The bane of all web site owners like me is content management.
I’ve got thousands of ideas & articles I’d like to add to the main StarKeith.net site, but it’s hard to maintain a website structure by hand (though I’m perfectly capable of doing so) – and because of this, the site stagnates, because it’s too much work (remember: programmers are inherently lazy) to write, update, & maintain the site.
Now, this blog software (WordPress, in case you didn’t know) is good for simple content management, but for a full-fledged website like StarKeith.net you need something a little more robust. I need something that allows me to design the site just the way I want, and then add content to it – with the system taking care of linking, menus, and so forth.
In the past, I’ve thought about writing a database-driven content management system myself from scratch, but again we are reminded that programmers are inherently lazy. We don’t like to do something ourselves if it’s already been done by someone else (and made available for free on the web). Remember, programmers love re-usability (i.e. classes, shared functions, libraries, etc.).
Towards that end, I think I’m going to install some Wiki software on StarKeith.net, and transition the site over to that. I’m not sure how it’s going to work out, but the Evil Day Star is out today, and I’m not inclined to be blinded by it, so I think I’ll stay inside and do some web work in this vein. It should be fun!
So, stay tuned for updates… StarKeith.net may be making a comeback!
