [[YouTube]] - [site](https://youtube.com) - [[Twitch.tv]] - [site](https://www.twitch.tv/) - [[Facebook]] - [site](https://www.facebook.com/) ## Audio transcription - [[Rev]] - [site](https://www.rev.com/) - [[Descript]] - [site](https://descript.com/) - [[Trint]] - [site](https://trint.com/) ## Graphic design Tools for creating thumbnails and hero images. - [[Canva]] - [site](https://canva.com) - [[Figma]] - [site](https://figma.com) - [[Zeplin]] - [site](https://zeplin.io) - [[Carbon]] - [site](https://carbon.now.sh/) - turns code into a gorgeous png - [[Asciinema]] - [site](https://asciinema.org/) - record and share terminal sessions ## [[Membership programs]] - [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/) - [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/) - [Buy Me a Coffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/) ## Search and SEO - [[Algolia]] - [site](https://www.algolia.com/) - [[How to have a domain indexed by Google]] ## [[Web analytics tools|Web Analytics]] Google Analytics is the most fully-featured and free, but extremely invasive. The others are paid, but more privacy-focused. - [[Plausible Analytics]] - [site](https://plausible.io/): Privacy-focused, lightweight, [[Self-hosted|self-hostable]]. My analytics tool of choice. - [[Google Analytics]] - [site](https://analytics.google.com/) - [[Simple Analytics]] - [site](https://simpleanalytics.com/) - [[Fathom Analytics]] - [site](https://usefathom.com/) ## Online courses - [[Podia]] - [site](https://podia.com) - [[Teachable]] - [[Kajabi]] - Thinkific ## Books - [[Twine]] - [site](https://twinery.org/): open-source platform for creating interactive books - [[Leanpub]] - [site](https://leanpub.com/): for publishing early and often %% # Excalidraw Data ## Text Elements ## Drawing ```json { "type": "excalidraw", "version": 2, "source": "https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/releases/tag/2.1.4", "elements": [ { "id": "4y8R7iOA", "type": "text", "x": 118.49495565891266, "y": -333.44393157958984, "width": 3.8599853515625, "height": 24, "angle": 0, "strokeColor": "#1e1e1e", "backgroundColor": "transparent", "fillStyle": "solid", "strokeWidth": 2, "strokeStyle": "solid", "roughness": 1, "opacity": 100, "groupIds": [], "frameId": null, "roundness": null, "seed": 967149026, "version": 2, "versionNonce": 939059582, "isDeleted": true, "boundElements": null, "updated": 1713723615080, "link": null, "locked": false, "text": "", "rawText": "", "fontSize": 20, "fontFamily": 4, "textAlign": "left", "verticalAlign": "top", "containerId": null, "originalText": "", "lineHeight": 1.2 } ], "appState": { "theme": "dark", "viewBackgroundColor": "#ffffff", "currentItemStrokeColor": "#1e1e1e", "currentItemBackgroundColor": "transparent", "currentItemFillStyle": "solid", "currentItemStrokeWidth": 2, "currentItemStrokeStyle": "solid", "currentItemRoughness": 1, "currentItemOpacity": 100, "currentItemFontFamily": 4, "currentItemFontSize": 20, "currentItemTextAlign": "left", "currentItemStartArrowhead": null, "currentItemEndArrowhead": "arrow", "scrollX": 583.2388916015625, "scrollY": 573.6323852539062, "zoom": { "value": 1 }, "currentItemRoundness": "round", "gridSize": null, "gridColor": { "Bold": "#C9C9C9FF", "Regular": "#EDEDEDFF" }, "currentStrokeOptions": null, "previousGridSize": null, "frameRendering": { "enabled": true, "clip": true, "name": true, "outline": true } }, "files": {} } ``` %%