I guess they never heard of Tokyo Promenade. It's a blogging engine implemented in C99 with no external dependencies on top of Tokyo Cabinet. http://fallabs.com/tokyopromenade/
Promenade don't have a lovely orange octopus. :D
Octopress - A blogging framework for hackers
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Re: Octopress - A blogging framework for hackers
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There's no official affiliation with Github. I started thinking through the branding for Octopress in 2009 when it first came out. I was looking for a good mascot and around the same time David Lanham did his 'Bubble Bay' design for a firefox campaign http://davidlanham.com/art/bubblebay/ I started thinking that an Octopus would be a great mascot. They're intelligent, flexible, and have loads of personality. And I as…
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hell, if you were a real hacker, you would ssh to your server with vim or emacs, write the post in markdown or somesuch, and have your the blosxom-inspired clone you wrote yourself serve up the HTML. The real reason it's "for hackers" is for marketing. That and improving its chances for a front-page mention here.
The tagline has nothing to do with Hacker News, the fact that you would even say that is amusing.
"A blogging framework for hackers"
If it said "a blogging framework for writers" do you think it would even get mentioned at hackernews?
It seems like YABF, with the possible exception of pretty good support for code display.
Other threads here say it's basically Jekyll. I did some searches. It's not Jekyll. Jekyll has zero branding, it's just a github project.
Good taglines define a brand. This one's a good tagline. Good enough to get the front page here.
Re: Octopress - A blogging framework for hackers
#34I guess they never heard of Tokyo Promenade. It's a blogging engine implemented in C99 with no external dependencies on top of Tokyo Cabinet. http://fallabs.com/tokyopromenade/
Promenade don't have a lovely orange octopus. :D
Sad but true. Octopi can make or break a project.
http://thechangelog.com/post/1156862826/octobot-java-scala-r...
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#36I recommended ikiwiki in a similar thread recently. If this is an appealing solution, ikiwiki should exceed your expectations.
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#37I've been using Octopress for a few weeks now and really like it (I stumbled across it on github and started using the new version before it was released).
Static site generators are great, but you still have to do the design, which is a non-starter for a non-designer like myself. With Octopress I was able to get a great looking, Jekyll-powered blog up and rolling as easily as using Wordpress.
Re: Octopress - A blogging framework for hackers
#38So what makes it for hackers? The Github backend? Including a plugin for code by default? http://redraftable.com is a blog engine for hackers, other than the author won't release sources while the project is still immature.
It's built around Git, you have to fiddle with the command line to post stuff. Those two things alone make it Not For End Users, at the very least.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
The tagline has nothing to do with Hacker News, the fact that you would even say that is amusing.
It's got nothing to do with HN, true, but "X blog engine for Hackers!!!11" grabs more eyeballs than "x blog engine"
Those damn marketers. Going after that HUGE hacker market again!!!
Re: Octopress - A blogging framework for hackers
#40I'm still a lot more impressed with the Python spinoff of Jekyll. It's called Hyde (http://www.github.com/hyde/hyde) and in my opinion a LOT more functional. I do wish that the documentation was a tiny bit more complete though.
If I were going to make a new site based on Jekyll, I'd seriously consider Hyde instead.