Wouldn't it be great if you could type out an article on your computer, push a couple of buttons, and have it appear on the web? No clunky page builders, no admin logins, and no mandatory updates. With the right setup for your website, this is possible. I wrote about …
  • @[email protected]
    1•9 months ago

    The advantage of static site generators is you have your template and it’s filled by the data for each page. It’s generally very simple and intuitive.

    The problem with doing it your way is if you need to change a common element you have to edit every page. Instead of just changing the template.

    Markdown to html just works so well as all your pages are structured the same.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•9 months ago

      I use PHP to generate anything repetitive. With that and CSS it’s pretty easy to make site wide changes.