Wordpress admin works fine with lynx. I use it all the time. There are a couple of parts that don’t work well but they aren’t needed all that often.
Tom Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 2, 2023, at 16:00, Tim Chase <lynx....@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > > >> >> dreamhost provides the WordPress tool, but they also just provide >> regular ftp for uploading. > > Is there something in particular that WordPress offers over your > current setup? > > It has some nice web-facing tools for administering the site and > tracking drafts, but it sounds like you already have a process that > works for you, and if the admin interface doesn't work in Lynx, > then I'd strongly bias toward a different web solution. > > The `wp-cli` tool is pretty complex and tends to assume a strong > pre-existing working knowledge of WordPress. So even if you go > that route, there's a large learning curve ahead that way. > >> desire a tool, and since WordPress is offered, thought I would ask. > > I don't want to deter you from tackling the adventure since there's > certainly a lot of *power* with WordPress, and I'm always an advocate > for learning new skills. But if they're not directly solving a > problem you have, and you don't aspire to get into WordPress > development more full-time (or just to do it because you want to), > then I'd suggest there are easier ways to the same/similar end > without sparring with Wordpress. > >> any easy creation tool that is not WordPress then? > > If you want to have templates that apply across the site, using a > static site generator can make that easier for you. It allows you > to type up your posts (whether in raw HTML which it sounds like > you're comfortable with, or using Markdown which can be a little > easier for some folks), and then the SSG churns across all those > input post files and creates an output directory you can upload as > you're already familiar with. And most come with a selection of > templates (plus additional ones you can download) so you can change > the whole site by just changing templates and telling the SSG to > regenerate the site. I've done this more than once (changing > templates) and it's usually a matter of changing one line of > configuration to point to the new theme, and then letting it > regenerate (depending on the number of pages, this is a couple > seconds or maybe a minute) > > -tim > > > > > >