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Having tried a few, the thing I settled on is Wordpress. Why? It is not going anywhere, it has lots of themes and plugins, you rarely have to "code", in the se

Having tried a few, the thing I settled on is Wordpress. Why? It is not going anywhere, it has lots of themes and plugins, you rarely have to "code", in the sense of writing programming code, or figuring out the precise location to drop a file based on the behaviour of the generator. Or battle with TOML. Finally there are plugins that will pump out a static site from Wordpress if you want the performance/security of that. Or you can use a caching plugin if you need the performance but are happy with Wordpress security. There are sites I set up for other people I may not touch for years. If it is on Wordpress, and they ask me to do an update to the text, I know I can do it without much fuss.

mobilio 4y ago
WordPress is fantastic, but sometime it's complex plugins/themes make headaches. For example - if you make site for some small client like a "mobile tire services" or "locksmith in XYZ" their site won't be changed for months or even years. And here is a Catch 22 - because content won't be changed, they (customers) refuse to pay for maintenance. When something happens (broken plugin update, outdated theme, hacking, etc) it's too late and site need to be fixed that may take few hours (or even days). That's why for such customers - static site it's perfect. I will add also Bootstrap Studio to that list: https://bootstrapstudio.io https://bootstrapstudio.io
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  In that case you can export WP to static site. I think some of the plugins can talk directly to mainstream hosts, like S3, Github pages etc. so there is no fiddly downloading and uploading to do.
  - mobilio 4y ago
    Yup - already do that. You also don't need plugin that can talk because they even don't have contact form - only way to connect them is via phone.
clircle 4y ago
This makes a lot of sense, but blogging without a good deal of static site generator yak shaving sounds awfully close to real work ;) that’s a no go for me.
ASalazarMX 4y ago
IMO anything that uses a database is overkill for a static site, even if it's user-friendly.

mobilio 4y ago

WordPress is fantastic, but sometime it's complex plugins/themes make headaches. For example - if you make site for some small client like a "mobile tire services" or "locksmith in XYZ" their site won't be changed for months or even years. And here is a Catch 22 - because content won't be changed, they (customers) refuse to pay for maintenance. When something happens (broken plugin update, outdated theme, hacking, etc) it's too late and site need to be fixed that may take few hours (or even days). That's why for such customers - static site it's perfect. I will add also Bootstrap Studio to that list: https://bootstrapstudio.io https://bootstrapstudio.io

quickthrower2 4y ago
In that case you can export WP to static site. I think some of the plugins can talk directly to mainstream hosts, like S3, Github pages etc. so there is no fiddly downloading and uploading to do.
- mobilio 4y ago
  Yup - already do that. You also don't need plugin that can talk because they even don't have contact form - only way to connect them is via phone.

clircle 4y ago

This makes a lot of sense, but blogging without a good deal of static site generator yak shaving sounds awfully close to real work ;) that’s a no go for me.

ASalazarMX 4y ago

IMO anything that uses a database is overkill for a static site, even if it's user-friendly.