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A user interface for non technical users. Which is a real shame because a static CMS is conceptually simpler than a dynamic one, yet WordPress in still the king

by SPBS 6y ago

A user interface for non technical users. Which is a real shame because a static CMS is conceptually simpler than a dynamic one, yet WordPress in still the king in this space. Current SSGs are missing out on an untapped niche by burying all their features behind developer-oriented config files and flags when they could be rolled into a nice front-end UI that any non technical user could use. Publii seems to be a promising attempt in that regard.

qbasic_forever 6y ago
Netlify CMS is nice, and despite the name it works completely independenly of using Netlify as the host: https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/intro/ https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/intro/ I won't lie though it is very akward to setup and use if you aren't using Netlify--documentation is extremely thin, and it's a beta phase feature to selfhost. But it is a really nice and simple editor view that non-technical people could use. This is where the (very thin) documentation for self hosting it outside Netlify starts: https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/beta-features/#working-with-a-local-git-repository https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/beta-features/#working-with-... Another good one is Jekyll Admin: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin It's not as nice as wordpress but gets the job done for a basic markdown focused site. Selfhosting it is a lot easier and more documented than Netlify CMS.
badsectoracula 6y ago
Well, it does require making a good desktop editor which isn't something many developers are interested into these days. Publii is a desktop application but even that is an Electron app (which doesn't even take advantage of it being an Electron app and having an entire browser engine underneath and requires you to open the generated site in your browser instead).
inthewoods 6y ago
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by SPBS 6y ago

qbasic_forever 6y ago

Netlify CMS is nice, and despite the name it works completely independenly of using Netlify as the host: https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/intro/ https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/intro/ I won't lie though it is very akward to setup and use if you aren't using Netlify--documentation is extremely thin, and it's a beta phase feature to selfhost. But it is a really nice and simple editor view that non-technical people could use. This is where the (very thin) documentation for self hosting it outside Netlify starts: https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/beta-features/#working-with-a-local-git-repository https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/beta-features/#working-with-... Another good one is Jekyll Admin: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin It's not as nice as wordpress but gets the job done for a basic markdown focused site. Selfhosting it is a lot easier and more documented than Netlify CMS.

badsectoracula 6y ago

Well, it does require making a good desktop editor which isn't something many developers are interested into these days. Publii is a desktop application but even that is an Electron app (which doesn't even take advantage of it being an Electron app and having an entire browser engine underneath and requires you to open the generated site in your browser instead).

inthewoods 6y ago