David Large

Technical Writer | Digital Content Specialist | Hugo fan

Dunedin, New Zealand Joined on Jul 6, 2021 https://twitter.com/avidlarge

Education

PhD (Sydney), MA (Otago)

Pronouns

He / him

Work

Digital Content Specialist at CloudCannon

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David Large for CloudCannon

Jul 17 '22

Introducing Pagefind: Static Low-bandwidth Search at Scale

#webdev #search #jamstack #opensource

5 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 23 '22

Why the web is turning away from WordPress

#jamstack #wordpress #webdev #opinion

9 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Getting set up with Hugo

#hugo #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

9 1

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Feb 11 '22

Migrating sites from Forestry: a step-by-step tutorial

#jamstack #webdev #tutorial #agency

10 min read

David Large

Aug 17 '21

How I created my first static website, with zero experience (1/ )

#beginners #webdev #jamstack #codenewbie

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Feb 7

Creating sites, the Jamstack way

#webdev #jamstack #beginners #opensource

6 min read

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David Large for CloudCannon

Feb 7

SvelteKit vs. Next.js

#svelte #nextjs #jamstack #webdev

6 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jan 23

Static Site Generator (SSG) Visions, Roadmaps, and Trajectories: What to Watch in 2023

#jamstack #astro #eleventy #webdev

14 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jan 16

The Top Five Static Site Generators (SSGs) for 2023 — and when to use them

#webdev #jamstack #static #frameworks

10 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jan 10

23 of the best Eleventy Themes (Starters) for 2023

#webdev #eleventy #11ty #jamstack

10 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jan 9

11 Top Eleventy Blog Themes (Starters) for 2023

#webdev #eleventy #11ty #jamstack

6 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Dec 5 '22

A new Eleventy theme — in a CMS with full Eleventy support!

#webdev #jamstack #beginners #eleventy

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Nov 28 '22

Eleventy vs Next.js

#webdev #jamstack #beginners #static

6 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Nov 21 '22

Looking for a TinaCMS or Tina Cloud alternative?

#webdev #jamstack #static #cms

10 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Nov 2 '22

Editing Content with Hugo Shortcodes: A Shortcode-Aware CMS

#hugo #webdev #static #jamstack

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Oct 20 '22

Does My Website Look Big in This? Six Tips to Lower your Page Weight

#webdev #beginners #optimize #tutorial

10 1

8 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Oct 11 '22

Artisanal Web Development

#webdev #jamstack #static #beginners

9 2

5 min read

David Large

Oct 6 '22

Code as Poetry (and yet another parody of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven')

#webdev #poetry #edgarallanpoetry #quothsupport

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Oct 2 '22

The Best Marketing Tools and Integrations for your Static Site

#webdev #jamstack #marketing #beginners

8 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Sep 15 '22

Choosing a CMS for your Static Site: Part 2 — Headless? Git-based, or API-based?

#cms #ssg #webdev #jamstack

9 2

7 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Sep 7 '22

Choosing a CMS for your Static Site: Part 1

#webdev #beginners #jamstack #cms

10 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Sep 1 '22

What is a Static Site Generator?

#jamstack #webdev #static #beginners

8 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Aug 24 '22

Static vs Dynamic Websites: The Definitive Guide

#beginners #jamstack #webdev #static

12 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Aug 17 '22

Ten Myths about Static Websites

#static #jamstack #beginners #webdev

6 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Aug 1 '22

Going Wild with Hugo Modules

#hugo #jamstack #modules #documentation

6 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Aug 1 '22

Data Files in SvelteKit

#svelte #beginners #tutorial #jamstack

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Aug 1 '22

Blogging in SvelteKit

#jamstack #beginners #svelte #tutorial

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Aug 1 '22

Templating in SvelteKit

#jamstack #svelte #tutorial #beginners

2 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Aug 1 '22

SvelteKit Components

#svelte #jamstack #tutorials #beginners

2 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Aug 1 '22

Layouts in SvelteKit

#jamstack #svelte #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Aug 1 '22

Getting set up in SvelteKit

#svelte #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jul 18 '22

Save Time Building Static Sites: New Editor Improvements

#webdev #jamstack #tooling #ssg

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Hugo vs. Gatsby.js

#hugo #gatsby #jamstack #webdev

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6 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Includes in Jekyll

#jekyll #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Jekyll Front Matter & YAML

#jekyll #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Blogging in Jekyll

#jekyll #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Layouts in Jekyll

#jekyll #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Data files in Jekyll

#jekyll #beginners #tutorial #jamstack

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Collections in Jekyll

#jekyll #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Jekyll Liquid basics

#jekyll #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Getting started with Jekyll

#jekyll #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Installing Jekyll

#jekyll #jamstack #tutorial #beginners

1 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Layouts in Hugo

#hugo #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Using Data with Hugo

#hugo #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Blogging in Hugo

#hugo #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Hugo Templating Basics

#hugo #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 10 '22

Hugo Partials

#hugo #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

2 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 8 '22

Eleventy global data files

#eleventy #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 8 '22

Blogging in Eleventy

#jamstack #eleventy #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 8 '22

Templating in Eleventy

#eleventy #jamstack #tutorial #beginners

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 8 '22

Eleventy Partials

#eleventy #jamstack #tutorial #beginners

2 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 8 '22

Layouts in Eleventy

#eleventy #jamstack #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Jun 8 '22

Getting set up with Eleventy

#eleventy #jamstack #tutorial #beginners

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

May 20 '22

A free, remote conference for Hugo — HugoConf 2022!

#hugo #webdev #jamstack #conference

2 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

May 20 '22

Fifty of 2022's most popular Hugo themes

#hugo #jamstack #themes #webdev

18 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

May 16 '22

Twelve Amazing Free Hugo Documentation Themes

#webdev #jamstack #hugo #themes

7 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

May 4 '22

The best headless CMS for Hugo

#webdev #jamstack #ssg #hugo

4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Apr 28 '22

Stay in the race with Hugo, Bookshop, and CloudCannon’s Git-powered CMS

#webdev #jamstack #cms #hugo

9 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Apr 13 '22

How to set up WYSIWYG editing in MkDocs with CloudCannon

#mkdocs #jamstack #beginners #tutorial

5 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Apr 8 '22

Watching your Core Web Vitals on Jamstack

#jamstack #webdev #static #beginners

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4 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Apr 4 '22

How to set up Digital Asset Management integration with CloudCannon's Jamstack CMS

#jamstack #webdev #cms #tutorial

3 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Mar 23 '22

How to use archetypes in Hugo

#webdev #jamstack #tutorial #hugo

11 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Mar 22 '22

How to convert a Bootstrap theme to a client-editable Hugo site

#hugo #jamstack #webdev #tutorial

2 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Mar 16 '22

Why should you use a static site generator?

#jamstack #ssg #webdev #cms

5 min read

David Large for CloudCannon

Mar 16 '22

What is a Git-based CMS?

#webdev #git #cms #jamstack

5 min read

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