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Wouldn't this more properly be classified as a static site server?

• capableweb 5y ago
  If you have one file format (markdown in this case) and transforms it to another format (html and css in this case) on every request, I wouldn't call it a static site (server) anymore. I'd only call it a static site server if it serves static files without modifications on request, and if you need to generate those static files from other files, that process is decoupled from incoming requests to the server.
  • Macha 5y ago
    I guess it's kind a spectrum: 1. Wordpress in a default install, definitely not static 2. Wordpress with a caching plugin, wherein the cache is generated on request is only expired on page update. Still not really static 3. Wordpress with a caching plugin, where the cache is created on page edit but still served by the PHP code 4. Wordpress with a caching plugin, where the cache is created on page edit but pushed to another server to serve (i.e. using it as a headless CMS) 5. Your standard markdown -> html static site tool To me step 4 is when the resulting site crosses over to a static site.
    • onionisafruit 5y ago
      6. Write your pages in html and save them in ~/public/www on your university’s server.