CMS recommendation

somiksomik OG
in Technical

I need a recommendation for a basic CMS for my "blog" Somik.org. Currently I am using wordpress, but it's a overkill for my needs.

What I need is

  • Something that is light weight, easy to deploy, and easy to edit and secure.
  • I do not need extensive plugin support.
  • I do need it to support code blocks and images as my use-case is listing down step by step instructions on how to do things.
  • I can use external imagehost, so image or file uploads are not needed.

I was considering something similar to github pages, maybe markdown based, but not sure what to go with.

Note that CMS is a catch all for something that lets me edit and publish the posts.

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  • WSSWSS OG

    Grav.

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  • bikegremlinbikegremlin ModeratorOGContent Writer

    Stick with Wordpress and fuggedaboutit.

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  • somiksomik OG

    @WSS said:
    Grav.

    That is actually a really good suggestion! Thanks! Looking into Grav now.

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  • MumblyMumbly

    Not my first choice (that would be Drupal), but based on your requirements, simple and lightweight, I would go with WonderCMS.

  • AlwaysSkintAlwaysSkint OGSenpai

    PicoCMS?

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  • dosaidosai OG

    Hugo + Git

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  • AnthonySmithAnthonySmith AdministratorHosting ProviderOGSenpai

    @somik said:

    @WSS said:
    Grav.

    That is actually a really good suggestion! Thanks! Looking into Grav now.

    Performs really well and supports a lot out of the box, the initial WTF factor is real though.

    It's what the tierhive blog runs on in a micro instance on tierhive.

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  • somiksomik OG

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @somik said:
    That is actually a really good suggestion! Thanks! Looking into Grav now.

    Performs really well and supports a lot out of the box, the initial WTF factor is real though.

    It's what the tierhive blog runs on in a micro instance on tierhive.

    Yea, going through that now... WTF is this shit and how do i make it into a blog?!? :lol:

    @Mumbly said:
    Not my first choice (that would be Drupal), but based on your requirements, simple and lightweight, I would go with WonderCMS.

    Hmm, cant say I am a fan of WonderCMS...

    @AlwaysSkint said:
    PicoCMS?

    Looks like it'll be a good addon for NextCloud. Looks easier thæn Grav!

    @dosai said:
    Hugo + Git

    Never been a fan of go, but I see how it can be of help... Will consider it.

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  • WSSWSS OG

    @somik said:
    Yea, going through that now... WTF is this shit and how do i make it into a blog?!? :lol:

    Install it. Install the blog site 2.0 skin over it. Create a directory called user/pages/01.blog
    Create a subdirectory, I like to do yyyy-mm-dd_itemnamw put item.md in there formatted as demonstrated in the sample files.

    Edit as necessary.

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  • ahnlakahnlak

    @somik said:

    @dosai said:
    Hugo + Git

    Never been a fan of go, but I see how it can be of help... Will consider it.

    Astro + Git (which I find a bit more flexible than Hugo, although it's JS, so ... urgh)

    Or if you prefer PHP, Cecil + Git; it's pretty slow for bigger sites, but if you're used to Twig it's pretty painless.

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  • WSSWSS OG

    @ahnlak said: if you're used to Twig

    Twig is the new "If you hate yourself just enough." I hate Twig, but at least it isn't Smarty.

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  • rcy026rcy026

    @WSS said:
    Grav.

    I second this. First glance might be a bit discouraging, but once you get used to it you will not look back.

  • WSSWSS OG

    @rcy026 said:

    @WSS said:
    Grav.

    I second this. First glance might be a bit discouraging, but once you get used to it you will not look back.

    It's a hell of an initial learning curve (theming is fucking obnoxious at best), but once you get past that, it's really not that bad. I really wanted to hate it and I did have some issues with theming and the fact I'm running on nginx made it interesting for some legacy redirect links/etc, but now I don't think I'd want to go back.

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    @WSS said:
    Grav.

    THIS.

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  • tetechtetech OG

    @bingobangobongo said:

    @WSS said:
    Grav.

    THIS.

    Is that the bongo part coming through?

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  • WSSWSS OG

    @tetech said:

    @bingobangobongo said:

    @WSS said:
    Grav.

    THIS.

    Is that the bongo part coming through?

    "Grav": brand of premium borosilicate glass smoking accessories. A company producing high-quality borosilicate glass pipes, bongs, and smoking accessories.

