[kwlug-disc] Website management tools

[Myles Braithwaite]

CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> 1) Low maintenance for me (i.e. without the constant barrage of security
> updates that I finally gave up on and now ignore regularly)
> 2) Some way for my wife to post new articles in a blog-like fashion from
> her Ubuntu laptop or her Android tablet.  Please keep in mind that while
> she's very smart, she wants something very simple and easy to use (and
> she doesn't want to learn any programming).
> 3) We don't (at this time) need any ecommerce type stuff (we're not
> selling stuff online), but we would probably be open to some simple
> tricks like having a customer fill out a form with their contact
> information, that sort of thing.  So HTTPS isn't mandatory (although it
> wouldn't hurt).

If security issues are a concern doing a static site generator might be
the best option.

Lektor[0] is really cool, it's a WordPress/Drupal like CMS that get's
published on the server as HTML files. It doesn't require the command
line interface to manage the site (unlike most static website generators).

[0]: <https://www.getlektor.com/>