Colophon

A colophon is a page or section (typically in a footer) of a site that describes how the site is made, with what tools, supporting what technologies, and often published on personal sites at a top level /colophon page.
https://indieweb.org/colophon

This site—when created in March 2025—was a huge deal for me. My go-to site builder has always been Squarespace since 2004. Heck, I even wrote a couple of books about Squarespace. However, for writeDRAWcode_, I started with something different— Ghost.

For those who are curious, below is everything I use to make this website and all my other websites.

Web Resources

• Google Workspace for email, calendar, and online file storage
• Cloudflare for managing and registering domain names
• Ghost for powering this website

Software & Apps

• Affinity Suite is used to process any images and graphics. I even use Affinity spoftware to make the writeDRAWcode_ logo and logomark.
  FYI - I stopped using Adobe Creative Suite in 2023.
• Fonts on writeDRAWcode.com are set to use your device's default system font, falling back to Helvetica Neue and other san-serif fonts.
• Nova by Panic to write custom CSS/LESS code for styling the site beyond Squarespace’s built-in design features. I use another app, CodeKit, to compile my CSS for easy copy-n-paste into Squarespace Custom Code area.
• Ulysses for writing blog posts.
• I have a subscription to SetApp which gives me access to a whole suite of apps on the Mac. I like evaluating new apps to see if I can streamline my productivity or enhance my workflows.

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