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The landing page is clearly not the one of a mature product. There is next to no documentation whatsoever about how it is supposed to work, and don't even try t

The landing page is clearly not the one of a mature product. There is next to no documentation whatsoever about how it is supposed to work, and don't even try to get started with it if you don't know how to program with Go, nor have installed Go on your machine. > The tagline "build websites with Go" is even a bit scary because it makes it sound like rather than being a CMS, this is something where I need to know how to program in order to use it. This isn't a CMS for non developers, obviously. This isn't Wordpress. If you are not a developer and don't need advanced features like a comment system, you'd be better of with a tool like "Hugo" which generates static HTML files from manifests that you can then upload on any cheap host via SFTP. It's more secure and performs better than a solution running its own server.

petepete 9y ago
The middleground is a difficult balance; being simple enough for 'normal' users but allowing power users to take advantage of version control and working with plain text. I attempted to build something that fits the bill by building a self-hosted Git powered CMS that publishes with Hugo. https://www.graphia.co.uk https://www.graphia.co.uk
cies 9y ago
> This isn't a CMS for non developers, obviously. This isn't Wordpress. That could be emphasized. "Set of libraries by which devs can quickly create robust and performant CMS providing a UI that content editors love to use."
deanclatworthy 9y ago
I really don’t see the value proposition in Hugo anymore and I’ve used it and am still am. I’m about to move my site over to Wordpress and deploy it using one of the static site generators. With ACF everything is so easy and quick.
- pbowyer 9y ago
  Which static site generators are you considering?
  - deanclatworthy 9y ago
    There’s a plugin for Wordpress called simple static site generator. I’ve had good results with it.

petepete 9y ago

The middleground is a difficult balance; being simple enough for 'normal' users but allowing power users to take advantage of version control and working with plain text. I attempted to build something that fits the bill by building a self-hosted Git powered CMS that publishes with Hugo. https://www.graphia.co.uk https://www.graphia.co.uk

cies 9y ago

> This isn't a CMS for non developers, obviously. This isn't Wordpress. That could be emphasized. "Set of libraries by which devs can quickly create robust and performant CMS providing a UI that content editors love to use."

deanclatworthy 9y ago

I really don’t see the value proposition in Hugo anymore and I’ve used it and am still am. I’m about to move my site over to Wordpress and deploy it using one of the static site generators. With ACF everything is so easy and quick.

pbowyer 9y ago
Which static site generators are you considering?
- deanclatworthy 9y ago
  There’s a plugin for Wordpress called simple static site generator. I’ve had good results with it.