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Why use a static site generator

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+title: Why use a static site generator
+date: 2024-04-23
+permalink: archive/2024/04/23/why-use-a-static-site-generator
+tags:
+    - software-development
+    - php
+    - sculpin
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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