[HacktionLab] mark up + template -> html (was Drupocalypse v3 Can it ever stop)

[mickfuzz at clearerchannel.org]

I like that link!

This seems like a good workflow to do skill sharing around in activist /
campaign and community networks.

Mick


On 27/04/18 12:56, Kate Dawson wrote:
> There are quite a lot of static HTML generators out there. 
> They work really well for sites, that don't require dynamic
> applications. As a plus point, it's really cheap to host ( as no
> database/php/ruby ... whatever ) is required on the hosting side, and
> also sites will be fast to render on the server side. 
>
> So .. if you've got a brochure site.. About Us/What we do/Example
> action1/Example Action 2/Contact Us(Corporate Social details) etc.. it
> will work great; and you  can offload all the dynamic stuff to the
> corporates ( e.g commenting, contact stuff ). 
>
> Markdown is very simple to learn, it's fast to write. Add twitter cards/
> facebook opengraph metadata to the template. Publish to gitlab pages; share on
> social media.  You can even edit the markdown using the text editor in
> gitlab.
>
> https://gitlab.com/groups/pages
>
> It's definitely a viable alternative to spinning up a wordpress or other
> dynamic app for simple websites.
>
> Kate
>
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 08:58:26AM +0100, mickfuzz at clearerchannel.org wrote:
>> Don't let this stop you Mike! ( I know it won't)
>>
>> But what's a better solution now for amateur creators?
>>
>> I heard about jeckle or something to convert mark up to html
>> so learning mark up is doable right?
>> and using git web interface to write the markup
>>
>> and then and active period
>> and then deploy and forget with URI s that do change.
>>
>> What would people suggest as a tool set to do that. ?
>>
>> Mick
>>
>>
>> On 27/04/18 08:18, Mike Harris wrote:
>>> On 2018-04-26 23:36, Kate Dawson wrote:
>>> I think that's more than OK, and have the same problem with hosting
>>> ancient web sites that are not maintained by their owners.  I end up
>>> maintaining them myself, for free.  It's not worth it.
>>>
>>> (note to self: stop doing this).
>>
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