going back to a few notes ago where I was looking for some new software to make my web publishing faster and less systematic. I think a blog requires an amount of system, but IMO the web has become less creative and too systematic.
Even block-based editors seem too … blocky and stiff.
going back to macromedia dreamweaver mx 2004 hardly seems like an option.
I’m looking at a few options based on a conversation with ChatGPT.
- Rapidweaver
- https://pinegrow.com/#
Oh my. How long have I wanted something like this! Its native mac. It has a more solid feel than any web UI, including ubiquitous wordpress.
I love rapidweaver.
But, it doesn’t feel that creative either.
What is WYSIWYG about the RapidWeaver authoring experience? Its almost like a sorely needed UI for the Jekyll authoring experience (but isn’t).
Here’s a higher bar: If my nephew came to me and said, Uncle Justin, how do I make a website? Would would I say? In 2024, would I say Squarespace? WordPress? None of this is great. And this is such an old problem!
I find myself looking down those old roads, Bluefish, Composer which takes me right back to 10th grade!.
Look at Composer: This isn’t WYSIWYG, right? This is word processing that exports to HTML.
What am I missing?
Last stop the Fedora/KDE ecosystem.
OK. Just bluefish. Which is a text editor.
Here’s what I want
- Dragables (non-grid conforming elements)
- Native App
- to whatever OS its on
- TK interface?
- Talk in terms of Sites
- A publish button is a must
- not just in terms of files
I’m now stumbling down this web 1.0 / neocities trail There’s An Entire Conference Dedicated to Geocities-Style Websites
This is so great!
But where’s the editor!!!??
I should just go back to Dreamweaver MX 2004!
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