Re:Show HN: I created my own nano PHP blogging platform
by XCSme on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @11:41AM
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Hello HN! (author here)
I needed a way to add blog posts to my plain PHP site. I ended up creating a very simple way of adding markdown content to my site in the form of blog posts.
I spent about 2 days thinking about and implementing the solution, so it's still very basic yet very powerful. I am really happy with how it turned out, I prefer this over using a 3rd party blogging service or having to install complex tech stacks with several build steps.
The biggest advantages I see with this way of creating posts:
- Markdown can be easily versioned in git.
- You see a preview while editing the markdown in VSCode (by default, no plugins needed).
- You are not bound to any framework.
- You can easily stylize the content or add extra features.
- Can be integrated into your existing (PHP) site.
I don't have any future plans for this yet, but I really like the simplicity of just adding a new file and having that post visibile on my site. I posted this because it works really well in my case and I thought it might help others too (either the code itself or just the ideas behind it).
I needed a way to add blog posts to my plain PHP site. I ended up creating a very simple way of adding markdown content to my site in the form of blog posts.
I wrote more about how I got here in this post: https://dev.to/xcs/i-created-my-own-static-php-blogging-plat...
I spent about 2 days thinking about and implementing the solution, so it's still very basic yet very powerful. I am really happy with how it turned out, I prefer this over using a 3rd party blogging service or having to install complex tech stacks with several build steps.
The biggest advantages I see with this way of creating posts:
I don't have any future plans for this yet, but I really like the simplicity of just adding a new file and having that post visibile on my site. I posted this because it works really well in my case and I thought it might help others too (either the code itself or just the ideas behind it).Thank you!
Cristian