Going to be redoing my website this week. I'd ideally like something lightweight and rock-solid that mostly works with static content, but I would like to have the option to add very limited eCommerce, comment form and contact form options at a later stage. WordPress seems vastly overkill for this, while I was mildly underwhelmed by #ghost last time I tried, partially due to the #accessibility of the backoffice lagging behind where I'd like it to be.
What would be good for this, something based on #astro perhaps? Eleventy? Roll my own? #webdev #indieWeb

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/6c143cb2-dbbc-4fb8-97d3-35e4800e6051/going-to-be-redoing-my-website-this-week.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:25:36 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 10:59:20 GMT60@zersiax Oh no no, it's overkill. I didn't spin up Symfony there, as much I like it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/menelion/statuses/116522616833401348https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/menelion/statuses/116522616833401348Tue, 05 May 2026 15:13:51 GMT@frasermclean yeah Astro might be the ticket, I'm mostly a back-end guy but Astro seems to be a good JS gateway drug without getting into the weeds too much

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/zersiax/statuses/116522616566563818https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/zersiax/statuses/116522616566563818Tue, 05 May 2026 15:13:47 GMT@menelion hah, I don't need to vibe code PHP if that's what I end up going with, wrote PHP for a living for years. Would actually love to spin up a Laravel project again to see what's changed but I hear frightening tales about a weird new commercial direction they're heading in

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/zersiax/statuses/116522614279653653https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/zersiax/statuses/116522614279653653Tue, 05 May 2026 15:13:12 GMT@zersiax Are there any materials (blog posts, discussion threads, etc.) suggesting that there is gonna be some sort of shift away from Eleventy maintenance? @jibsaram @KaraLG84

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/jscholes/statuses/116522611194462583https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/jscholes/statuses/116522611194462583Tue, 05 May 2026 15:12:25 GMT@grumpyoldtechie how did you end up adding eCommerce/forms, something like FormSpree/other third party SAAS options?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/zersiax/statuses/116522609076031050https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/zersiax/statuses/116522609076031050Tue, 05 May 2026 15:11:52 GMT@jibsaram @jscholes @KaraLG84 That is honestly why I am hesitating re: Eleventy. I've been meaning to properly check it out but I'm not sure I like what I'm seeing as of late.
Hugo, Jekyl and Astro are on my list to look into but this link for sure has some extra bits, thanks for sharing!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/zersiax/statuses/116522606723043736https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/zersiax/statuses/116522606723043736Tue, 05 May 2026 15:11:17 GMT@khleedril Honestly lack of time, mostly. HAVING a place where I can wax poetic about all the things I do is something i'd like. MAKING that place, less so. Tinkering with it, adding to something that already works, sure, but achieving escape velocity is the drudgery part for me

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/zersiax/statuses/116522602568104787https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/zersiax/statuses/116522602568104787Tue, 05 May 2026 15:10:13 GMT@zersiax If you are capable of rolling your own, why don't you do that? In small steps, you can make it exactly how you like it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/khleedril/statuses/116522521365408403https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/khleedril/statuses/116522521365408403Tue, 05 May 2026 14:49:34 GMT@jscholes@dragonscave.space @zersiax@cupoftea.social @KaraLG84@dragonscave.space it's going to be interesting to see where Eleventy is heading, now that it's becoming "Build Awesome."

A few options that might be worth considering and don't depend on the JavaScript ecosystem —and all that that brings with it— in no particular order: Hugo (Go) Jekyll (Ruby), Pelican (Python), BSSG (Bash), and Zine (Zig).

A potentially useful resource is https://www.jamstack.org

I was personally rebuilding my blog using Hugo (coming from Ghost), but I've been reconsidering that choice for other reasons, and was looking at some of the ones I mentioned above. Right now I'm personally leaning towards Nikola (Python), but have not fully made up my mind just yet.

I hope this helps!
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://68k.social/jibsaram/p/1777988303.922118https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://68k.social/jibsaram/p/1777988303.922118Tue, 05 May 2026 13:38:23 GMT@zersiax @KaraLG84 Eleventy would be my vote for a static site generator if you don't mind writing JavaScript and being opinionated yourself about project structure. Add those other things via alternative services, like Stripe links.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/jscholes/statuses/116522080938264537https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/jscholes/statuses/116522080938264537Tue, 05 May 2026 12:57:34 GMT@zersiax I use hugo to generate static content there are other static site generators if hugo doesn’t do it for you. It was surprisingly easy to integrate e-commerce when I had to but adding comments and forms were more difficult but not too difficult. You can really host hugo sites almost anywhere.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hostux.social/users/grumpyoldtechie/statuses/116521996812216272https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hostux.social/users/grumpyoldtechie/statuses/116521996812216272Tue, 05 May 2026 12:36:10 GMT@zersiax Vibe code a few PHP files, wrap into a Docker container (I can give you my docker compose if you wish). Thus you'll be free to implement eCommerce in future.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/menelion/statuses/116521814342349802https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dragonscave.space/users/menelion/statuses/116521814342349802Tue, 05 May 2026 11:49:46 GMT@zersiax I highly recommend Astro if you have some development skills. I've been using it for my own site and I love it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/frasermclean/statuses/116521739038969989https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/frasermclean/statuses/116521739038969989Tue, 05 May 2026 11:30:37 GMT@zersiax I mean my personal site is just built with Astro and tailwindcss and that's all I need. If you're looking for something minimal and solid I say just roll your own.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/rozodru/statuses/116521685200599419https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/rozodru/statuses/116521685200599419Tue, 05 May 2026 11:16:55 GMT