Hey there! I was wondering if anyone here, including the dev, has tried to use Strawberry Starter with an already existing website. I’ve been reading over the documentation multiple times, but I think this is just an edge case that nobody has thought about?
I also didn’t see anything about scheduling posts, but I’m like 92.4081% sure I could make a program that runs the build command on a set schedule for me.
hi there!
as described in the installation guide, you can set a subdirectory to use the starter with an existing site.
i actually do this with my website - https://bagenzos.house/ is my main site with its own build command/folder etc, and https://bagenzos.house/blog/ is a separate strawberry starter-based blog with its own folder and such.
i still recommend you backup your existing site. while nothing *should* get uploaded to the root directory, a possible bug or issue with pathnames etc can't be ruled out. as far as i know, this has never happened, but it's good to be paranoid! always back stuff up!
as for scheduling posts - depending on what OS you're using it can be trivial (e.g. cron job on linux). it's not something i plan to add myself in the future
(...) separate strawberry starter-based blog with its own folder and such (...)
Yeah, that's what I was thinking of doing (and I even went into my site to put in the folders and make sure everything was ready!) with my site. For some reason, I'm getting weirdly hung up on how to take my "template" page (html + css files) and making them into a theme to use with Strawberry Starter, but it's probably because it's almost like 10 PM haha. I think what might (keyword: might) be the best thing to do is to go ahead and just start making the video pages/posts/upload thingies (it's been a day...) and then change the template, since messing around with the whole "dev" thing showed live updates and it seems like swapping themes wasn't too much of a hassle...?
Also, like, just as unnecessary context for the LOLs, I built my entire website using one of those "What You See Is What You Get"-type programs, and the HTML/CSS it generates is kinda messy haha (^_^)ºoºo
The absolute worst-case-scenario is that I do some, like, eldritch-horror-super-weird-web-magic stuff that forces the Strawberry Starter stuff into embeded webpage blocks, which would be kinda funky, but I'm mostly in the business of "Good Enough" lol
(...) while nothing *should* get uploaded to the root directory, a possible bug or issue with pathnames etc can't be ruled out. as far as i know, this has never happened, but it's good to be paranoid! always back stuff up!
It's actually funny that you brought that up because I actually installed a program called Cyberduck onto my computer so I could upload my changes in parts and not have to worry about either accidentally overwrites or NeoCities weird aversion to allowing folders to be uploaded. I also got into the habit of exporting my website's changes/redeployments as different dated builds (e.g. "v2 - deployments/2025-03-29" or "v2 - deployments/2025-05-18" etc.), so I have plenty of backups to fall back on!
Anyways, thank you again for being patient with me as I just totally failed to absorb what was right infront of me haha (^_^)ºoºo
Have a good one!
