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The problem is no one ever built one that works for normal people. Most Wordpress sites are not operated by programmers, they are run by non technical people w
by Gigachad 1mo ago
The problem is no one ever built one that works for normal people.
Most Wordpress sites are not operated by programmers, they are run by non technical people who just want a wysiwyg editor and a save button. While static site builders ask you to write markdown files, compile the result, upload it to a server, and if you want to collaborate you have to add git to that.
There almost needs to be an admin app which presents a Wordpress admin like ui but has no public exposure, and then it compiles the site to dump on s3 for the production. But as far as I’m aware no one has built this.
- Helmut10001 1mo agoYes, you are right and I agree, there's little empathy with non-coders generally.
- krrrh 1mo agoMovable type was the most popular blogging software in 2003 and it was essentially this. An admin app written in Perl that spit out static files. It is kind of surprising that no one tried to do an updated version.
- kennywinker 1mo agoI mean, github pages using the github editor to edit docs pretty much fits that bill
- matkoniecz 1mo agonot for "run by non technical people who just want a wysiwyg editor and a save button"
- iCarrot 1mo agoIs this not it? https://pagescms.org/ https://pagescms.org/
- thunderfork 1mo ago>github repository You have already lost the "normal people" audience
- jay_kyburz 1mo agoCity Desk. Where is Joel when we need him!
- oblio 1mo agoRetired and probably just chilling around the world.
- jay_kyburz 1mo agoIf I wasn't making 5 other things right now I'd consider making something like city desk. Every other day there are complaints about bots smashing peoples servers. Perhaps its time for a better static site generator.
- weeks 1mo agohttps://jamstack.org https://jamstack.org You're describing the Jamstack or headless CMS concept verbatim.
- thunderfork 1mo ago>Jamstack is an architectural approach that decouples the web experience layer from data and business logic, improving flexibility, scalability, performance, and maintainability. >Jamstack removes the need for business logic to dictate the web experience. >It enables a composable architecture for the web where custom logic and 3rd party services are consumed through APIs. How far into this front page blurb do you think the average non-dev would get before they realize this is supposed to be a thing they can use in place of WordPress?
- noio 1mo agoPour one out for FrontPage
- wolvoleo 1mo agoAhhh the old positioning with I fixed so many sites back in the day by people who thought they knew what they were doing.
- pmlnr 1mo ago> The problem is no one ever built one that works for normal people. https://getpublii.com/ https://getpublii.com/