.. vim: noexpandtab fileencoding=utf-8 nomodified wrap textwidth=200 foldmethod=marker foldmarker={{{,}}} foldcolumn=4 ruler showcmd lcs=tab\:|- list :date: 2023.03.27 08:22:11 :modified: 2023.04.24 04:02:14 :tags: doc :authors: Gilhad :summary: AsketicAligator - what it is :title: AsketicAligator :nice_title: |logo| %title% |logo| %HEADER% Why AsketicAligator ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * easy to install (unzip and fill in your informations like name of your site) * easy to use (write your pages in plain text and let it take care about the rest) * easy to deploy - any webhosting fits (it will just serve HTML+CSS files and your images - no databases, no languages, no frameworks needed) * extra fast on modern computers, usable on historic ones :) * easy to backup your pages/your site * simple template easy to modify Intro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * AsketicAligator is light-weight SSG based on `make`, `python`, `docutils` and `Jinja 2` templates (do not worry, you do not need to understand this all) * SSG stands for Static Site Generator - it generate everything on your local computer, so it can be then uploaded on server, where is no need for interpreters and databases * that means, that the pages do not offer entry point for hackers * also the pages can be downloaded and used localy * light-weight means * does not need database on your computer * check and regenerate only what is really need to regenerate * works good even on old, low power, slow computers * is fast on modern computers * have only basic functionality * by being small it can be easily modified * under 0.3 MB size with default theme :) * also it keeps in mind modern multi-core computers and can use all cores to be extra fast :) * while resulting pages are targeted at PC browsers, it should work everywhere * just HTML+CSS - no flash, javascript or so * no size restrictions, no empty placeholders * all internal links relative (so just dowload it and it will work and look as well offline) * uses `reStructuredText `__ (.rst files) with some enhancements * it is easy to write pages in RST * it is readable even without reformating into HTML (or other formats) * AsketicAligator also put source files on web, so you can look, how this pages was written * AsketicAligator come with few tools, which me be handy (check broken links, test pages, etc ...) * (check broken links, test pages, etc ...) * AsketicAligator is under GPL license, so can be used for free (see `GPU license `__) * for the resulting website you can ofcourse choose any license