2024-04-26 22:53:51 +00:00
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title: Why use a static site generator
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date: 2024-04-23
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2024-05-20 22:58:27 +00:00
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permalink: daily/2024/04/23/why-use-a-static-site-generator
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2024-04-26 22:53:51 +00:00
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- software-development
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- php
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- sculpin
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cta: ~
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Why use a static site generator instead of a CMS?
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[In February][yesterday], I spoke at the PHP South West meetup about Sculpin - a static site generator written in PHP.
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Sculpin uses Twig, HTML and Markdown to generate static HTML files that you can upload to any web server.
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You don't need PHP or a database server - making it simpler and cheaper to host compared to a CMS-powered site.
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There's also no database for people to hack into and, as they're just static HTML pages, they are very quick to load.
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The downside is that files need to be created and edited locally or editing Git files on GitHub, etc, as there's no CMS to log into.
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Still, for some projects, static site generators are a great option.
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For Drupal, there's Tome - a module that creates a static website from a Drupal installation, and something I plan to investigate.
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[yesterday]: {{site.url}}/archive/2024/04/22/building-websites-with-php-and-sculpin
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