Static Site Generators
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- voiceof
Do you use one? Do you have a favorite?
I'm using Jekyll and it works but I'm getting tired of Ruby. I was thinking about moving to something JS based like Metalsmith. Does anyone have any experience with this ? should I just use gulp to pull everything together?
Follow up question. Do you know solutions out there that let me build a site using my own UI Components and then allow an editor to add content in-browser and in-place. It would need to save the content straight to the page or into something like a JSON file. No database can be used. I know it's really specific but I thought I would check.
- voiceof0
@imbecile - Sort of. The problem with those services is that they make assumptions about my framework. I know they have to since they are drag and drop builders, but it won't work for what I need.
I would like to build a site like I would normally (scss, handlebars, gulp etc...) and then allow an editor to edit only the content (no layout) in the browser.
I have been letting the editors do it with markdown, but it's such a pain in the ass when they start trying to add accordions and tabs etc... Our process is different than traditional web design. We build a lot of elearning that requires us to be all html and totally 508 accessible and requires major input from Instructional designers so my wants are very specific.
- bulletfactory0
The 3 main ones I've used are Jekyll, Hugo, and Middleman
Here's a list of open source static site generators:
https://www.staticgen.com/I personally like Hugo