Tell HN: the tool we need, a modern CMS with no server runtime

Post by swah » Fri, Dec 16, 2011, 5:30 PM UTC

kls wrote: post #10

arb99 wrote: post #3

loads of v high traffic sites run just wordpress (although, most will have a cache plugin). its not really a problem in 2011. having a static version of a site would cause lots of problems. typically have to really refresh every single file on the whole site whenever an edit is made (to make sure everything is up to date. you could work out what pages need to be updated really, but depending on complexity of the cms…

The point of a CMS like this, is that it would be built specifically for people that write client side UI's. So there really is not a need for a server run-time component, because the client app, request data and assembles the view. But there is still a portion of these web apps that are static, like the header, footer, etc. Say I want the same header on index.html and page2.html, I have to accomplish in one of two w…