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Knowing about WordPress and the typical use case, what do you use instead?

by 8ig8 11y ago

ceejayoz 11y ago
Most people would be fine with a static site generator like Jekyll and a third-party commenting system like Facebook or Disqus. As a bonus, it costs pennies to host such a thing on S3.
- jacques_chester 11y ago
  > Most people We in technology are not "most people".
  - mikeschinkel 11y ago
    +1
  - ceejayoz 11y ago
    Anyone who can manage a WordPress install should be able to get Jekyll working, but I'd like to see it get a user-friendly GUI that takes care of the grunt work.
- 8ig8 11y ago
  I'm not necessarily here to defend WordPress, but, I agree, a compiled static site does make sense for the HN user's blog, but you're not typical. What about the neighborhood barbershop that needs a website and likes to self-publish blog articles a couple times a week? What's the best solution for them?
  - ceejayoz 11y ago
    > What's the best solution for them? I'd love to see a user-friendly GUI backed by Jekyll.
sluckxz 11y ago
Ghost is coming along very nicely. From what I have followed from their development I have seen very thoughtful developers from the start. edit to add https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
girvo 11y ago
That's the problem. For some clients, there simply isn't a decent alternative. That said, if I was forced to choose a "user friendly" CMS, I'd go with Drupal 8 (when it's released). The reasoning? It still has the client-facing tooling that non techy users expect, but is built on top of the Symfony core, following all relevant standards. It's a little while away though, unfortunately. Depending on the site, my answer nowadays is a Silex API for the data they want to work on, and a React + Flux front-end. That's too much work for a $2k site however; WordPress is so entrenched that any replacement needs to be able to answer the plugins question successfully to overtake it.
cyri 11y ago
I'm using the blazing fast http://gohugo.io/ http://gohugo.io/ Hugo static site generator (written in GoLang 8-) ) And that plugin can help you with the migration: https://github.com/SchumacherFM/wordpress-to-hugo-exporter https://github.com/SchumacherFM/wordpress-to-hugo-exporter Hugo is more for nerds than the average WordPress blogger.

Knowing about WordPress and the typical use case, what do you use instead?

by 8ig8 11y ago

Knowing about WordPress and the typical use case, what do you use instead?

Most people would be fine with a static site generator like Jekyll and a third-party commenting system like Facebook or Disqus. As a bonus, it costs pennies to host such a thing on S3.

jacques_chester 11y ago
> Most people We in technology are not "most people".
- mikeschinkel 11y ago
  +1
- ceejayoz 11y ago
  Anyone who can manage a WordPress install should be able to get Jekyll working, but I'd like to see it get a user-friendly GUI that takes care of the grunt work.
8ig8 11y ago
I'm not necessarily here to defend WordPress, but, I agree, a compiled static site does make sense for the HN user's blog, but you're not typical. What about the neighborhood barbershop that needs a website and likes to self-publish blog articles a couple times a week? What's the best solution for them?
- ceejayoz 11y ago
  > What's the best solution for them? I'd love to see a user-friendly GUI backed by Jekyll.

sluckxz 11y ago

Ghost is coming along very nicely. From what I have followed from their development I have seen very thoughtful developers from the start. edit to add https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost

girvo 11y ago

That's the problem. For some clients, there simply isn't a decent alternative. That said, if I was forced to choose a "user friendly" CMS, I'd go with Drupal 8 (when it's released). The reasoning? It still has the client-facing tooling that non techy users expect, but is built on top of the Symfony core, following all relevant standards. It's a little while away though, unfortunately. Depending on the site, my answer nowadays is a Silex API for the data they want to work on, and a React + Flux front-end. That's too much work for a $2k site however; WordPress is so entrenched that any replacement needs to be able to answer the plugins question successfully to overtake it.

cyri 11y ago

I'm using the blazing fast http://gohugo.io/ http://gohugo.io/ Hugo static site generator (written in GoLang 8-) ) And that plugin can help you with the migration: https://github.com/SchumacherFM/wordpress-to-hugo-exporter https://github.com/SchumacherFM/wordpress-to-hugo-exporter Hugo is more for nerds than the average WordPress blogger.