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diff --git a/static_site_generator.mdwn b/static_site_generator.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +A Satic Site Generator is a piece of software that takes some input - often simple text files or markdown files - and turns them into static HTML pages that can be served by most any web server. + +This has many advantages: + +1. You don't have to maintain and update any server software. +2. The site is more efficient as it does not require special processing on each page view. +3. There is less risk of "bit-rot" where the server software is unmaintained and the web site becomes inaccessible - something often seen on older blogs and web pages that used a CMS that reaches [[obsolescence]]. +4. The web site can continue to be readable years later as long as the HTML documents are still around. + +They also have some disadvantages, mostly in terms of editing and work-flows which might seem unconventional or awkward to users accustomed to more graphical or cloud-based workflows.