Blau 
@blaurascon@critter.cafe · Reply to Blau :neocat_floof_w_: :therian:'s post
ok i remembered this and i am gonna make it public so more people can see it:
i am looking for website software™. i have tried quite a few and none of them really fit all my needs. i'm keen to hear recommendations
i have two websites:
- personal website, blog exists but is not the primary focus of the site
- kzk website, many pages, avatar info, resource (uv map etc) downloads, & lore repository, more often updated blog, & at least 2 people need to be able to work on the site with minimal fuss
i expect that it might take different things to accomplish these two use cases, but it'd be cool if i could do both with the same thing
i use NFSN for hosting, so it needs to be able to install / run / whatever there
i am currently using kiki - i very much like it, however, i'm running into the "too much friction in my update-the-site process for me to remember to do the thing" problem again. for the kinzart site, umbra also needs to be able to log in and edit the site - kiki's process is relatively simple, but he's not quite as much of a computer toucher as i am and i would like to make the process as painless as possible for him. (kiki does have a wiki mode that might work here, but i haven't gotten to test it myself yet. it's on the ever-growing burnout to-do list)
i have used, in no particular order:
- jekyll & 11ty: SSGs in general are nice and all but the update-the-site process is enough of a pain that i lose interest in using them very quickly. also not a fan of having to install four zillion extra packages. especially not from npm anymore lmao
- publii: honestly fine but i entirely killed my poor install trying to port the wip kzk site into it due to the sheer size of the thing. not entirely sure how that happened. couple other UI/UX prickles i had that i can't recall precisely right now
- wordpress: it's wordpress. it functions. i would rather not use it. too bloated, too mullenweg. also feck the gutenberg editor
- grav: felt like it was actively fighting me the whole time i was using it
i know there are more things out there, there has to be something that might work better than what we have going on right now
i have looked into ghost, but iirc the newer version doesn't work with nfsn's database system? unless that changed? and i am not very interested in swapping hosts at the moment
joomla and drupal exist but they both seem very overkill for what i'm doing, and also refused to install properly on nfsn when i tried lmao
movable type exists but it's also paid license for a zillion dollars that i do not have nor would spend on that for my purposes
classicpress exists but, still, would like to avoid wordpress
i'm aware of bookstack and might be able to bang that into shape, but it's gonna be a while before i have the energy to try
also a reiteration: i would rather not use another SSG a la jekyll / hugo / 11ty, unless the usage process is much less of a pain in the arse
and a specific note: if i had the energy to write my own thing, or code the whole sites from scratch, i would. i do not, i can not, please don't be That Guy in the replies
what yall got to recommend
Navi 
I haven't really wrote much about it on here but i will be in the future! The plan to make a Nokia as if it was created today. (USB-C, 5G etc.) I have a picture of it attached. It is written in 
I plan on making it a fun place to check out and interact with.
. I am planning to get back to it but have not found the time lately. I like playing them as well of course. I currently play 
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making websites look pretty with 
btw, trying very hard not to break it while tinkering with it. 
