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Is there a web-based editor that can be used together with these static site generators? This editor should be small, self-contained and secure and could be lo

by Tepix 7y ago

Is there a web-based editor that can be used together with these static site generators? This editor should be small, self-contained and secure and could be located in a separate access-restricted area of the site.

habi 7y ago
Not really in a separate access-restricted area of the site, but I use https://forestry.io/ https://forestry.io/ to update my (netlify-hosted, github-backed) blog when I don't have access to my own machine (or correct a typo from my phone).
lowmagnet 7y ago
You could use the built-in editing suite at Github, or use something like codestar or equivalents on other platforms.
mattlondon 7y ago
I set up a small charity's site I maintain to use GitHub pages and Jekyll. The in-browser editor for markdown is good enough for the non-technical users, and GitHub pages takes care of rebuilding the site. The revision history is handy in case someone does something weird and we need to undo it. I believe that GitLab pages offers something similar that also supports Hugo, but I opted to use GitHub+Jekyll as I personally find it significantly easier to custom-build a website than with Hugo (I really struggled with on some basic stuff, e.g. I had a lot of blank pages at dir roots (e.g. /something/goes/here would have blank pages at something/ and something/goes/ etc)). Hugo feels over-complicated to me.
Already__Taken 7y ago
Netlify CMS has been impressive for me set and customize. I just wish these static sites has a smooth way to do image layouts (crop, resize, layout and picset generation). I'd give up MD for that, html+emmet is basically just as simple as markdown. * edit as for access, I gitlab pages host the static site and leave gitlab to handle the netlify cms auth part.
newscracker 7y ago
Tina CMS [1] is something I bumped into (haven't tried since I'm not enamored by React, or rather, JavaScript based sites for blogs). It provides an editor right on your site, and works with static site generators like Gatsby and NextJS. [1]: https://tinacms.org/ https://tinacms.org/

by Tepix 7y ago

habi 7y ago

Not really in a separate access-restricted area of the site, but I use https://forestry.io/ https://forestry.io/ to update my (netlify-hosted, github-backed) blog when I don't have access to my own machine (or correct a typo from my phone).

lowmagnet 7y ago

You could use the built-in editing suite at Github, or use something like codestar or equivalents on other platforms.

mattlondon 7y ago

I set up a small charity's site I maintain to use GitHub pages and Jekyll. The in-browser editor for markdown is good enough for the non-technical users, and GitHub pages takes care of rebuilding the site. The revision history is handy in case someone does something weird and we need to undo it. I believe that GitLab pages offers something similar that also supports Hugo, but I opted to use GitHub+Jekyll as I personally find it significantly easier to custom-build a website than with Hugo (I really struggled with on some basic stuff, e.g. I had a lot of blank pages at dir roots (e.g. /something/goes/here would have blank pages at something/ and something/goes/ etc)). Hugo feels over-complicated to me.

Already__Taken 7y ago

Netlify CMS has been impressive for me set and customize. I just wish these static sites has a smooth way to do image layouts (crop, resize, layout and picset generation). I'd give up MD for that, html+emmet is basically just as simple as markdown. * edit as for access, I gitlab pages host the static site and leave gitlab to handle the netlify cms auth part.

newscracker 7y ago

Tina CMS [1] is something I bumped into (haven't tried since I'm not enamored by React, or rather, JavaScript based sites for blogs). It provides an editor right on your site, and works with static site generators like Gatsby and NextJS. [1]: https://tinacms.org/ https://tinacms.org/