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Wordpress is part of the LAMP stack, and there are easy tools like XAMP to get you up and running locally. With a tutorial it should be doable. It’s probably be

by prox 6y ago

Wordpress is part of the LAMP stack, and there are easy tools like XAMP to get you up and running locally. With a tutorial it should be doable. It’s probably better if you get hosting with auto-install if you’re really averse to tinkering. That said I wonder why you’d need Github Pages if you’re already set up with Wordpress...

demersb 6y ago
Static hosted site (secure, fast, etc), it’s also free? That said, I personally would rather write in markdown or asciidoc and there are a ton of great static site generators for alternatives to Jekyll.
superhuzza 6y ago
>That said I wonder why you’d need Github Pages if you’re already set up with Wordpress... Maybe there's something I don't understand here? Wordpress.org isn't hosted, it's just the website software itself. Hence the need for Github Pages (although most people just use a hosting provider like Siteground).
- prox 6y ago
  But it’s specifically made to be a blogging software, to me it just feels like an extra step to convert your writing, unless the Github Pages ecosystem gives you lots of benefits.
- wolco 6y ago
  wordpress.com is the site you want.
iagovar 6y ago
Try laragon, it's so fun and easy to use, it's also portable. https://laragon.org/ https://laragon.org/ It needs more love.
- AnonHP 6y ago
  I looked at it with excitement and realized that it’s Windows only. It doesn’t seem to have support for macOS or Linux, and the website doesn’t even have a standard “system requirements” section (or one I could easily find in the documentation).
  - iagovar 6y ago
    Yeah it's only Windows, should have mentioned it, sorry. As requirements, I guess it will do fine in any decently powered windows box.
mdu96 6y ago
It was because I wanted to host and serve my website via Github Pages rather than go with a managed hosting provider. As my post exemplifies, that was a mistake.

by prox 6y ago

demersb 6y ago

Static hosted site (secure, fast, etc), it’s also free? That said, I personally would rather write in markdown or asciidoc and there are a ton of great static site generators for alternatives to Jekyll.

superhuzza 6y ago

>That said I wonder why you’d need Github Pages if you’re already set up with Wordpress... Maybe there's something I don't understand here? Wordpress.org isn't hosted, it's just the website software itself. Hence the need for Github Pages (although most people just use a hosting provider like Siteground).

prox 6y ago
But it’s specifically made to be a blogging software, to me it just feels like an extra step to convert your writing, unless the Github Pages ecosystem gives you lots of benefits.
wolco 6y ago
wordpress.com is the site you want.

iagovar 6y ago

Try laragon, it's so fun and easy to use, it's also portable. https://laragon.org/ https://laragon.org/ It needs more love.

AnonHP 6y ago
I looked at it with excitement and realized that it’s Windows only. It doesn’t seem to have support for macOS or Linux, and the website doesn’t even have a standard “system requirements” section (or one I could easily find in the documentation).
- iagovar 6y ago
  Yeah it's only Windows, should have mentioned it, sorry. As requirements, I guess it will do fine in any decently powered windows box.

mdu96 6y ago

It was because I wanted to host and serve my website via Github Pages rather than go with a managed hosting provider. As my post exemplifies, that was a mistake.