Which app you use to manage your static website (Hugo, Jekyll)
Hello Friends,
I'm curious to know what app do you use to manage your static websites whether it's in Hugo or Jekyll or any?
As my personal blog https://ahmedash.com/ have AR/EN articles, I couldn't find app that supports markdown editor for static websites. so I've made a simple POC of an editor that supports markdown, RTL and also compatible with static websites.
It can understand how to list your posts and also understands where to upload the photos. here are some photos of the app and how it works with Hugo and understands markdown with inline image rendering .
Let me know what do you think about an app like that. and what apps are you using right now to manage?
The Features I'm trying to provide with the app are:
- Inline image rendering
- Plugins like (Mermaid, Emojies, etc...)
- Open project if (Files or Git repo)
- Live preview
- Deploy to the git repo or a server using ssh or FTP
I've always used Pelican for my static websites
https://github.com/uetke/website
https://github.com/PFTL/website
That's nice to know. but I'm curious to know how you create content? which tool do you use to create posts? and if there is a tool that can make it easier for you what features do you care about?
I care about not having any features at all. I like writing restructured text. I can do it straight on the Github interface if I'm in a real hurry to fix something while on the go, but to create content, I just use VIM, and do spell check in Grammarly.
That's a nice setup as it's so close to what I'm doing. but what do you think about a service that gives you mobile/web/desktop apps that helps you manage your static sites and has features that make your wiring experience better?
That would be awesome! And I have already a great name suggestion for you (just out of the top of my head): Wordpress
Seriously, if I'm going static there should be a reason, for everything else, there's the blogosphere. I would never ever ever used a 'service' to manage a static website.
I'm not talking about just managing. the main purpose is an app that improves UX of writing content for static websites. inline images rendering and supporting other plugins like mermaid will make it great experience. of course tools like VIM or VSCode are good for markdown editing but I see it worth having an app that focuses on static websites
You are arguing with me, who just told you I won't use your product. If you are trying to validate an idea, you should go after people who understand what you are trying to deliver, because I honestly don't. Therefore, I strongly advise you to stop wasting time with people like me.
Also, you need to improve a lot your pitching and listening skills if you want to make the best out of these interactions.
I said:
To which you reply:
And then, again, I say:
you:
So, do you see what the problem is here?
I am not a novice, and I am telling you I am happy with what I have, I see no pains at all, and you skipped it completely.
I tell you I use restructured text, you insist with Markdown.
I mentioned I have to use Grammarly for spell check, which means I am already using 2 tools to achieve my goal (a text editor and a spell checker), which can give you a hint to a pain point I, perhaps, am not aware of as such.
You confuse me with service, app, etc. I don't see at all what you want to do, just seems your product will make my life more complicated.
Just 4 points on which you can reflect to improve. If you are trying to validate, you shouldn't try to impose your solution on me. Let me realize I need whatever you have. If I don't, them I'm just not a customer. If nobody else does, then you have no business.
Gatsby is terrific even with a somewhat steep learning curve...I am a consummate beginner/intermediate with technology and still got a few sites launched and served by dokku/docker on aws.
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and what tool -editor- do you use to create content?
Nothing sophisticated yet, since needs are low, vs code.
+1 for Gatsby! It's amazing :)
Thanks for sharing, and it's nice to consider the UX aspect even in the creation of the content. I stumbled upon your post because right now I'm looking for a text editor that does RTL for a project I'm working on, just something where I don't need to use tags to indicate direction while writing/editing.
As for text editors, I like Dillinger for their clean interface and their import/export options. Few months ago I set up a Gatsby blog to do some testing and hooked it up to Prismic, which I thought had a nice and easy to use interface. I actually work as an editor in my professional life (as in editing texts), which means I do care quite a bit about both content and presentation. I think having a well-designed tool makes the brain process the content better, and so in most (if not all) aspects in life I prefer to choose good hardy tools with good design. I would definitely be interested in an online text editor for generating and managing content.
I'm reviving my own site and looking at static site generators, after long experience with CMSes. I've narrowed it down to Jekyll and Pelican.
So far, Pelican seems much saner, easier to configure and launch, and easier to use and customize themes. It just felt more...intuitive to me so far, structurally and process-wise.
I'm also biased, because I want to avoid long-term JS/NPM/framework dependencies, so I avoided Hugo, Gatsby, Vuepress, Next.js, etc.
I use Hugo on my sites. Having a markdown editor that would automatically push the files to Git would be pretty handy, especially if it shows me a preview. One of the biggest issues I think about when I use Hugo is how to make it easy for someone with zero technical experience to add a blog post to the site.
That's what I'm trying to achieve with my app. thanks for the feedback. it's really helpful to see people in need of something you work on.
GatsbyJs
Thanks for sharing. but what tool do you use to manage the content?
I added the gatsby-starter-blog starter to my Gatsby project (you can read an overview of my setup here) so I just write the content in markdown files in the
content/blog/directory of my Gatsby project and commit them in my Github repo. My Github repo for my blog is open to the public, so you can clone it and play around with it on your own.I use Gatsby for my blog.
Thanks for sharing. but what tool do you use to manage the content?
https://www.bludit.com
Just added RTL support on https://versoly.com/, would love for you to test it and see if it is working fine :)
Blogs currently don't support RTL as the potential customer only needed landing pages at the time.
Very nice tool. will check it. thanks for sharing