I Blog with Raw HTML

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Post by poga » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:32 AM UTC

Re: I Blog with Raw HTML

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Post by poga » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:34 AM UTC

I'm blogging with Raw HTML since the beginning of this year. The biggest missing piece is probably RSS support which makes me sad.

I can write a script to generate that from the list of article but I'm not sure if there's better way.

Re: I Blog with Raw HTML

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Post by LorenDB » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:37 AM UTC

poga wrote: post #2

I'm blogging with Raw HTML since the beginning of this year. The biggest missing piece is probably RSS support which makes me sad. I can write a script to generate that from the list of article but I'm not sure if there's better way.

The moment you add an RSS script you cease to use raw HTML and start to use your own bespoke site generator.

On the plus side, a personal project only changes when you intend for it to, so you don't need to worry about breakage. (Unless your scripting language breaks.)

Re: I Blog with Raw HTML

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Post by ggm » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:37 AM UTC

poga wrote: post #2

I'm blogging with Raw HTML since the beginning of this year. The biggest missing piece is probably RSS support which makes me sad. I can write a script to generate that from the list of article but I'm not sure if there's better way.

If you're using markdown and js, in what sense are you blogging in raw HTML? Not to doubt but it feels like a qualified version of the underlying state of affairs.

I blog (for work) on WordPress and hate it. I could imagine using org mode or markdown, pandoc to emit HTML with some tuning and a simple script to publish via sftp.

Re: I Blog with Raw HTML

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Post by deadbabe » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:37 AM UTC

Im confused, blogging with raw html but also using highlight.js and markdown?

Re: I Blog with Raw HTML

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Post by G_o_D » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:40 AM UTC

What do you mean by raw html ?? Using js and stylesheet in your head tag, well you didn't mean pure html only site

Re: I Blog with Raw HTML

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Post by 123sereusername » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:41 AM UTC

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Re: I Blog with Raw HTML

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:42 AM UTC

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Re: I Blog with Raw HTML

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Post by edflsafoiewq » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:42 AM UTC

deadbabe wrote: post #5

Im confused, blogging with raw html but also using highlight.js and markdown?

Presumably meaning he directly edits the .html files instead of using any kind of SSG/build step. The Markdown is transformed with JS on the client-side.

Re: I Blog with Raw HTML

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Post by superkuh » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 2:43 AM UTC

A tiny bit of webdev-side dynamicism can really help with managing visitor-side static websites built on .html files in directories.

If you run your own webserver and write HTML then check out server side includes. Being able to include .html fragments in other .html files means no need to edit the same bit in dozens of .html files (ie, left_menu.html, footer.html, etc). And since SSI hasn't really changed in 20 years the major implementations (nginx, apache, etc) have basically nill attack surface or mantainence burden. And there's no "rebuilding" or anything that's not HTML markup to maintain.

HTML+webserver SSI is just more HTML but without the redundant editing.