Zola

What

A static site generator (SSG)

Why

To have a curated space on the web

When

July 2026

What I learned

YAML vs TOML

YAML is the default for pandoc and zk. TOML is preferred for Zola, but it accepts YAML

This wasn’t too hard of a learning curve.

HTML tempalates and Markdown and Config File

While conceptually brilliant to separate text from presentation, it’s a bit hard to wrap one’s head around at first.

CSS

Not as terrible as it seems, Claude is decent in helping here, but at some point I have to go back and consolidate that CSS file.

References

Get Zola the static website generator not the wedding thing.