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by squeakynick 3805 days ago
I'm embarrassed to say that I still hand write my blog directly in HTML using Notepad++ and manually FTP changes to the hosting company. Most of my blog is static HMTL, with a smidgen of script for analytics or occasional interaction. Every now and then I'll use some light PHP (typically when I need interaction with a database on the server).
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axx 3805 days ago
It's a good solution if it's what you need. Focus on the content, not on the tech behind it!
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EvanPlaice 3802 days ago
Madness!

J/k. But if you are familiar with NPM, install node-ftpsync.

Configuration is really easy. Just one small json file at the root of your site.

One command and your local files are automagically synced. It does file diff checking so it'll only upload the files that have changed.

I originally wrote it because inherited a site located on shared hosting. I got really tired of the cognitive overhead of manually uploading changes via FileZilla then checking, rechecking, and praying that I didn't forget something.

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akerro 3805 days ago
I'm going to do the same. I modified a wordpress theme to fit better my needs, after an update all my changes were gone (I had a backup ofc), but it's irritating that I have to patch my theme after every update. I'm going to create a few scripts that will host my blog on gitlab and post it automatically on my server. Static pages are the future.
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moepstar 3804 days ago
This is most probably because you've done it wrong ;)

WordPress has a concept called "child [1] which shouldn't result in behavior like that.

[1] https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

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akerro 3804 days ago
Thing is, I never wrote any php code and I have no idea about CSS. My modification included only removing existing code which I didn't like.
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ocdtrekkie 3805 days ago
Why be embarrassed? If it works it works. And I bet those pages load faster than most other blogs out there.
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squeakynick 3805 days ago
Try it out; select an article from here ...

http://datagenetics.com/blog.html

Shameless plug :)

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rhizome 3805 days ago
Yeah, hardcore! I helped run a music review blog in ~1998 that gained at least 10 reviews per week, all handcoded HTML with multiple audio samples. I mean, when markdown is a common enough blogging format on its own, handcoding HTML to get the same effect isn't going to be crazy.
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Tomte 3805 days ago
Me too!

Well, not a blog, but my web site.

But I'd love to see a resurgence of a Bricolage- or MovableType-like tool.

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