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Re:Free static site generator for small restaurants and cafes by ok123456 on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @07:05PM (#46128651)
If the restaurant doesn't have anything besides a menu, /index.pdf is fine—no web design required; reuse the menu they're printing anyway.

The trade-off is that they'll have to pinch/zoom if they have a small display. It's a minor inconvenience to make the exact information they want available instantly.

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Re:Free static site generator for small restaurants and cafes by vector_spaces on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @09:39PM (#46129654)
index.pdf won't tend to play nicely with screen readers and also sucks for people on crappy mobile networks, so it's a minor inconvenience for some, and straight up unusable for others
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Re:Free static site generator for small restaurants and cafes by ok123456 on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @12:14AM (#46130548)
> index.pdf won't tend to play nicely with screen readers

The horrible Wix sites most restaurants end up using are likely less accessible than a PDF. The Adobe PDF reader can reflow text.

> also sucks for people on crappy mobile networks

The average wysiwyg site builder produces bundles that are an order of magnitude larger than a PDF menu. Also, the PDF is easier to cache correctly and can be easily saved for offline access.

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Re:Free static site generator for small restaurants and cafes by mpweiher on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @01:34AM (#46130910)
Why is Wix horrible...or why does it create horrible sites by default?

Curious, I haven't tried it.

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Re:Free static site generator for small restaurants and cafes by hyperhello on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @10:07PM (#46129840)
But you can easily serve a desktop version or a small screen version.
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