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WordPress vs Jekyll

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Published on behalf of the creator, Mike Neumegen of CloudCannon.

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Transcript

  1. Mike Neumegen / CloudCannon - @mikeneumegen Wordpress vs Jekyll

  2. Wordpress • PHP based • Builds pages on the fly

    • Powers 75 million websites Jekyll • Ruby static site generator • Builds a static site • Powers at least over 650,000 sites. Probably millions.

  3. The Site

  4. Setup Developer Environment - Wordpress • Install MAMP • Download

    Wordpress • Run the Installer

  5. Setup Developer Environment - Jekyll jekyll serve gem install jekyll

    -v 2.4.0

  6. Development - Wordpress • index.php calls other templates to build

    the site • content.php builds a page or list of blog posts • Content is stored in a database • 18 template files

  7. Development - Jekyll • default.html contains basic HTML structure •

    post.html defines the structure of blog posts • Blog posts are markdown files • Everything is static

  8. Deployment - Wordpress

  9. Deployment - Jekyll

  10. Page Content Editing - Wordpress

  11. Post Content Editing - Wordpress

  12. Page Content Editing - Jekyll

  13. Post Content Editing - Jekyll

  14. Performance

  15. The right tool for the job • Security • Scalability

    • Complexity • Development time • Workflow • User generated content

  16. Static site source Jekyll Site source Wordpress theme source CloudCannon

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