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 * [[programming/the-content-web-manifesto/README.md][Simpler web]]
 ** A terminal web browser with native HTMX support, but without JavaScript support
-** Gemini mirror
-
-- A Gemini server designed *only* for proxying http content as Gemini
-- With virtual hosting support
-
-Configure httpd with:
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-- [[https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/content-negotiation.html#negotiation][multiviews]] so httpd can serve .gmi files
-- Any cgi or whatever you want to generate dynamic content if needed
-
-Then the mirror makes requests to httpd requesting Gemini content.
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-Your static site generator can do:
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-- /foo.gmi
-- /foo.html
-
-httpd will serve the HTML for /foo for regular browsers.
-The mirror requests /foo to httpd, which returns the gemtext.
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+** A [[https://alex.corcoles.net/notes/ideas/static-pages][static pages]] service that requires no accounts and can support easy publishing of dual HTTP/HTML + Gemini/Gemtext sites
 * Responsive handwriting
 
 - A tool that helps create handwritten documents that adapt to different screen and text sizes
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+# Static pages
+
+A service similar to GitHub pages, but only for custom domains.
+
+To use the service, you publish a TXT DNS record like "pages=$signing_public_key" to the domain that you want to use the service with. signing_public_key is a public key such as the ones used by Minisign.
+
+Publishing is then:
+
+* Create an archive of the site contents.
+* Sign the archive.
+* Upload the archive and the signature to a URL like https://staticpages/your.domain.here
+
+A command-line tool could automate all the steps.
+
+## Advantages
+
+No accounts, do not even need to keep credentials (you can always push a new signing key to DNS).
+
+## Other possibilities
+
+### Gemini support with Apache MultiViews
+
+=> https://github.com/alexpdp7/coppewebite Coppewebite describes a process to create dual Gemini/Gemtext + HTTP/HTML sites, along with software that helps implement and automate the process.
+
+## References
+
+=> https://jedisct1.github.io/minisign/ Minisign