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Ask HN: I want my pupils (~12yo) to create their own website. Suggestions?

Former back-end Web developer here.

Since last September I am a full-time maths teacher in France, with ~100 pupils (11-13 yo).

I told them one day that I had done webdev before, and since then several kids asked me for some advice to create their own website.

Of course I encouraged them, since I thought it would be great for them to share content outside of the GAFA bubble, and own their medium. However I never created a full course.

But now that the whole country is under lockdown, I have some time to properly help them. I'd love to see them create their own website from scratch: no WordPress, no Wix, just <div>s and <span>s and a few CSS rules...

I don't really know what to choose though. I want to:

- (ideally) have the same provider for domain names and hosting,

- get the kids to update their website themselves (otherwise I'll be flooded with requests every hour :) ), and

- be able to manage a lot of domain names for cheap (except the registration itself).

I will probably have 10-20 kids interested.

Do you have any suggestions for domain registrar, hoster, and an easy way to upload their work? (git, FTP...)

Thanks!

3 points fdeage 6 years ago 7 comments

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