Ata’s SSG is a deliberately straightforward static site generator intended for GitHub Pages. It avoids introducing a framework, plugin architecture or separate templating language and instead relies on familiar PHP and HTML.
Markdown can be used for pages and blog posts, while PHP files are available where more control is required. A build traverses the site’s PHP and Markdown content, captures the generated HTML and prepares it for static hosting.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Uses ordinary PHP and HTML rather than a dedicated template language.
- Supports Markdown pages and blog posts.
- PHP files can be placed at the project root or in subdirectories and converted to corresponding static pages.
- Page URLs are derived from filenames while blog posts use slug information from their front matter.
- Includes a build and deployment workflow geared towards GitHub Pages.
- Provides an integrated local development environment using Nginx and PHP in a container.
- Changes made during local development can be previewed simply by refreshing the browser rather than rebuilding the whole site.
- Layout files can be edited directly to customise site presentation.
- Site-wide configuration and image assets are kept in straightforward project files and directories.
- LESS is supported for stylesheet generation, while plain CSS can also be used.
- Related projects provide the HTML builder action, builder image and supporting PHP library used by the workflow.
Website: github.com/atas/ssg
Support:
Developer: Ata Sasmaz
License: MIT License
Ata’s SSG is written in PHP. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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Thanks for evaluating, I hope the project becomes useful. I am using it actively and so far it’s been very useful to me.