Earlier quoted context omitted.
From installation instructions: Go into the /app folder and change the permissions on the _cache folder to be 777 (completely public).
I'm not sure what you mean by this? Are you suggesting it's insecure? I thought lots of uploads/cache folders on blogging platforms have 777? I'm a lay person, indulge me.
Blogging: The Hacker Way
31–38 of 38 posts
Re: Blogging: The Hacker Way
#32http://octopress.org/ this one is better
Why?
Re: Blogging: The Hacker Way
#33I had this grand idea of re-working my personal web site and having it be redirected to a GitHub hosted instance. All very clean/elite and all. And I did set it up and made 3 posts... But then I stumbled onto or more so realized that I had a road block. Namely that of practicality. I mean it meant that I needed to be on the command line to actually post and I needed to run Git commands to add files/posts and then pus…
I haven't tried it, but I believe one solution people have found for mobile posting to jekyll is keeping your _posts folder in dropbox, setting up a cronjob, then using Capistrano for deployment.
Re: Blogging: The Hacker Way
#34For people commenting on his statements about WordPress: Yes, there are better ways than having 12 files to generate what you need. In fact, you can do it with two: an index.php and a style.css file (technically). But the point is that if you just want to write on the web and not deal with a bunch of nonsense, learning a whole CMS like WordPress can be a pain. I cringe when people give WP a bad name, as it really is…
If I wanted a full feature set with effortless tools that trivialize everything about blogging from scheduling posts to posting from an iPhone, Wordpress is easily my favorite. The level of polish and ease that Wordpress comes with is unparalleled. For my personal blog though, I enjoy Jekyll (via Octopress) because it's hands-on and an educational experience for someone like me that's trying to become a better develo…
exactly. The majority of my job as a freelancer is working with WordPress sites and I love it, but for my own site I just use plain HTML and CSS static files.
If you need to hammer a nail you don't use a screwdriver. The right tool is what matters.
Re: Blogging: The Hacker Way
#35Has anyone tried blosxom(written in perl) and pyblosxom (the python alternative)? They are both pretty easy to setup and use.
try :http://pyblosxom.bluesock.org/
and http://www.blosxom.com/
Re: Blogging: The Hacker Way
#36Octopress is a project that uses Jekyll, but adds a lot more features that make it even easier to use as a blogging framework. http://octopress.org/
How can it be justifiable that one has to regenerate the entire blog every time a post is made? Do you have any idea how much time this wastes? Conceptually, I see no justification for this.
Re: Blogging: The Hacker Way
#37Has anyone tried blosxom(written in perl) and pyblosxom (the python alternative)? They are both pretty easy to setup and use. try : http://pyblosxom.bluesock.org/ and http://www.blosxom.com/
I use blosxom for jamesshore.com. Although I like its simplicity, I wouldn't start with it now. I don't think it's being maintained. I've also had some performance problems.
Jekyll's "static pages" approach has a lot of appeal to me, so if I were starting over I'd give it a serious look.
Re: Blogging: The Hacker Way
#38I had this grand idea of re-working my personal web site and having it be redirected to a GitHub hosted instance. All very clean/elite and all. And I did set it up and made 3 posts... But then I stumbled onto or more so realized that I had a road block. Namely that of practicality. I mean it meant that I needed to be on the command line to actually post and I needed to run Git commands to add files/posts and then pus…
I haven't tried it, but I believe one solution people have found for mobile posting to jekyll is keeping your _posts folder in dropbox, setting up a cronjob, then using Capistrano for deployment.
This is now a hosted service but with Pelican instead of Jekyll. Have a look at Calepin.co