My first Kirby template / starter-kit

This web site is now available as a Kirby template / starter kit.

Files can be downloaded either here or directly at Github.

Why release it as a template?

Learn to ship

Finishing something that isn't a client project has always been a hurdle for me. Since it's not paid work, it tends to end up last in the priority queue.

Learn to make fundamental decisions and stick to them.

Interestingly when packaging something for public release, I reevaluate a lot of decisions I make automatically.
For my own site, I could easily just use Composer and add in fancier SEO-tools etc.

But by deciding to make it a template, I ended up reading closer at Kirby Docs and their focus on lowering the barrier and accepting multiple ways of installing plugins.

I find that a very worthy pursuit, and made it a clear goal to not have any build tools in use. Also not to rely on plugins that likely will become paid in the future (like the SEO plugin, which is currently free, but will become a paid plugin).

Who is it for?

Me. As far as I know, I'm the only one using this template. Maybe someone else will in the future, or maybe not. But it's not any goal of mine to have x amount of installs. I make this for myself, and do it as a learning journey.

Here I draw inspiration from Rick Rubin, who believes creators should focus on making things that resonates with their own truth, not trying to please an audience.

What is Kirby?

Kirby is a really cool CMS. It's a bit overkill for the needs of this blog, which could have easily just been a SSG or so, but I still chose it because I also use it on other sites I make, and have a little bit of an allergy towards build tools.

Even though I use a VPS and Laravel Forge and easily could have a more advanced server setup, I really love that Kirby can essentially just be dropped onto shared hosting and work. And not just work, but work flawlessly both front and back-end. That is not the case of alternatives like Craft CMS and Statamic, although I also really like these systems.