Soupault: A static website management tool
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Soupault: A static website management tool
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Re: Soupault: A static website management tool
#2I'm using soupault right now to make a simple company wiki (under a dozen pages). I like how it's HTML-first and easily customizable, compared to other static site generators that come with too many bells and whistles. Although now I have to make my own image compression script...
Also, fun fact: soupault is written in OCaml, which apparently has a really nice library for HTML manipulation: https://github.com/aantron/lambdasoup
Re: Soupault: A static website management tool
#3Honestly, I could not get to a point of clarity on What does this exactly do. I went through the website's landing page and looks pretty rock solid. But this seems to be trying to do too many things in a pretty complex way for a small and simple output. I want to like this, and I think this can help me with some of my mundane chores and focus on the content but I just cannot quite grasp it.
Can someone, please, do a "This" is the typical problem we face with HTML in Static Site Generators and "this" does "something" to solve that?
Re: Soupault: A static website management tool
#4While I write HTML by hand, and see no need for soupault, the chance to raise awareness for pataphysics is rather tempting...
Re: Soupault: A static website management tool
#5Honestly, I could not get to a point of clarity on What does this exactly do. I went through the website's landing page and looks pretty rock solid. But this seems to be trying to do too many things in a pretty complex way for a small and simple output. I want to like this, and I think this can help me with some of my mundane chores and focus on the content but I just cannot quite grasp it. Can someone, please, do a…
I agree that the advantages are not clear. Maybe this table of comparisons should go on the landing page: https://soupault.app/tips-and-tricks/comparison/
Most SSGs force a blog-oriented directory structure like assets/ static/ theme/ posts/ public/. But soupault only needs an input/ and output/.
Most SSGs convert markdown to HTML. But soupault is good at processing (or ignoring) any sort of source content, which is nice for excluding one-off pages, or parsing non-markdown, or using existing HTML content.
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#6This may sound counter intuitive, but I am befuddled with all these static site generators always CLI. Yet, I delight in static sites.
Why is are all static site generators (that I am aware of) are CLI? What prevent simplistic drag and drop GUI/WYSIWYG that generates those clean static files?
All the static generators I have tested are way over-complicated for the "general public", yet I think static sites are probably the best option for most sites.
Re: Soupault: A static website management tool
#7This may sound counter intuitive, but I am befuddled with all these static site generators always CLI. Yet, I delight in static sites . Why is are all static site generators (that I am aware of) are CLI? What prevent simplistic drag and drop GUI/WYSIWYG that generates those clean static files? All the static generators I have tested are way over-complicated for the "general public", yet I think static sites are proba…
Re: Soupault: A static website management tool
#8This may sound counter intuitive, but I am befuddled with all these static site generators always CLI. Yet, I delight in static sites . Why is are all static site generators (that I am aware of) are CLI? What prevent simplistic drag and drop GUI/WYSIWYG that generates those clean static files? All the static generators I have tested are way over-complicated for the "general public", yet I think static sites are proba…
> Why is are all static site generators (that I am aware of) are CLI? What prevent simplistic drag and drop GUI/WYSIWYG that generates those clean static files?
Check:
- Tina CMS: https://tina.io/
- Primo CMS: https://primocms.org/
More generally, try looking for `git-based cms` or `CMS+SSG`, you'll find a diverse set of solutions.
Anyway, you had it in reverse. Static generation is the easy part, while what you're looking for is a subset category of CMSs. So you should be looking under the CMS umbrella. You can also setup any generic Headless CMS to trigger generation for a static site. There's not much incentive to build a full fledged CMS, only to clip its wings and limit it to "static site only".
Re: Soupault: A static website management tool
#9This may sound counter intuitive, but I am befuddled with all these static site generators always CLI. Yet, I delight in static sites . Why is are all static site generators (that I am aware of) are CLI? What prevent simplistic drag and drop GUI/WYSIWYG that generates those clean static files? All the static generators I have tested are way over-complicated for the "general public", yet I think static sites are proba…
Anyone who wants a GUI for a static site generator would be better served by a CMS.
Static sites are really only loved in the developer community among people who think it’s crazy to run a whole backend to generate pages for unchanging blog posts.
The people who want a GUI do not think this is crazy and use WordPress or similar software.
Re: Soupault: A static website management tool
#10The HN effect https://soupault.goatcounter.com/