# Website refresh

DevFeed: [Website refresh](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/website-refresh-28710.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jeroenmols.com/blog/2024/09/20/website-refresh-24/>)

Author: info@jeroenmols.com (Jeroen Mols)

Published: 2024-09-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeroen Mols](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeroen-mols.md>)

Topics: [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>), [Hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugo.md>), [Jekyll](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jekyll.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [modern web development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modern-web-development.md>), [Netlify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/netlify.md>), [Vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vercel.md>)

Tags: [blogging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogging.md>), [blogs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blogs.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo.md>), [jekyll](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jekyll.md>), [migrate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migrate.md>), [netlify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlify.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [redesign](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redesign.md>), [static-site-generator](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/static-site-generator.md>), [vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vercel.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>), [website](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/website.md>), [website-refresh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/website-refresh.md>)

## AI overview

A personal account of migrating a seven-year-old Jekyll website to Hugo. It explains the old site's deployment setup and limitations, the motivations for the redesign, and the author's evaluation of static-site generators and hosting options.

## Source excerpt

After 7 years, it was time to migrate my old Jekyll website to a new more modern platform. Read on to learn why, how, and what the main challenges were in this process.