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Jekyll is absolutely brilliant. There are a lot of static blog generation tools out there but this seems to work best for me. I dont use the github integration

by sriramk 17y ago

Jekyll is absolutely brilliant. There are a lot of static blog generation tools out there but this seems to work best for me. I dont use the github integration much (automatic publishing by pushing to github) but do store my site on a github repo. The only downside as with any static site solution is comments. I currently use Disqus - I have no complaints with them except that I like to own my comments rather than hosting them with a 3rd party.

mapleoin 17y ago
another downside is that you have to regenerate your whole site manually every time you make a small design change.
- derefr 17y ago
  The more semantic you make your HTML, the less that this tends to matter. Right now I'm actually <section>ing and <article>ing my way around my site, so when I want to change the design, I head straight for the one place it's actually described: the CSS.
  - loup-vaillant 17y ago
    Not to mention the template mechanism. With my (home made) site generation tool, I changed the whole design of my site by changing exactly 2 files : the template, and the css.
- ique 17y ago
  I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but if you run jekyll --server --auto while in development any small change you make gets automatically regenerated and it only regenerates affected files.
  - mapleoin 17y ago
    I didn't know jekyll had a server. If it does than it's not exactly static blogging anymore.
    - bugs 17y ago
      It is a server for testing purposes, like seeing how you site will look before uploading to your webserver
dannytatom 17y ago
A somewhat similar project, Aerial[1], does comments through git. Although I've yet to try it out, it seems like a nice solution. 1. http://github.com/mattsears/aerial http://github.com/mattsears/aerial
charlesmarshall 17y ago
I was using Disqus as well for comments on my gihub blog, but some random reason it started redirecting to itself. Didn't have time to debug it so just removed it for now.
blehn 17y ago
I'd love to see a lightweight version of Disqus/Intense Debate--they seem so bloated. No branding, avatars, voting, etc...just simple, fast commenting.
jamesbritt 17y ago
"I currently use Disqus - I have no complaints with them except that I like to own my comments rather than hosting them with a 3rd party." Are there any opensource alternatives to Disqus? I'd rather run my own comment server then give up control to someone else, if it weren't a pain.

by sriramk 17y ago

mapleoin 17y ago

another downside is that you have to regenerate your whole site manually every time you make a small design change.

derefr 17y ago
The more semantic you make your HTML, the less that this tends to matter. Right now I'm actually <section>ing and <article>ing my way around my site, so when I want to change the design, I head straight for the one place it's actually described: the CSS.
- loup-vaillant 17y ago
  Not to mention the template mechanism. With my (home made) site generation tool, I changed the whole design of my site by changing exactly 2 files : the template, and the css.
ique 17y ago
I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but if you run jekyll --server --auto while in development any small change you make gets automatically regenerated and it only regenerates affected files.
- mapleoin 17y ago
  I didn't know jekyll had a server. If it does than it's not exactly static blogging anymore.
  - bugs 17y ago
    It is a server for testing purposes, like seeing how you site will look before uploading to your webserver

dannytatom 17y ago

A somewhat similar project, Aerial[1], does comments through git. Although I've yet to try it out, it seems like a nice solution. 1. http://github.com/mattsears/aerial http://github.com/mattsears/aerial

charlesmarshall 17y ago

I was using Disqus as well for comments on my gihub blog, but some random reason it started redirecting to itself. Didn't have time to debug it so just removed it for now.

blehn 17y ago

I'd love to see a lightweight version of Disqus/Intense Debate--they seem so bloated. No branding, avatars, voting, etc...just simple, fast commenting.

jamesbritt 17y ago

"I currently use Disqus - I have no complaints with them except that I like to own my comments rather than hosting them with a 3rd party." Are there any opensource alternatives to Disqus? I'd rather run my own comment server then give up control to someone else, if it weren't a pain.