Static website generation

ruby-talk
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Anyone have a static site generation tool to recommend? I'm looking at
webgen, which seems pretty good, but if there are other nice ones out
there I'd like to spend a few days comparing them before diving in.

martin

2

I just write all my source in [Markdown][1] (processing it with
[BlueCloth][2]) and have a little script rummage through them
processing the ones that are newer than their generated html
counterparts. Actually, I should probably be using rake for that, but
am doing it manually at the moment.

---John

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On 7/10/06, Martin DeMello <martindemello@gmail.com> wrote:

Anyone have a static site generation tool to recommend? I'm looking at
webgen, which seems pretty good, but if there are other nice ones out
there I'd like to spend a few days comparing them before diving in.

martin

3

Gah!

[1]: Daring Fireball: Markdown
[2]: dev(E)iate

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On 7/10/06, John Gabriele <jmg3000@gmail.com> wrote:

On 7/10/06, Martin DeMello <martindemello@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone have a static site generation tool to recommend? I'm looking at
> webgen, which seems pretty good, but if there are other nice ones out
> there I'd like to spend a few days comparing them before diving in.
>
> martin

I just write all my source in [Markdown][1] (processing it with
[BlueCloth][2]) and have a little script rummage through them
processing the ones that are newer than their generated html
counterparts. Actually, I should probably be using rake for that, but
am doing it manually at the moment.

---John

4

Thanks John; I did consider that sort of approach, but this is a
rather large site, so I'm looking for something that will give me a
bit more of a "helping hand" in terms of standardised navigation,
central configuration of repeated elements, etc.

martin

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On 7/10/06, John Gabriele <jmg3000@gmail.com> wrote:

On 7/10/06, Martin DeMello <martindemello@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone have a static site generation tool to recommend? I'm looking at
> webgen, which seems pretty good, but if there are other nice ones out
> there I'd like to spend a few days comparing them before diving in.
>
> martin

I just write all my source in [Markdown][1] (processing it with
[BlueCloth][2]) and have a little script rummage through them
processing the ones that are newer than their generated html
counterparts. Actually, I should probably be using rake for that, but
am doing it manually at the moment.

5

Martin DeMello wrote:

rather large site, so I'm looking for something that will give me a
bit more of a "helping hand" in terms of standardised navigation,
central configuration of repeated elements, etc.

Never used it but...

http://www.zenspider.com/ZSS/Products/ZenWeb/

I'll be curious know what you end up with.

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       vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407

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Thanks - will give it a spin too!

martin

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On 7/11/06, Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu> wrote:

Martin DeMello wrote:
> rather large site, so I'm looking for something that will give me a
> bit more of a "helping hand" in terms of standardised navigation,
> central configuration of repeated elements, etc.

Never used it but...

zenspider projects | software projects | by ryan davis

I'll be curious know what you end up with.