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 <[email protected]> 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 > > _______________________________________________________ > fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, > see http://lists.idrc.ocad.ca/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work > -- *JONATHAN HUNG* INCLUSIVE DESIGNER, IDRC *T:* 416 977 6000 x3951 *F:* 416 977 9844 *E:* [email protected] *OCAD UNIVERSITY* Inclusive Design Research Centre 205 Richmond Street W, Toronto, ON, M5V 1V3 www.ocadu.ca www.idrc.ocad.ca
_______________________________________________________ fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://lists.idrc.ocad.ca/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work
