With no database, you can install Dropplets in seconds on any server, compose offline using markdown, then simply upload to publish.
Cool, sounds almost as easy as writing html and deploying it with ftp. We've come full circle to 1996.
Dropplets - A simple database-less CMS
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Yes, but, in most langauges, this doesn't work This results in bool(true) bool(true) bool(true)
Seriously? (string) x fuzzy equals to (int) 0? Holy crap that is some cancer.
I've no certainty here, but I strongly suspect that it's a Perlism that PHP partially took.
In Perl, $a == $b would be true -- just like in PHP. However, in Perl, you use string comparison ($a eq $b) when you want to compare strings. PHP doesn't seem to have string comparison outside of ==.
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#93This is very nice looking, but I have to nitpick about the "30 second" install. It takes 30 seconds, assuming you've already installed an operating system, a webserver, PHP, and set everything up securely. For a beginner that is really non-trivial. Still better than Wordpress, though.
Yes, that's definitely a nitpick.
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#94Not sure if it's the same for everyone or not but I'm having issues playing the videos on Chrome.
The videos either just stay on the Dropplet background with the music playing, or it just goes away. In all this the BG music keeps playing though like it's playing like normal.
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know this is a popular idea, but it's pretty easy to write terrible code in any language. See: most code.
Yes, but, in most langauges, this doesn't work This results in bool(true) bool(true) bool(true)
We might as well mention JavaScript's hangups with using == instead of === if we're going to drag out PHP's.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/359494/does-it-matter-whi...
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#96This looks awesome. Kudos to the author for doing this. Not a big fan of PHP, but I love everything else about this project - from a product perspective.
Not getting into the code.
I tried playing with the demo and the 'admin panel' (by pressing the dropplet icon in top left) didn't show up for me in Chrome on Windows 7.
The screen moved slightly to the right (say 2 px) so I knew it was supposed to move...but it didn't go the full way.
Not sure why that is.
Edit: It looks like some sort of JS error:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'create' of undefined measureIt.js:120 (anonymous function) measureIt.js:120
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#97It is powered by PHP. They probably feel ashamed as they don't say it anywhere on the webpage ;-) Seems nice tough!
Don't be a douchebag.
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Almost nobody? A $5 virtual host can run Node.js.
Yes, almost nobody. Certainly, everybody CAN get a VPS from Digital Ocean. But should I tell my friends that have never touched a commandline and really struggled with just uploading Wordpress.org (and running the installer) to their shared hosting to start administering a VPS running Linux. The abysmal HN crowd, no problem. But I bet most people running a WP installation on their shared hosting are not as proficient…
Stuff like Wordpress and Ghost exist to have a sharecrop of cheap hosting services with it pre-installed — with Ghost it just looks like JS was the language the developer (a front-end dev on Wordpress. . .) was most familiar with, And That's Fine
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#99Old always becomes new again. 10-15 years ago this was called Newspro/Coranto by early bloggers.