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These static site generators are mostly operating under the same conceptual model of what a website is and that's both very restrictive and brings in requiremen
by superkuh 6y ago
These static site generators are mostly operating under the same conceptual model of what a website is and that's both very restrictive and brings in requirements that aren't actually requirements. Posts and categories and date dependent lists. Blogs aren't the only way. You can just make pages. You don't have to 'publish' and have every single page be exactly like every other page on your site.
Maybe they should be called static blog generators instead.
- TacoSteemers 6y agoPelican does have support for random pages. If also doesn't stop you from copying your own pages to the output directory after generating. In that sense it is more of a markdown or RST to HTML converter. It has great blog support but doesn't exclude other uses, such as documentation generation. PS. I liked your post about the returned parrot.
- dkarl 6y agoI had the same frustration, but my experience with Gatsby and Hugo is that you just need to get past the how-tos and quick-starts. To get started quickly, you need a lot of structure in place, and most people just want a blog, so that's what the starter themes and tutorials cater to. If you get past the tutorials and get comfortable in the official documentation, the functionality turns out to be more general.