Whenever I run yarn deploy, the CNAME file which is used to register domains in GitHub, is overwritten and https://this-week-in-react.org no longer works.

We need to update the script so that the file is added.

Right now, everything is a static .html file and the newsletter are generated using a simple self-made script.

It would be great if we can use a static site generator (React Static, Gatsby, Next.js) so that the code is cleaner and more structured.

It should be possible to generate issues dynamically but also to supply them as a .html file (for an archive if we decide to change the format).

Ideally we can pre-render all content statically such that no JavaScript at runtime is necessary.

https://this-week-in-react.org/ is currently pretty minimalistic. Part of this ticket is the overhaul of the landing page. My plans are as follows (although all of them are discussable):

• We can improve the contrast
• We add a subscribe form to enter the email address without having to redirect to the Mailchimp form
• We can add more news sources, like our Telegram Channel
• It should be fully responsive and great to use on mobile phones
• We should be able to link to past issues with pagination in mind
• I like that React Status includes the latest newsletter directly on their website. Maybe we can do something similar?

At the moment, the website consists of an HTML, CSS, and a JavaScript file.

Right now I have some rudimentary code in place that can parse my made-up markdown format (https://github.com/philipp-spiess/this-week-in-react/tree/master/issues/) and generate something that I ship in the newsletter. The mail template is based off a Mailchimp template and total spaghetti code.

I would really appreciate help in making the template better, ideally responsive as well. I want to be able to generate static HTML pages as well that I can link to from the landing page (#1).

The emails should look great on Desktop (Gmail, Mail.app) and Mobile. I don't have a lot of experience in that so I would appreciate any help.

Some of the postings also have images from authors. Note that in the future there might be fewer of those.

I really like React Status. They can reuse their mail templates on their website and as a preview on the landing page. We should be able to do the same.

It would be great if someone could help me set up legal texts, especially:

• Privacy Policy (Thanks @Myles2)
• Anti-Spam Policy
• GDPR Policy
• Imprint

If you need anything from me, please reach out! I will help however I can.

I only want to collect what is absolutely necessary for a mailing list and that is the email address. Nothing else. I use Mailchimp to manage the mailing lists and Clicky to get an understanding of how many people go to https://this-week-in-react.org. I don't plan on adding to that.