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Lektor Static Content Management System Version 2.0 Released

102 points by the_mitsuhiko 11y ago

geraldbauer 11y ago
Congratulations. FYI: If anyone is interested in all things static site builders / generators - I've started the Static Times (@statictimes) news channel covering Lektor, Jekyll, Middleman, Hugo, Metallsmith and friends -> https://twitter.com/statictimes https://twitter.com/statictimes Cheers.
- geraldbauer 11y ago
  FYI: One more thing - I've also started Awesome Static - a collection of awesome static site builder / generator tools, directories, showcases, books n more -> https://github.com/statictimes/awesome-static https://github.com/statictimes/awesome-static Cheers. PS: Maybe someone starts Awesome Lektor so I can add it the list ;-)
asimuvPR 11y ago
How is the template ecosystem going for Lektor?
- ensignavenger 11y ago
  It uses Jinja2 for templates, so that is pretty much its ecosystem.
  - asimuvPR 11y ago
    Yes, I'm aware it uses Jinja2. I'm talking about templates like jekyll has to change how the blog looks.
    - vosper 11y ago
      I'm currently building a blog with Lektor. I've found it very straightforward (as someone who's done front end work, but not for a few years) to take a static template from html5up.net and adapt it to Lektor.
      - asimuvPR 11y ago
        Thanks for posting about html5up.net. Didn't know it existed.
programminggeek 11y ago
If you're looking for a place to host your static site, my friend and I built Static Hosting (http://www.statichosting.co/ http://www.statichosting.co/). You can upload via zip file or we have a command line tool. Also, we are doing free SSL via LetsEncrypt, though it's not fully automated so we are setting that up by hand for new users. It's $5/month per site, so it's less than the cost of a combo meal at McDonalds. If you're interested or have any questions, drop a comment here or email me directly hi@brianknapp.me.
- datashaman 11y ago
  lol, you can get free static hosting on github pages. You can't beat free with $5/month. Also, this is spam.
- sciurus 11y ago
  Great business idea, but you have a lot of catching up to do with https://www.netlify.com/ https://www.netlify.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9297316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9297316
- nikolay 11y ago
  $5/site/mo is a rape!
saboot 11y ago
Is it possible to important a jupyter notebook as a page? Pelican had a plugin for doing this, which is why I'm using it currently. However the in-browser editor for posts is pretty nice.
vosper 11y ago
I've just started using Lektor (v1) for a new blog. So far it's been a real pleasure to work with. I've been particularly impressed with the documentation, which is very good for such a young project. Virtually all my questions were answered in docs, including some of the less-common things like how to extend Jinja2 with a custom filter. There was a clear example to do exactly that, which I could trivially adapt.
sandGorgon 11y ago
@the_mitsuhiko - sorry to hijack this thread, but hope you release some clarification on the way ahead for Flask. I noticed that you created the Pallets org for that (yay.. finally!!)... but its been fairly opaque. would love to hear about how you see Flask evolving in the future, your involvement with Flask/Pallets and 1.0 release

102 points by the_mitsuhiko 11y ago

Congratulations. FYI: If anyone is interested in all things static site builders / generators - I've started the Static Times (@statictimes) news channel covering Lektor, Jekyll, Middleman, Hugo, Metallsmith and friends -> https://twitter.com/statictimes https://twitter.com/statictimes Cheers.

geraldbauer 11y ago
FYI: One more thing - I've also started Awesome Static - a collection of awesome static site builder / generator tools, directories, showcases, books n more -> https://github.com/statictimes/awesome-static https://github.com/statictimes/awesome-static Cheers. PS: Maybe someone starts Awesome Lektor so I can add it the list ;-)

asimuvPR 11y ago

How is the template ecosystem going for Lektor?

ensignavenger 11y ago
It uses Jinja2 for templates, so that is pretty much its ecosystem.
- asimuvPR 11y ago
  Yes, I'm aware it uses Jinja2. I'm talking about templates like jekyll has to change how the blog looks.
  - vosper 11y ago
    I'm currently building a blog with Lektor. I've found it very straightforward (as someone who's done front end work, but not for a few years) to take a static template from html5up.net and adapt it to Lektor.
    - asimuvPR 11y ago
      Thanks for posting about html5up.net. Didn't know it existed.

programminggeek 11y ago

If you're looking for a place to host your static site, my friend and I built Static Hosting (http://www.statichosting.co/ http://www.statichosting.co/). You can upload via zip file or we have a command line tool. Also, we are doing free SSL via LetsEncrypt, though it's not fully automated so we are setting that up by hand for new users. It's $5/month per site, so it's less than the cost of a combo meal at McDonalds. If you're interested or have any questions, drop a comment here or email me directly hi@brianknapp.me.

datashaman 11y ago
lol, you can get free static hosting on github pages. You can't beat free with $5/month. Also, this is spam.
sciurus 11y ago
Great business idea, but you have a lot of catching up to do with https://www.netlify.com/ https://www.netlify.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9297316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9297316
nikolay 11y ago
$5/site/mo is a rape!

saboot 11y ago

Is it possible to important a jupyter notebook as a page? Pelican had a plugin for doing this, which is why I'm using it currently. However the in-browser editor for posts is pretty nice.

vosper 11y ago

I've just started using Lektor (v1) for a new blog. So far it's been a real pleasure to work with. I've been particularly impressed with the documentation, which is very good for such a young project. Virtually all my questions were answered in docs, including some of the less-common things like how to extend Jinja2 with a custom filter. There was a clear example to do exactly that, which I could trivially adapt.

sandGorgon 11y ago

@the_mitsuhiko - sorry to hijack this thread, but hope you release some clarification on the way ahead for Flask. I noticed that you created the Pallets org for that (yay.. finally!!)... but its been fairly opaque. would love to hear about how you see Flask evolving in the future, your involvement with Flask/Pallets and 1.0 release