I guess I should be clear about why I'm looking for a static site generator.
CMSs, to me, isolate me from my site. If I want to change to a different technology, I have to fight MySql & PHP, both pretty old and showing their flaws. I'm also separated from my content itself. So if I have a markdown or latex core, then its fairly easy to change tech. I also don't like the way CMSs force a lot of decisions on me. Their way or the highway. I just took Ed Angel's WebGL Mooc and decided to make my own static generator. A single html file for all assignments. Markdown for a div that explains the assignment and how to use it. A stunt that takes the markdown and derives the html page title and the page banner title. And naturally a canvas for webgl's use. And use of es6, modules, module loaders and lots more. I can't see a CMS being that flexible. But site generators can be. The single html page for them is a "template", generally 3: About, Home, and Pages. -- Owen On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densm...@gmail.com> wrote: > To keep the conversation going and because I suspect you're doing the Cool > Book On The Coffee Table stunt: > > http://www.queness.com/post/16142/11-lightning-fast-flat-file-cms > > > http://web.appstorm.net/roundups/data-management-roundups/8-fantastic-lightweight-cmses-you-should-try/ > > Try a few and see what you like. > > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densm...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Yes and no. >> >> The short answer is that there are some file and folder systems out there. >> Kirb that was mentioned is unique in that it's (sort of) shareware, It's >> my understanding so is pulse, and and grav. >> >> For the most part there still in the 'for developers' stage. Where there >> are all manner of gotchas. The size of the community, and ease of support >> will very if your run into a Undocumented Feature. >> >> It seems as if they fall on a spectrum. On one end there's On one end >> there's Grav, possibly Jekyll as well. >> On the other end there's October. >> Kirby, pulse and Wonder seem to be in the middle.. >> >> >> http://wondercms.com/ >> >> Its just files and folders, as far as I know just uses CSS to adjust it's >> look and feel >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Russell Standish <li...@hpcoders.com.au >> > wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:16:55PM -0500, Gary Schiltz wrote: >>> > Hey Russell, in case it wasn’t clear, please understand that I was >>> > making a joke with a (probably overly obscured) compliment. I very >>> > much admire folks who use manual tools like LaTeX and Emacs, and also >>> > like a lot of what I know of Australian culture. Although “Crocodile >>> > Dundee” was an absurd stereotype of that culture, a lot of us >>> > Americans relate to the brash, no-BS character of that stereotype. And >>> > in case you didn’t see the movie, my comment referred to a scene where >>> > some American gang punk pulls a switchblade knife and threatens Dundee >>> > with it. Dundee says “Knife?”, pulls out a huge Bowie knife, holds it >>> > up, and says in that stereotyped accent, “Now, *that’s* a knife!”. >>> > >>> >>> Sure I was aware of the scene. It was a fun movie. And Hoges's accent >>> was genuine, even though he doesn't normally talk that way, you do get >>> characters who talk like that. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) >>> Principal, High Performance Coders >>> Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au >>> University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> >> >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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