HTMLY
I began to think about replacing my org-static-blog software with blogging software that has the ability to edit in the browser. I thought the first place to look for a flat-file static blog style software could be to see what Bob Mottram has in Libreserver (an easy-to-implement server similar to YunoHost). (I briefly tried Libreserver before.)I discovered that he still has the same two blogging systems, HTMLY and the ominously named Bludit. HTMLY seemed the simplest, so I installed it on my VPS. But I had forgotten to check if it is still maintained; and it ain't. This means that, since it is implemented in PHP, that it is not supported in the current version 8.2. Besides the 501 or 502 error screen I ended up with (which may or may not be related), this is no good. I quickly got rid of it. Someone has made a fork that supports up to PHP 8.1, partially, but there's just one developer on that, and he doesn't seem totally committed to the project either. So there's Bludit, which is actively maintained. But that's also on PHP, and I had already grown weary from the previous failure. I don't want to use software that is in danger of breaking with software updates, and PHP seems almost notorious for breaking implementations in previous versions - it happened here with Hubzilla.
I did look for some flat blogging systems written in Python and other languages, but it seems like most of them are similar to what I've got, i.e. write offline and then publish online. For that, Org-static-blog is actually fine.
But I think I will just give up and leave everything on Hubzilla. I'm going to be traveling and away from home a lot, and I don't want to spend time maintaining things. I might not even have a computer with me. My Hubzilla system is on K&T Host, and they seem to be doing a fine job of maintaining it, and it isn't too expensive, so that's fine for me. In any case, I'm not such a serious blogger, these days.
hosh
hosh8764@hub.vikshepa.net
