This is the start of my docs and blog journey on Notion.
Why Notion?
After using many apps out there and expementing with different content management systems (CMS) , I found that Notion seems to be the easiest because it doesn’t require a lot of back end work.
You can upload images, tables, videos and rearrange content without having to do a lot of — coding.
Although the design for Notion is limited - means you can’t fully customize every single pixel or formatting according to your heart’s content. It is sufficient enough to deliver what matters.
and I believe in showing that you do some pretty amazing stuff with less - way less. ⭐
living a life with purpose is not just a byproduct of living, but the very essence of it - Robert Byrne
In this page that I created, I spent less amount of time trying to figure the templates and focus more on content.
The way that I structure my home page is that of a dashboard. It should be good enough to navigate to different components of the site yet maintain some form of flow that doesn’t overwhelm. I can drag and drop components (blocks) as I seem fit.
The blog itself is a page that resides within a database that’s purposefully created to contain and store similar pages while maintaining structure and so is every other part of the site like my Docs and Projects. With that, I don’t need to structure anything for code back end.
Everything front-end is just a view of the content of that database. It is systematic enough to handle any other workflows without ever having to deal with an external database like custom websites do, and you can even do more do that just a simple website such as this.
⚠️Important Tip Notion is not an all done for you platform. It is a canvas that you are free to create however you want. The fundamental blocks are given to you for you to stack on top of one another.
With that being said,
I’m wishing everyone a great day, and happy building!
