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Re: Show HN: Publish a Markdown website in 5 minutes

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Post by ryanSrich »

iamdave wrote: post #27
ryanSrich wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not a markdown problem. Its a consequence of using markdown within a framework, generator, etc that uses frontmatter or an equivalent to define meta data. Several frameworks and tools allow for markdown and static site rendering that also support an admin UI where one can define this data more easily.

also support an admin UI where one can define this data more easily. I'm looking for one such or a couple, can you enumerate?

Not all of these fit the bill exactly, but they all have their own advantages.

- prose.io

- siteleaf.com

- statamic.com

- getkirby.com

- github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin

- github.com/netlify/netlify-cms

- federalist.18f.gov

You can also always build your own on top of whatever generator you want to use (example: http://willschenk.com/building-a-gui-for-managing-middleman-...).

My favorite setup though is middleman + contentful + codeship. Static site generation happens with middleman. Content management happens with Contentful. Publishing happens with codeship.

Re: Show HN: Publish a Markdown website in 5 minutes

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Post by paulddraper »

agentgt wrote: post #39

My major critique is that the generated sites are needlessly javascript powered. Right when I saw the "Loading" I thought oh no how many assets are going to be downloaded... for just markdown content. I guess I'm just an old web 1.0 guy but I just don't see and understand why everything must be done in a super dynamic way. Hell sometimes I like clicking on a link and watching the browser do the loading as it is confi…

Aw...this makes me so sad.

I need to fix my brain. Every time I see "static sites", I think "oh great, no dynamic server or client code, just static HTML/CSS for fast loading".

If I'm going to have to undergo a "compile step" for my website, it's going to do something worthwhile, darn it.

Re: Show HN: Publish a Markdown website in 5 minutes

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Post by gkya »

zackify wrote: post #40
agentgt wrote: post #39

My major critique is that the generated sites are needlessly javascript powered. Right when I saw the "Loading" I thought oh no how many assets are going to be downloaded... for just markdown content. I guess I'm just an old web 1.0 guy but I just don't see and understand why everything must be done in a super dynamic way. Hell sometimes I like clicking on a link and watching the browser do the loading as it is confi…

I think it's completely fine to use JavaScript here. It would be nice to have instant page pushes. But it should be rendering the site without a loading indicator. There's no reason that should be displayed

What is a page push?

Re: Show HN: Publish a Markdown website in 5 minutes

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Post by agentgt »

zackify wrote: post #40
agentgt wrote: post #39

My major critique is that the generated sites are needlessly javascript powered. Right when I saw the "Loading" I thought oh no how many assets are going to be downloaded... for just markdown content. I guess I'm just an old web 1.0 guy but I just don't see and understand why everything must be done in a super dynamic way. Hell sometimes I like clicking on a link and watching the browser do the loading as it is confi…

I think it's completely fine to use JavaScript here. It would be nice to have instant page pushes. But it should be rendering the site without a loading indicator. There's no reason that should be displayed

> I think it's completely fine to use JavaScript here. It would be nice to have instant page pushes.

I'm not sure I follow on the instant page pushes. Are you talking about a little dialog that pops up and "says a new version of the page" kind of thing?

Second is there features you saw that required Javascript (as it appeared to me most could be done with CSS)?

And no I don't think it is "completely fine" to use JavaScript particularly if you are trying to spread the word as quickly as possible and don't care about looks (ie most devices, loads fast, low power). There are also a growing amount of people that have Javascript disabled in general.

Re: Show HN: Publish a Markdown website in 5 minutes

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Post by kristerv »

milge wrote: post #16

I run uBlock and got a message saying the site is down. Disabled it and got it to work. I think one way to differentiate yourself in this kinda area is making it run without any backend tech like jekyll, python, etc. Make it run client-side only. Just my 2 cents.

good point. it's something I myself would also like. I'll have a think about this.

I'll also have a look at ublock. I also use it, haven't had problems. Maybe you tried exactly when the site was down. Had overload problems for a few minutes.

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