clevercrazy11
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Wordpress on the other hand, can help you go up and running very quickly but getting a very professional looking website needs some time invested. Really depends on what you want as final results.
Capo Dei Capi
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After a few days of learning jekyll:
If you need a site setup soon, use wordpress its much easier. If you have time to learn jekyll and some basic html, then consider jekyll.
It does feel more fun to operate if you've only done just wordpress stuff since you go more into editing the site.
If you need a site setup soon, use wordpress its much easier. If you have time to learn jekyll and some basic html, then consider jekyll.
It does feel more fun to operate if you've only done just wordpress stuff since you go more into editing the site.
jerrymc
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What's your website?
Capo Dei Capi
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I don't have one yet, I've been setting it up locally.
Capo Dei Capi
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nathanwebsolution
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never heard about the Jeckyli, But i surely try that also
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WebDev
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It's a site builder that uses a flat file CMS and it creates a static HTML site that you then upload to your web space
There are literally dozens of this type of site builder out now - a lot of them are open source (free)
They are being created because web devs are sick and tired of overblown wordpress and the constant version updating required - and the fact that wordpress is a hacker magnet
There are problems for most amateur webmasters when setting up these new site builders, and you have to use command line or markdown to use them
Years ago I used an adsense sitebuilder PHP script that was dead easy to use - you just installed the script on your web space and uploaded text files to a folder - the text files were keyword1.txt, keyword2.txt, etc, - and when you looked at the site using a web browser there was the site, navigation, articles, etc. - way easier than anything I've researched today (looked at lots) - however, it was old tables based templates, so now outdated
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I think he means the ease of use. For an average non-technical user, nothing can't beat WP.
WebDev
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For people who don't want to abandon wordpress there are 2 plugins that change wordpress to a static site which is presented to web browsers - they are simply static, and really static
So you can use wordpress but the world only sees a static site, not the real wordpress site
Capo Dei Capi
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I used just a text editor to make posts and test out stuff.
WebDev
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Jekyll and all the other similar site builder engines still have 2 major problems - they are not easy to install on a Windows PC, and they don't have a user friendly admin interface like WordPress - i.e. no point and click - it's like being back in the 1980's and using DOS
bloggerzone02
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Where did you find this? I never heard of it and I only WordPress as it’s so simple to use. Anyway, I’ll check it out the CMS.
WebDev
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These platforms are intended for Web Devs, not amateur webmasters
Whereas a Web Dev can set up a wordpress site and hand it over to the site owner to add their own content, these sites require content to be added via command line or markdown language - so a Web Dev will always be involved with the site
A taster of what's involved:
Capo Dei Capi
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Can't you just upload posts via ftp?
WebDev
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These site generators require the use of a local server - they create the site inside an output folder - when you are happy with the site, you then upload the contents of the output folder to the web server using FTP
Some of these site generators are "blog aware" - they closely resemble wordpress - an example: https://github.com/chrisallenlane/wit-cms
