Static Site Generator Community Meeting (March 12)

[Jonathan Hung]

Hi everyone,

It would be good if a static site generator be able to handle the following
use cases: project information site, blog / project news, and documentation.

More specifically, the site generator should be able to handle:
- complex site navigation like in the case of documentation
- adding new content and have the structure and navigation update itself
without much work (i.e. easily add a piece of news or a new blog post)


Also, whatever tool we choose, we should be mindful of who will use it -
the people tasked with modifying or adding content may not use these tools
enough to be experts. I think we should aim for a solution where someone
can pick up a set of instructions, and be able to accomplish their work
without much difficulty.

To summarize:

Criteria: Easy enough for step-by-step instructions.
Reason: Non-experts may be asked to add content.

Criteria: Be able to handle complex site navigation.
Reason: We would like to be able to use it for documentation.

Criteria: Be able to handle news or blog style content easily.
Reason: Project sites are updated periodically with news content.

I look forward to hearing other criteria we should consider.

- Jon.

- Jon.



On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Justin Obara <obara.justin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Recently we've been exploring the idea of moving away from larger, more
> complex, content management systems for the Fluid Project site and
> potentially other websites hosted by the IDRC. For our sites that do not
> require a back end server, this should both simplify the creation process
> and minimize on the amount of infrastructure we need to maintain it.
>
> For the March 12 (2:30 pm ET) community meeting we'll be discussing the
> criteria for selecting a static site generator. The goal of the meeting
> will be to come up with a set of criteria that we will use to evaluate the
> many static site generators <http://staticsitegenerators.net/> against,
> along with concrete reasons for why those criteria are important. If you
> are interested and able to help out with the decision making process, from
> putting forward selection criteria to helping research and test possible
> solutions, please make sure to join the meeting.
>
> Community meetings are held locally at the IDRC in the collaboration room,
> and we are able to accommodate remote participants via Skype. If you are
> unable to join the meeting in person or remotely, but still would like to
> contribute, please feel free to reply to this thread.
>
> If you would like to make suggestions on criteria for selecting a static
> site generator, please ensure you raise them in the following format
>
>  Criteria
>  Reason
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Justin
>
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