Choosing Providers

How to choose and set up Analytics, newsletter, and other providers for your blog.

Series: Using this template

Episodes: (3/3)

What is this starter?
Setting Up Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter)
Choosing Providers

Lift( $L$ ) can be determined by Lift Coefficient ( $C_L$ ) like the following equation.

L = \frac{1}{2} \rho v^2 S C_L

I also write deep dives in email

I write about coding, design, digital nomad life, and solopreneurship. Join over 1,000 other developers in getting better in business. Unsubscribe whenever.

Let me read it first

Analytics

Vercel

To configure, you need to enable it on Vercel project dashboard by selecting your Project and then click the Analytics tab and click Enable from the dialog.

Umami

Umami is a simple, easy to use, web analytics solution with self-hosting option! You can read more about it on Umami website. (Hint: On Railway, you can self-host it low cost or even free).

Configure: Set NEXT_PUBLIC_UMAMI_SCRIPT_URL & NEXT_PUBLIC_UMAMI_WEBSITE_ID environment variables on your .env.local file and on Vercel dashboard.

Other analytics providers

Supporting other analytics providers are in progress. Feel free to open an issue if you have any suggestions or a PR if you want to implement it yourself.

MailerLite

MailerLite is a simple email marketing tool for all types of businesses. You can read more about it on MailerLite website.

Configure: Set EMAIL_API_BASE, EMAIL_API_KEY, and EMAIL_GROUP_ID environment variables on your .env.local file and on Vercel dashboard.

Supporting other newsletter providers are in progress. Feel free to open an issue if you have any suggestions or a PR if you want to implement it yourself.

This post will be the third part of the series on using this template. In this post, we'll look at how to choose and set up Analytics, newsletter, and other providers for your blog.

Table of Contents