Static Website Generators

#1

Post by gk1 » Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 12:49 AM UTC

Re: Static Website Generators

#2

Post by eganist » Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 1:51 AM UTC

Yes! I was looking for a decent selection of single-page app SSGs for so long. This is only the second one I've found, the other being Lingon (https://github.com/spotify/lingon), and this one looks like the only one that can still work as a blog.

Does anyone have any feedback or alternatives for SSGs which build static single-page blogs?

Re: Static Website Generators

#3

Post by paulddraper » Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 1:55 AM UTC

eganist wrote: post #2

Yes! I was looking for a decent selection of single-page app SSGs for so long. This is only the second one I've found, the other being Lingon ( https://github.com/spotify/lingon ), and this one looks like the only one that can still work as a blog. Does anyone have any feedback or alternatives for SSGs which build static single-page blogs?

> single-page app SSGs

How does that work? Isn't "single-page app" the exact opposite of a "static site"?

Re: Static Website Generators

#4

Post by soared » Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 1:58 AM UTC

is there an ssg that is entirely web based? I don't want local files or to use a terminal. I would move away from Wordpress (and would like to) if something let me click a few buttons to set up a simple blog. I don't need anything fancy.. Let me make some basic choices and post my blogs.

Re: Static Website Generators

#5

Post by nathcd » Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 2:03 AM UTC

soared wrote: post #4

is there an ssg that is entirely web based? I don't want local files or to use a terminal. I would move away from Wordpress (and would like to) if something let me click a few buttons to set up a simple blog. I don't need anything fancy.. Let me make some basic choices and post my blogs.

Jekyll recently got a first-party admin plugin that might meet your needs[1]. You'd still need to use a terminal to set it up. I'm not quite sure what you mean by not wanting local files, but your files would be wherever you're hosting your site from.

[1] https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin

Re: Static Website Generators

#6

Post by tleunen » Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 2:05 AM UTC

https://phenomic.io is missing in the list

Re: Static Website Generators

#7

Post by eganist » Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 2:06 AM UTC

paulddraper wrote: post #3

eganist wrote: post #2

Yes! I was looking for a decent selection of single-page app SSGs for so long. This is only the second one I've found, the other being Lingon ( https://github.com/spotify/lingon ), and this one looks like the only one that can still work as a blog. Does anyone have any feedback or alternatives for SSGs which build static single-page blogs?

> single-page app SSGs How does that work? Isn't "single-page app" the exact opposite of a "static site"?

The "app" in this case would be client-side logic (e.g. written in JS) which might then render the blog client-side by pulling down the text for the blog. Ultimately, everything on the server is unchanging until you do a rebuild with new content.

So long as the hosted content isn't dynamically generated server-side when you visit, it's static.

Re: Static Website Generators

#8

Post by gilgoomesh » Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 2:11 AM UTC

A number of these (Jekyll, Octopress and Hexo) are disappointingly similar. I wish they offered novel solutions rather than the same Liquid templates + YAML front matter + Markdown/ReStructuredText.

Re: Static Website Generators

#9

Post by blacksmith_tb » Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 2:12 AM UTC

I have been eyeing Lektor[1] for a little while, it seems to have good documentation, and an interesting, opinionated dev behind it.

1: https://www.getlektor.com/

Re: Static Website Generators

#10

Post by sevengraff » Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 2:13 AM UTC

I'm very surprised that Sphinx wasn't listed. It powers readthedocs.org and is generally very popular for software documentation.