Maintenance

Last Updated: 2022-08-06

Static sites are fairly low maintenance but still requires some regular tasks:

Upgrade underlying tools

E.g. web framework (next / gatsby), npm, MUI, font-awesome etc.

# check outdated packages
$ npm outdated

# upgrade packages
$ npm update

Check links

Check from the source code

• check for broken internal links.
• check for broken external links.
• check for internal pages without incoming links.
• count words, avoid thin contents.

Check from the live site

Install broken-link-checker

$ npm install broken-link-checker -g

Run the tool (replace link with your website)

$ blc https://www.hackingnote.com -roe > _tmp/broken_links &

Google Search Console

• make sure sitemap link is correct and the content is up-to-date.
• check crawl errors.
• check page experiences, core web vitals, mobile usability.

Google Analytics

• analyze the traffic.

Chrome

• check console to make sure there's no errors.
• check Lighthouse for general and performance improvements.

Google AdSense

• review and optimize Google AdSense settings.