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Pointing people to one possible alternative if they just want to blog: use a static site generator. My company created a static site generator which pulls cont
by bschwindHN 5y ago
Pointing people to one possible alternative if they just want to blog: use a static site generator.
My company created a static site generator which pulls content from notion. You get the WYSIWYG editing of notion, with the speed and simplicity of a static site. You just have to find a place for static site hosting - github pages, firebase, netlify, etc. There are plenty out there.
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- seanwilson 5y ago> My company created a static site generator which pulls content from notion. What triggers the site to be rebuilt and deployed? This works well with how pages are usually created and edited? How about being able to preview what the deploy will look like before publishing? I haven't used Notion much btw.
- bschwindHN 5y agoWe have a slack bot you can summon to deploy the site. We also have a QA version of the site to proofread articles and see how they look before publishing. The notion database has a "Published" checkbox on each blog row, which controls which posts make it into the production blog.
- seanwilson 5y agoThis works well for non-tech people? From a developer perspective, static websites are a dream, but accurate live previews and immediate/fast deploys on edits for site editors can be obstacles depending on your setup.
- bschwindHN 5y agoI won't say it's perfect, but non-tech people can use it no problem. I suppose it's not technically a "What You See Is What You Get" because there is custom styling applied, but whatever content they put into notion is stylized the same as the rest of the blog so it stays consistent.