How to Add Forms to a Static Website and Deploy Your Site to Netlify

John Au-Yeung
Nov 8 · 14 min read

Static websites are getting popular again nowadays. Informational and brochure sites no longer need to use content management systems like WordPress to be updated dynamically. Even though static websites are supposed to be static like the name suggests, some dynamic functionality like forms can be added to a static website.

With static site generators, you can get your content from dynamic sources like headless CMS’s and also from files like Markdown files.

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