Capo Dei Capi
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So its not anything complicated to setup, anyone that has managed a wordpress site can manage a non cms jekyll site.
So its not anything complicated to setup, anyone that has managed a wordpress site can manage a non cms jekyll site.
WebDev
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Yes, getting back to the original post, the SEO doesn't come into it - Jekyll and others of the same type are about site running speed and resistance to hacker attacks - and the fact that if the site gets hacked you just re-ftp the contents of the site generator's output file from your local server
WebDev
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Best to set up on a linux PC
Second best is a Mac
Worst of all is settup on a Windows PC
Wordpress users will miss the point and click Admin - but it's only a matter of time before user friendly Admin start being added to these site engines - at present these site engines are "techy" and more for coders
Trina Mathews
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I've never even heard of Jekyll. It'd probably be hard to get help if you come across some problems because there are fewer users whereas WP is very popular. Also, been using it for quite some time now and I'm quite content with it.
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Isn't cloudcannon a cms for it that has point and click once everything is setup?
I'm not a coder and barely know html, but I found it just more rewarding to work on a jekyll site without a cms than wordpress.
Silverandblack
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I use both daily. In the end, its a matter of preference. I've never had better results with one or the other in particular.
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First time I've heard of this one - seems to be a $25 a month add-on for Jekyll to enable cloud based web sites - and yes it does have some sort of user friendly interface so content creators can add their content to the site directly without assistance from coders
I'm sure other add-ons will appear to make jekyll user friendly - hopefully free ones
I can't see Jekyll type site engines taking off with the amateur webmasters without a point and click content creation interface - don't know what the developers were thinking
Edit: cloudcannon includes hosting and starts at $25 a month
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WebDev
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At this stage I'd also choose wordpress - but with the static site plugins previously mentioned - so you have a hack proof site - still got the pain in the arse constant updates of wordpress and wordpress plugins though
wordpress also has best security plugin ,so it still leader
WebDev
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Total BS
Hackers are lining up to hack wordpress sites - nothing seems to be able to stop them - which is why I mentioned the 2 plugins that present HTML pages to web browsers, and not the actual wordpress site
Jekyll is fully secure coz that is a static site but fully functional. You can manage the posts easily from your github or gitlab acount which is completely free. So you don't need to pay any extra money for the hosting also.. I really love the jekyll personally for its simplicity. Jekyll themes are cheap also.
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I think you can get very similar SEO. But Jekyll will always make your website load much faster since it will be a static HTML website. Google does have a 3 second website load golden rule. Sometimes WordPress can get bloated because of the plugins you use. Or it can get bloated based on the WordPress theme you use. Some themes are horrible for load speeds.
Also on Jekylls you will need to optimized your images manually to help load speed.
As far as any other benefits from that, I don't see them. WordPress has very good tools for SEO. And if you know HTML pretty well, you can accomplish the same in Jekylls.
Also on Jekylls you will need to optimized your images manually to help load speed.
As far as any other benefits from that, I don't see them. WordPress has very good tools for SEO. And if you know HTML pretty well, you can accomplish the same in Jekylls.
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