Let the first post in this blog be about setting up this blog.

Pre requisites:

• Azure account
• Custom domain (optional)
• Some knowhow on git and GitHub

I am going to guide you with few links which has a good write-up on how to achieve this. I didn’t want to replicate the steps in this post as it may go outdated.

This site uses Hugo to generate static site generator. It’s pretty simple and easy to people with no prior blogging or technical experience.

You can follow the guide here to create a simple site in your localhost.

After that, you will need to deploy your application to Azure, ideally Github. Follow the article here to deploy to Azure.

For configuring custom domain, you will need to purchase a domain. I liked to managing my domain with Cloudflare. So, I transferred my domain to Cloudflare and I liked this promise from Cloudflare

Cloudflare Promise

From the price side it’s even simpler: we promise to never charge you anything more than the wholesale price each TLD charges. That’s true the first year, and it’s true every subsequent year. If you register your domain with Cloudflare Registrar you’ll always pay the wholesale price with no markup.

Optional things to do:

• Create a logo for your blog. I used this Design Studio Logo Maker

• Select good theme for your site from here