Gating My Content

Gating Content in JAMstack Sites

This section’s title was borrowed from a Stackbit article with the same title, Gating Content in JAMstack Sites. Working through that article to password protect some of the content at https://Wieting.TamaToledo.com is my tech pursit today.

Nope, Not on Netlify

😦 Last evening I took a shot at implementing the Netlify Identity tricks from the aforementioned article, but could not easily get it to work. The problem, I think, is that the https://Wieting.TamaToledo.com on Netlify already uses Netlify Identity for authentication of my Netlify CMS forms, and adding a second, separate instance of that service isn’t trivial and perhaps isn’t even feasible. I also tried implementing some quick Staticrypt CLI protection but that also failed. Netlify does provide a really quick and painless solution, but it costs $20/month, at a minimum, to enable it.

Migrating the Wieting Site in Drupal 8

Migrating the Wieting Site in Drupal 8

Sorry for my extended absence here, I’ve been uber-busy with work, but have also been able to work a little (lots of long nights and weekends) on a long-overdue update of https://Wieting.TamaToledo.com in Drupal 8. It’s true, I have been thinking about moving that site to make it static, almost certainly using Hugo, but I thought before doing so I’d give Drupal 8 one more try. I’m pleased to report that it’s working nicely again. Here’s how I did it, and how I plan to keep it updated…