Publishing Static Site On Vercel
Vercel is an incredibly easy to use tool which helps you build and ship your
websites with an easy to use interface.
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You Lose Many Dynamic Features In Static Modes
fastn comes with a lot of dynamic features, which are only available when you
are using fastn server for hosting.Deploying existing fastn projects to Vercel
- Add
vercel.jsonto the root of your project (right where your FASTN.ftd lives) with the following contents:
vercel.json
{
"framework": null,
"buildCommand": "fastn build --base=/",
"outputDirectory": ".build",
"installCommand": "curl -fsSL https://fastn.com/install.sh | sh"
}
Lang:
json
- Create a new Vercel deployment and import your project repository.
Creating a new fastn project and deploy it on Vercel
We recommend using our template repository
fastn-template to create a
new fastn project.
- Creating your own repository
Use this template button
Step I: Use the template repository to initialize your repository
Follow the instruction to create a new Github repository from this template.
Wait for the Github Action to finish running. This Action renames package name in
FASTN.ftdto match with your repository name and your Github username.We'll be opting for a different deployment method instead of using GitHub Pages. Feel free to delete the
.githubfolder to eliminate these GitHub Actions from your repository.Now create a new Vercel deployment by importing this repository.
fastn project from scratch using fastn create-package <your-package-name>. Follow the instructions above to add a vercel.json file.
