Create Handshake websites

Walkthroughs for building websites on Handshake names

One of the most straightforward use cases of Handshake names is to set up a website on them. You can also use Handshake names in these other ways.

Level 1 - No code

HNSHosting

HNSHosting offers WordPress hosting on Handshake names deployed in minutes with HTTPS support. Registering for free might be limited to users on their discord server. https://hnshosting.au

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Excerpt

Excerpt is a simple blog hosting platform that allows you to deploy a blog to your Handshake name in minutes. Find out more at https://excerpt/.

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HNS Links

HNS Links is a no-code way to deploy a links page to your Handshake name. It is free and supports features such as HIP05 wallet addresses, NIP05 Nostr usernames, and more.

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Vercel

Vercel offers many templates that you can use to build your website, hosted on Vercel.

Emojis and non-English names on Vercel

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Wordpress and Kinsta

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Level 2 - HTML

IPFS

If you have a website on IPFS, here's how to link it to your Handshake name.

Link a domain | IPFS Docs

Any HTML file on Github Pages

Host any HTML file on your Handshake name through Github Pages. The template used in the video can be accessed at templates.nb/.

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Heroku

Deploy Apps on a Handshake name with HerokuMedium

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Wordpress and AWS

Skyinclude.com Mike made a quick video on how to build a Handshake site using Wordpress.org, WP2Static.com, and Amazon AWS.amazon.com with Namebase.io as the TLD registrar.

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Gatsby and Github Pages

In this tutorial @kiba_gateaux does a quick run through of how to deploy a site to github pages and access it with a Handshake domain name. In just 10 minutes you can have a website at your own personal TLD!

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