Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned

Re:Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned by user5994461 on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:05PM (#15955938)

Static site don't have comments and analytics.

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Re:Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned by darekkay on Monday December 18, 2017 @08:43PM (#15957107)

I've got a static blog with both. You don't even need JavaScript for analytics, when using something like GoAccess[0] (I haven't noticed any meaningful differences after switching).

[0] https://goaccess.io/

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Re:Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned by DeGi on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @02:59AM (#15958530)

GoAccess seems like a great tool. Thanks for pointing it out!

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Re:Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned by drdrey on Monday December 18, 2017 @11:41PM (#15957814)

They absolutely can, with something like Disqus for comments and Google Analytics or whatever other analytics you like

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Re:Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned by JoshMnem on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:03AM (#15957892)

Or DIY with something like this:

https://github.com/posativ/isso

or this:

https://blog.webkid.io/moving-from-disqus-to-schnack/

You could also install Discourse on a subdomain (quick docker-based install on a $5/month server) and use that for comments.

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Re:Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned by KajMagnus on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @03:20AM (#15958611)

Or this: https://www.kajmagnus.blog/new-embedded-comments/ (open source like Isso and Schnack, or hosted for those who don't want to install anything)

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Re:Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned by acheron on Monday December 18, 2017 @08:12PM (#15956991)

Yes, those are advantages too.

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Re:Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned by thomasmeeks on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:24PM (#15956062)

Sure they can, static site generators can still include client-side javascript.

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Re:Ten years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned by bo1024 on Monday December 18, 2017 @10:52PM (#15957599)

Nor do you need javascript for basic comments* or analytics.

*if your site is spammed hard enough, javascript may become necessary, but you can try honeypot fields first in pure HTML.

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