flat-file CMS and TiddlyWiki

[Handoko Suwono]

I came across an article about flat-file CMS like Ghost, Kirby, Statamic and Jekyll. But not WordPress since the latter is database driven.

The definition goes, "A flat-file CMS is a content management system that stores content in files and folders rather than in a database like a traditional CMS. "

http://www.typeandgrids.com/blog/goodbye-wordpress-2014-will-be-the-year-of-flat-file-cmses

I wonder is TiddlyWiki and TiddlySpace can be categorized as flat-file CMS too?

Handoko -
Surabaya, Indonesia

[PMario]

For vanilla TiddlyWiki I think it is true. It's even more. It's a single file, file based CMS.

TiddlySpace has a mySQL database as a data store. So .. no.

TiddlySpace is based on TiddlyWeb. .. The very basic store for TiddlyWeb is a text based store. So for a basic TiddlyWeb installation ... yes.

TiddlyWiki5 ... is also a single file based CMS
TW5 has the possibility to create a static representation of every tiddler. .. It's pure html no javascript needed.
TW5 also has the possibility to store its content as single file tiddlers  ....

TW5 is a yes, yes, yes flat file CMS at the moment :)

-mario

[Jeremy Ruston]

>  "A flat-file CMS is a content management system that stores content in files and folders rather than in a database like a traditional CMS. "

That description categorically applies to TiddlyWiki5 when it is run under Node.js to generate static HTML files from a wiki folder that contains individual tiddler files. Being able to operate in that configuration was a significant design goal driving the development of TiddlyWiki5.

For example, the main dynamic TW5 site is http://tiddlywiki.com

There is a static snapshot of the default tiddlers at http://tiddlywiki.com/static.html

Then there are static HTML snapshots of individual tiddlers, for example: http://tiddlywiki.com/static/AllTiddlers.html

Try clicking the links in those snapshots and you'll see that they have been mutated to point to the static renderings of each tiddler.

> They are better described at "static-page-generator" CMSs; another terms that's been used in the past is "baked instead of fried".

TW5 supports both baking and frying :)

> So, since a wiki page has to live-render which WikiWords are active links, it can't be baked

TW5 renders links according to the status of the target tiddler at the time of rendering. So, the italicised/non-italicised status reflects the state at the time of baking. That's OK, because it's generally better to re-bake the entire file set whenever the underlying tiddler files change.

Best wishes

Jeremy

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[Handoko Suwono]

thanks Mario for clarifying the difference between flat-file and
databased CMSs.
thanks Jeremy for a good intro to TW5, the site is just great and
encouraging people to use.

Handoko -

>>> <https://ghost.org>, Kirby <http://getkirby.com>, Statamic
>>> <http://statamic.com> and Jekyll <http://jekyllrb.com>. But not

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