Post APjaM4YHeedYsL8b4a by mindshoot@mastodon.xyz
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(DIR) Post #APio7z9w71deIQxyjY by mindshoot@mastodon.xyz
2022-11-17T23:49:02Z
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Today's short daily blog post: learning curves after changing jobhttps://daily.seity.co.uk/2022/11/17/learning/
(DIR) Post #APio7zlrpzyoC4iGrA by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-11-18T07:54:07Z
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@mindshoot Does it really take just 5 minutes to do a blog post? I usually find that 5 minutes jobs always take much longer. 😃 How are you finding Jekyll?
(DIR) Post #APjaM4YHeedYsL8b4a by mindshoot@mastodon.xyz
2022-11-18T16:31:56Z
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@fitheach I've been very happy indeed with Jekyll:- Decent themes available- Easy local development- Uses markdown, which I use for everything else too- Very easy to hack themes as needed- Super-secureI set up my wife's yoga website https://elliedenman.yoga/ by Jekyll-ising an HTML theme she found, and it works fine. WordPress became too complicated and demanding of infrastructure when you want to make big changes (you need a whole separate deployment, really)#jekyll #wordpress
(DIR) Post #APjaM4zE2UBiDtk74C by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-11-18T16:54:26Z
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@mindshoot Thanks. That is super detailed.I've been using Django Mezzanine for my website, for years. I've always been very happy with it. However, I have to move my website to a new server, which would mean installing a new version of Mezzanine, and migrating the existing site. I can't face doing that again. I'm hoping a SSG will remove that need in the future.
(DIR) Post #APjtjKsf0eSdJ7TVyK by mindshoot@mastodon.xyz
2022-11-18T20:14:54Z
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@fitheach I very much like python and that sounds good, the main downside (same as WordPress) is that you have the worry of running a publicly visible server so need to stay on top of patches (CMS and host) and hacking. The beauty of the SSGs is it is just a bunch of text files - there's nothing to hack. You need to work a bit harder if you need comments / site search, but otherwise it's a slam dunk for me now!
(DIR) Post #APjty1sTwacOiNOjfk by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-11-18T20:34:19Z
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@mindshoot I'm not bothered about comments, anymore. I'll just link to my Fedi presence. Site search is still a biggie.
(DIR) Post #APk5T0004tsLMQsuRc by mindshoot@mastodon.xyz
2022-11-18T22:33:18Z
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@fitheach search is possible on static sites using client-side approaches - I'm also quite interested in this, so plan to have a go and will let you know how it goes!