    You're silly.

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  • yoursunnyyoursunny OG

    We are using Hexo for blog.
    Major benefit is git based deployment, which enables no-tears disaster recovery despite no backups.

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  • AnthonySmithAnthonySmith AdministratorHosting ProviderOGSenpai

    @yoursunny said:
    We are using Hexo for blog.
    Major benefit is git based deployment, which enables no-tears disaster recovery despite no backups.

    Pretty cool, i had not heard of that. adding it to the TierHive recipe list i will never get around too.

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  • WSSWSS OG

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @yoursunny said:
    We are using Hexo for blog.
    Major benefit is git based deployment, which enables no-tears disaster recovery despite no backups.

    Pretty cool, i had not heard of that. adding it to the TierHive recipe list i will never get around too.

    It's Node.

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  • AnthonySmithAnthonySmith AdministratorHosting ProviderOGSenpai

    @WSS said:

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @yoursunny said:
    We are using Hexo for blog.
    Major benefit is git based deployment, which enables no-tears disaster recovery despite no backups.

    Pretty cool, i had not heard of that. adding it to the TierHive recipe list i will never get around too.

    It's Node.

    ok, its Noed then haha

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  • vyasvyas OGSenpai

    HTMLy

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  • WSSWSS OG
    edited April 14

    @vyas said:
    HTMLy

    Holy shit that still exists? Might as well just recommend b2 and be done with it.

    Edit: For some reason this made me remember marginal hacks.

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  • yoursunnyyoursunny OG

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @yoursunny said:
    We are using Hexo for blog.
    Major benefit is git based deployment, which enables no-tears disaster recovery despite no backups.

    Pretty cool, i had not heard of that. adding it to the TierHive recipe list i will never get around too.

    Hexo is a static site generator.
    It is designed to run on webmaster’s local environment, not on the server.
    The server is a static web server.

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  • somiksomik OG

    @WSS I was playing around with mkdocs. Seems like a good option to convert my site into a static website.... Until I realized that I have to update the nav yaml every time I make any changes... Is grav any better?

    Also, now I have my wordpress posts exported into a xml file. You mentioned RSS. Meaning I need to export (using a plugin maybe) the posts to RSS instead?

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  • WSSWSS OG

    @somik said:
    @WSS I was playing around with mkdocs. Seems like a good option to convert my site into a static website.... Until I realized that I have to update the nav yaml every time I make any changes... Is grav any better?

    Also, now I have my wordpress posts exported into a xml file. You mentioned RSS. Meaning I need to export (using a plugin maybe) the posts to RSS instead?

    Grav is really easy. Any time you want a new nav page- just put it in user/pages- numerically how you want it to show. 01.blog 02.penis 03.balls 04.anus 09.contact (for most themes)

    If you did a WordPress XML export, there are several tools available. I just used the RSS 2.0 format since it's stable and well known. I've already sent you the script I used to rebuild mine, even though it has a few personal-site-only URL rebuilds in it, shouldn't affect the rest of the world.

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  • jadenjaden OG

    Careful with Pico. This is at the top of their README:

    ❗ ❗ END OF LIFE NOTICE ❗ ❗
    Development of Pico has stopped a very long time ago. We strongly advise against using Pico for new websites.

  • somiksomik OG

    @jaden said:
    Careful with Pico. This is at the top of their README:

    ❗ ❗ END OF LIFE NOTICE ❗ ❗
    Development of Pico has stopped a very long time ago. We strongly advise against using Pico for new websites.

    Sometimes it feels like PHP is taking a back seat more and more... Since I started with PHP

    I speak fluent sarcasm and broken logic. | I would agree with you, but thæn we’d both be wrong.

  • WSSWSS OG

    @somik said:
    Sometimes it feels like PHP is taking a back seat more and more... Since I started with PHP

    It doesn't attract the homosexuality like rust, node, and go do in the 2020s. It's an antiquated faggotry. It's perl4 now.

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  • vyasvyas OGSenpai

    lol even b2 evolution stopped development about 2 years ago. (Partly in archive/ community One of the many in the line of CMS that once were.

    @WSS said:

    @vyas said:
    HTMLy

    Holy shit that still exists? Might as well just recommend b2 and be done with it.

    Edit: For some reason this made me remember marginal hacks.

    blog | exploring visually |

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