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As websites and blogs continue to grow, so can the amount of user-uploaded content like images and videos — especially when your site has multiple team members and writers. Over time, it can be tricky to figure out what’s actually used and what’s just collecting dust.

We recently helped a customer clean up 5 gigabytes(!!) of unused assets, and you might be surprised how much digital clutter is lurking on your site too.

Let’s dive in and see how much data you can free from your Jekyll website (and speed up build time while you’re at it!).

TL;DR You can now use the official Siteleaf Ruby gem to check for unused uploads by running: siteleaf clean. Skip to the end of this post to learn more.

Forestry.io, a fellow static site CMS, has announced it will be shutting down on April 21, 2023 (see Forestry.io’s End of Life announcement).

While this news is definitely a pain for website owners and developers who support these sites, we welcome those looking for a Forestry.io replacement to migrate their static websites to Siteleaf for free (and we’re here to help!). Siteleaf is a content management system with many of the same features, so we think you’ll feel at home here.

Why migrate to Siteleaf CMS?

Siteleaf has been trusted for over 10 years by companies like Microsoft, Kickstarter, Museum of Modern Art, and New York University. We are purpose-driven and here for the long haul.

Siteleaf has tight integration with GitHub Pages, which hosts over a millions websites built with Jekyll. You can also publish static websites to Amazon S3 (or any hosting of your choice), automate tasks with Zapier, and access a fully-featured API.

How do I move my site from Forestry.io to Siteleaf?

For websites built on Jekyll, you can import your site from GitHub with just a couple clicks. We have a free plan for open source developers, as well as affordable plans for personal and businesses (see our plans).

For complex sites or other static site generators (Next.js, Hugo, Gatsby, Eleventy, etc), our Enterprise team is happy to provide our white glove migration service (get in touch).

A quick tour of Siteleaf

The Siteleaf Community now has a new home on GitHub Discussions where you can get help, vote on new features, and share what you’re working on!

To get started we created topics for:

• ❓ Community Support: Ask the community for help.

• 💡 Feature Requests: Vote and share ideas for new features.

• 🙌 Show & Tell: Show off something you’ve made.

• 💬 General Discussion: Everything else.

GitHub Discussions will replace our existing Slack community, and we look forward to building a more open, accessible, and searchable archive for questions that pop up often.

We also hope to offer a greater level of transparency by opening up our roadmap and allowing the community to vote on new features.

Most helpful

We’ll be rewarding the most helpful community members with exclusive perks:

GitHub will automatically recognize community members who contribute the most comments marked as answers within the past 30 days in the Community Support section. If you see your name in the leaderboard, we’ll be in touch to give you some exclusive perks as a thank you.

Join us at: https://community.siteleaf.com →

Today we are officially launching our much requested affiliate program: Siteleaf VIP

We know a lot of our customers use Siteleaf with clients (and enjoy referring friends and colleagues), so we’re excited to say thanks and give back!

For every new user who signs up with your unique VIP link, you’ll earn a 30% commission for any paid sites they create. Depending on the plan chosen, you could earn over $1,000/year for a single referral — which recurs for as long as the site is active. For freelancers, this is a nice way to add a little recurring revenue to your income.

How it works

Sign up to create a unique referral link, and share this with your clients and colleagues. Feel free to add this link to your website footer and share it on social media. It looks something like this:

https://www.siteleaf.com/?via=yourname

You can link to any page on siteleaf.com by adding ?via=yourname to the end of the URL.

All you need to get started is a PayPal account, and you can keep track of your leads and conversions using the VIP dashboard at:
https://vip.siteleaf.com →

Thanks for using Siteleaf and continuing to spread the word!

Jekyll 4.0 is out in the world, and brings upon many improvements over 3.x.

Notably, your site should build much faster now thanks to super-powered caching and content transformations. You can see a