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I get a feeling about this as the one described in the article about git servers. Yes, static site generators make it easy to post new content written in plain
by dcuthbertson 7y ago
I get a feeling about this as the one described in the article about git servers. Yes, static site generators make it easy to post new content written in plain text, markdown, and other markup languages. However, it's the initial configuration that can be tough. I spent a year playing around with Hugo. Along the way, I learned a little bit about HTML, CSS, SCSS, go-template language, shortcodes, configuration through toml, toml/yaml front matter, reStructuredText, markdown, and git submodules. When my blog was Jekyll-based, I had to maintain gems that were compatible with the version of Ruby & Jekyll used by GitHub.
None of this stuff is easy when you're starting out. Even when you've become used to whatever environment you've created, there are a lot of moving parts to monitor and manage.
- ericd 7y agoYeah, I’ve found the purpose built blog generators I’ve played with to be a bit overly complicated for what they do. I’ve found Frozen-Flask to be more straightforward, and it has the advantage of being switchable back to a dynamic site fairly easily. An alternative would be wgetting Wordpress or similar.