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Creating a static archive of my Medium.com blog using Mel
I used to post occasionally on Medium, but stopped. Most of the posts were copied or imported from my other blogs, but some were Medium-only. I thought it would be a good idea to archive them somewhere safe from Medium's uncertain future.
I used a web app from Brennan Kenneth Brown called Meddler. Here's his announcement post. The app runs in the browser locally and worked a treat. There's also a CLI version.
I used Hugo to create a site from the Medium content here:
It was straightforward:
- Download my Medium archive. See this for instructions.
- Use Meddler! to convert the archive to a Hugo-compatible format. (And also to download all of the images).
- Create a new Hugo blog and install a theme. I chose Hugo Blog Awesome but tweaked the theme so all posts are displayed on the home page.
- Add the converted Medium archive's Markdown files to /content/posts.
- Bob's your uncle!