[TriLUG] Blogging software recommendation

[Sean Alexandre via TriLUG]

I'm doing something similar to this, but using git + ikiwiki instead of git
+ jekyll. I'm not familiar with jekyll, so can't compare, but have really
liked ikiwiki.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikiwiki
https://ikiwiki.info/




On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 2:22 PM, Alan Porter via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

>
> I have moved to a git + jekyll wiki for my own personal notes. It's the
> same as the github solution mentioned earlier, but hosted myself.
>
> Basically, the content is all stored in text files... in plain text or
> markdown format.  From anywhere, I check out my "wiki" git project, which
> contains the content and a special script.  I edit the content text files,
> and then I push my changes back up to the server.
>
> At that point, a post-update hook script runs.  It loops through all of
> the *.txt and *.md files, runs jekyll (a template system that adds the
> layout, top banner, menu, whatever) and it produces a bunch of static HTML
> files.  It also produces an index file that lists the contents of the
> wiki.  It's a pretty simple script, and there's almost nothing that needs
> to be administered or locked down.
>
> You would need a place to host the git repo and the generated HTML.  A
> shell account on the TriLUG server would be a fine choice.
>
> I have a skeleton of the wiki (just the scripts, with no wiki content) on
> my github.  Feel free to borrow and adapt it.
>
> https://github.com/sudoer/simple-jekyll-wiki
>
>
> Alan
>
>
>
>
> I have collected a ton of notes over the last few years and need to
>> consolidate it to a single entity (blog/website/etc) so I can reference it
>> later.  This is more for me than anyone else (however, I *hope* other
>> people find it useful)..
>>
>
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