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if you write html files individually, you'll have to update the navigation of each file when you add a new page. Same issue with categories, tags etc. SSGs just
by Jack000 11y ago
if you write html files individually, you'll have to update the navigation of each file when you add a new page. Same issue with categories, tags etc. SSGs just make it a bit easier to manage that stuff, and provide a framework to add other functions - markdown support, rss, sitemaps etc
- iamdave 11y agoif you write html files individually, you'll have to update the navigation of each file when you add a new page I remember this being a MASSIVE pain. Managing that is a huge benefit. Thanks for the explanation!
- bdg 11y agoIt's also cool because you can prototype on a static site and think about the design like it is dynamic (eg, not doing a cut and paste of page layout). Then the migration to a proper framework like Symfony, or Silex is much simpler as you can always move the templates over (but you'll still need some tweaking).