• snorkbubs@fedia.io
    319·
    1 year ago

    My answer is probably boring, but it works, and I had fun with my own. Just set up Wordpress. At this point, you can find templates for any site design imaginable, and there are a million plugins for it. It’s an all-around solid platform, that has mountains of documentation. Wordpress was made for blogging, can’t go wrong there, but I’ve used it for all kinds of stuff, including ecommerce. It’s simple and effective enough that I have a hard time going any other direction.

    I used to host Wordpress sites on a home LAMP server; it was a fun project that didn’t cause a bunch of headaches, mainly because of the amount of available documentation. Search “wordpress self-host” and you’ll find a whole lot of information.

    Good luck with whatever you decide on!

    • GreyBeard@lemmy.oneEnglish
      181·
      1 year ago

      The problem with WordPress and the like is maintenance. If you don’t keep it up to date, it will get taken by malware. Guaranteed. Any plugins you add increase the risk.

      I moved my blog to a markdown based compiled site a long time ago so I didn’t have to worry about that upkeep.

        • aksdb@feddit.deEnglish
          9·
          1 year ago

          But why? If you don’t need moving parts, don’t use moving parts. Simplicity is king.

    • rglullis@communick.newsEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      I’m yet to understand why people downvote comments like yours. Your answer was on-topic, provided a reasoning, was well-written… even if I haven’t fully recovered from the trauma of having two wordpress sites hacked, I still think your comment has merit.

      • Deebster@infosec.pubEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        It turns out that people on Lemmy are no better responsibly using a downvote button than anywhere else. I think you should have to at least select a reason why you’re downvoting to add some friction - maybe options something like “I don’t like this”, “I disagree”, “This is factually incorrect”, “Spam”, “Abusive language”, etc. Then you can filter out the first two!

            • astraeus@programming.devEnglish
              4·
              1 year ago

              I wish this were the case. I have to manage multiple Wordpress sites and its backend is a sticky mess of outdated PHP conventions and plugins with very little standardization and even less thorough verification. If you’ve ever had to migrate sites or move new content from one site to another, if you’ve ever had to shift domains or deal with multi-site configurations, you will realize that Wordpress makes things easy for the end-user but there’s a reason there are so many managed Wordpress offerings out there.

        • AnonymousLemming@feddit.deEnglish
          51·
          1 year ago

          If Hugo stops working down the line, you can compile your markdown with something else. Simple is king!