LinkStack looks like it hasn’t been updated in 2+ years. Any self hosted alternatives anyone recommends?
Maybe even a static site generator?
https://github.com/sethcottle/littlelink Or a simple HTML page…
Linktree? Can’t you just host an html page using apache or nginx?
Yes! I can. I’m just TERRIBLE with Dev Stuff and not a fan either. lol But if you have recommends on how to host something like that and make it look ince, I’m all for hearing it! :-)
Hosting is dead easy. Usually you just do sudo apt-get install apache2 for a start, and then it’ll host an html file on port 80 (HTTP), usually /var/www/html/index.html
w3schools.com is great for learning css and html.
You’d want to forward port 80 on your router then to get it accessible on the open web.
On your domain service, you’ll want to make an A record pointing to your IPV4 address and an AAAA record pointing to your IPV6 address.
If you have a dynamic IP (your IPV4 changes often) you can get scripts which run on a schedule to check your ip address and remotely update your A record using an API from your DNS.
You’ll also want to use certbot (an installable application) to manage an HTTPS certificate, then forward port 443 (HTTPS)
I know this is a very quick rundown, but hopefully it points you in the correct direction!
I’m a sysadmin by trade, I just don’t know the HTML and CSS stuff. :-D Thank you very much for the detail response though! That’s great for folks to find and learn! :-)
I do like Linkstack. I just thought it was abandoned. Mas pointed out that I’m VERY wrong there. It’s only been 5 months. I use it on two other sites.
More than 2 years ? Let’s not exaggerate, the last release of LinkStack was 5 months ago…
You’re right actually. I swear I looked at something the other day for Linkstack and it was like 2023 … I must be VERY confused there or I looked at something completely wrong. I wasn’t meaning to exaggerate, I was mistaken. You are correct, 5 months. Definitely not dead.
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This hugo theme works well: https://jamstackthemes.dev/theme/hugo-lynx/
for a non-self-hosted, but neat alternative: https://weird.one/
Thank you for the suggestion! I’ll look into the themes! :-)
