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Re: Static Site Generators

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Something similar: http://staticgen.com/ Same idea, but staticgen.com is a little easier to navigate but don't think it's quite as comprehensive.

Thanks for the mention - we're working on a new version that'll be open-source and more comprehensive (though still limited to open-source static site generators).

Stay tuned :)

Re: Static Site Generators

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Wow, big list, I have tried a whole bunch of those but my favourite by far is Hugo using Go. https://github.com/spf13/hugo I don't know why but using a single binary is awesome!

Yes, single binary is a great feature. All Go-based static generators share this feature (and they are pretty fast).

Re: Static Site Generators

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Is ther any CMS/blog/... type of thing that would create flat files, but keep all the content also in DB? That way search and comments (and especially moderation for comments) would be easier to handle, but still it would be easy on the server. For my own site I created something like this, https://github.com/Harri/Spage , but instead of DB, I used another set of flat files (serialized arrays containing the page cont…

> Is ther any CMS/blog/... type of thing that would create flat files, but keep all the content also in DB?

Both Drupal and Wordpress have modules/plugins that produce static pages:

* Drupal: https://drupal.org/project/boost

* Wordpress: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/

They're both quite mature and the standard practice for websites that get a lot of anonymous traffic using their respective CMSes.

An alternative (or supplement) to them would be something like Varnish: https://www.varnish-cache.org

Re: Static Site Generators

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(Shameless plug) I maintain Zas, a Go static generator. I checked the other projects in Go and I must say it's funny to see how different are our approaches to the very same thing :)

The only big difference that makes Zas stand out is its more Unix-like spirit in how it handles extension through commands as plugins.

I'll check the list in the future and try to adquire some more "skills" for Zas.

Re: Static Site Generators

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My 60 yr old mother runs 2 small nonprofits, and is responsible for the web content and design. She's a pro with Word Perfect, but gets confused by simple HTML tags, and no interest, time, or aptitude to learn HTML/CSS/JavaScript. Last weekend, she asked for help with her website, and I was shocked to find out they still look like they're out of the late 90's. She does all of her editing with a 2006 copy of dreamweav…

(Sorry for the shameless self promotion ... If anyone thinks it's inappropriate, down vote me:) )

Looks like Mailpin (http://mailp.in) is what your mother needs.

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Re: Static Site Generators

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My 60 yr old mother runs 2 small nonprofits, and is responsible for the web content and design. She's a pro with Word Perfect, but gets confused by simple HTML tags, and no interest, time, or aptitude to learn HTML/CSS/JavaScript. Last weekend, she asked for help with her website, and I was shocked to find out they still look like they're out of the late 90's. She does all of her editing with a 2006 copy of dreamweav…

(Sorry for the shameless self promotion ... If anyone thinks it's inappropriate, down vote me:) ) Looks like Mailpin ( http://mailp.in ) is what your mother needs. Does she know how to send email? If yes, then she just sends a mail to p@mailp.in, and the mail she sends become a web page like this: http://mailp.in/c8cN1BEb

Articles about Mailpin:

1) http://lifehacker.com/mailpin-creates-quick-easy-hosted-web-...

2) http://designinstruct.com/tool/mailpin/

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