Blogging

Following up to the extensive guide in the previous entry, this post shows how to quickly and easily integrate a server-side contact form in a Jekyll site, powered by Sinatra.

In this second part, I'll describe the steps I have taken to move my blog from Wordpress to Jekyll, while preserving the site's layout, structure and -more importantly- SEO characteristics. If you also aren't happy with Wordpress for a reason or another and have decided to migrate, here's all you need to know.

Wordpress is a fully featured CMS that makes a great choice for blogging. However, after just three months, I decided Wordpress wasn't for me, and started to look for alternatives that would be easier for me to manage and customise as Ruby developer. Enter Jekyll. Here, in this first part, is why I don't think I will ever want to go back to a CMS like Wordpress.

You have a Wordpress blog, and you want to keep it secure. One of the first recommended steps is to restrict access to its administration area to your IP addresses. Here's how to do this easily and effectively with simple web server rules.