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Delve into building a personal website using R. Learn about GitHub, Hugo, Netlify, and Google Analytics to customize and launch your site effortlessly.

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R is one of the major programming languages for working with big data. This course will walk you through building a personal website using R.

To create a website, you don’t need any prior web development experience. This course will introduce you to various freely available tools, including GitHub, Hugo, Netlify, and Google Analytics. This course teaches you how to use R to create a comprehensive website utilizing these tools. You’ll be able to modify a theme and personalize it according to your needs.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to build a personal website, blog, or portfolio using R.

Launching a Personal Website Using R

To configure Formspree you'll need an account. If you don't have one already, you can go to the [Formspree "Register" page](https://formspree.io/register) and add your details to create an account.

# Configure contact forms
The default Hugo theme has a feature called **contact forms**. They're useful for collecting user emails and soliciting feedback from our website visitors. The contact form on the "Contact" page of the default Hugo Anatole theme is powered by Formspree. It is not the only contact form provider, but many Hugo themes integrate Formspree. 

Formspree’s web application offers a user-friendly interface for creating and managing contact forms, viewing form submissions, and exporting user data in CSV format. Contact forms are an excellent option for collecting emails if we want to do a subscriber-only email campaign.  

Here are the steps we can take to create a Formspree contact form endpoint and link it to the contact form on the website: 
1. Sign in to Formspree.
2. Click "New Project" to create a new project for our website.
3. Click "New Form" to create our new contact form.
4. Copy the form’s endpoint.
5. Open `config/_default/params.toml` and insert the form endpoint into the `contactFormAction` parameter.


Let's find out how to integrate and configure Formspree on your website.

Integrate Formspree into the Website

Getting Started

Creating and Deploying the Website

Personalizing the Website

Wrapping Up

Appendix

Integrate Formspree into the Website

Configure contact forms