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I'm confused why you wouldn't consider this (or vanilla Wordpress) a CMS? Are not both of these products, um, content management systems?

• cluckindan 1y ago
  In which way does a generator manage content? The user manages content on the file system / git. A static site does not manage anything. Wordpress is really more of a blog management system with page editing features. It doesn’t work well with different types of content, it’s geared for articles and ”pages”. How would you use it to build a site where a lot of content comes from some other background system, say NewsML feeds for example? It is possible, but you can only import the content as posts, and you only have one schema for what a post contains.
  • lenova 1y ago
    I think you should re-read the OP's original link again. Aether is not just an SSG, and its admin interface provides a CMS interface. And I'm afraid your definition of a CMS is your own, and not the consensus. A CMS doesn't need to consume external sources, it can be self contained content. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system
    • cluckindan 1y ago
      ”The integrated static site generator isn't bolted on, it's fundamental to the design.” A Markdown editor in an admin UI does not promote the system to a CMS, although I could be skewed towards enterprise systems here…