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Re:Static Site Generators by raving-richard on Thursday May 15, 2014 @05:36AM (#7748536)
Build your own. I've written something like that. It's not static, because I don't want to have to rebuild everything just 'cause I added a new photo, or fix a type. However, you do literately just use the file system to add and manage photos. I won't link to it because I don't want to link to my real ID.

But it's pretty simple. You just have to recursively go over the folder, and get each photo. Make sure there is a thumbnail, and build your HTML.

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Re:Static Site Generators by icebraining on Thursday May 15, 2014 @05:54AM (#7748595)
It's not static, because I don't want to have to rebuild everything just 'cause I added a new photo, or fix a type.

Some generators (e.g. gostatic) can track changes and dependencies, rebuilding just what changed.

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Re:Static Site Generators by rmc on Thursday May 15, 2014 @06:20AM (#7748656)
Yeah I was gonna do that, but wanted to check if anyone else had done it before I reinvent the wheel. :)
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Re:Static Site Generators by raving-richard on Thursday May 15, 2014 @10:31AM (#7749609)
Where's the fun in that? Re-inventing the wheel to scratch your own itch is part of the process of improving yourself as a developer.

:p

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