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Re: Show HN: Postleaf – Open source blogging platform

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Post by claviska »

jbob2000 wrote: post #3

What makes other blogging platforms suck? (Or, what makes this not suck?)

It's not that other platforms suck, it's just that so many pop up that don't address what I think people really want: something that's easy to use, nice to look at, and not bloated. A lot of newcomers are missing key features, aren't aesthetically pleasing, or are geared towards devs. Postleaf tries to find that perfect balance :)

Re: Show HN: Postleaf – Open source blogging platform

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Post by jbob2000 »

masukomi wrote: post #8
jbob2000 wrote: post #3

What makes other blogging platforms suck? (Or, what makes this not suck?)

* going "poof" when you get a popular post == suck. * unmaintainable / poorly organized code == suck * untested code == suck * easily spammable == suck how many answers you need? because i can do this all day...

It was more from a user's point of view. Every large software project has the issues you list.

Re: Show HN: Postleaf – Open source blogging platform

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Post by macandcheese »

What's really needed is a WYSIWYG GUI editor that exports all (custom and editable) fields to JSON, so you can use something like Middleman to generate a static site based on that content.

This way, anytime someone updates and saves content through the GUI, a script will trigger and re-build your static site based on the new JSON file, and publish to s3. To completely decouple the editing experience (and those who create and maintain content) from the actual design and code, is the real ticket.

One day when I get some more time...

Re: Show HN: Postleaf – Open source blogging platform

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Post by jbob2000 »

claviska wrote: post #11
jbob2000 wrote: post #3

What makes other blogging platforms suck? (Or, what makes this not suck?)

It's not that other platforms suck, it's just that so many pop up that don't address what I think people really want: something that's easy to use, nice to look at, and not bloated. A lot of newcomers are missing key features, aren't aesthetically pleasing, or are geared towards devs. Postleaf tries to find that perfect balance :)

I mean, you've described vanilla WordPress and most vanilla blogging platforms (easy to use, nice to look at, and not bloated). It's only when you need functionality outside of the vanilla features that things get hairy. If I need to extend PostLeaf in any way, it will probably end up a bloated ugly mess too, no?
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