I think that it's a good idea to have a look to it, because this design can be fully compatible with #smolweb concept. A bit different from minimalism, a website adopting #Brutalism may be lightweight and with its own singularity.
If you want to build a smolweb site, you should study this concept.
Be careful, some Brutalist templates exist but use heavy framework, avoid them.
A prototype of "smolmd.php" is running on pages.casa.
Next to the classic htdocs directory of the user space, there is a "markdown" directory. If you put .md files in it, they are automatically served through http in html format, building a #smolweb site in the /md/ fake directory of the site.
Last week I found out about the Gemini protocol. It's like a light weight alternative to the web. There is not much to it. Every resource loads only one file. You could compare the experience of browsing it to having reading mode in your browser always on. I like the simplicity of it and the DIY mentality
I worked on a little server for it the over the weekend but there is nothing on it yet so I'll post the link some other time.
I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week until I don't. So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPH Vol. 10: Lost Letters https://lostletters.neocities.org/
It's a static site generator. Unlike many others, Publii is a graphical application, very easy to use. It manages content edition with 3 different methods:
Wysiwyg editor
Block editor (inspired by Medium IHMO)
Markdown editor
Adding images is simple, you can select one as featured for Organic data, put one in the header for the site or for each post.
It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week until I don't. So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPH Vol. 8: j3s.sh https://j3s.sh/
If you need a dual protocol gemini/https hosting, I propose a free solution on a personal server. You will get 1GB storage to put #gemtext and images files and build a #gemini capsule also accessible through https.
More info on https://pollux.casa/ or gemini://pollux.casa/
A smart autoindex generate an index of your posts if no index.gmi is found in a directory 😉 easier for a gemlog, read the doc to name files
I see many toots about #smallweb. They often talk about personal websites. That's a good point, however, it would be cool if #smolweb concept also apply to professional, institutional or governmental websites.
Are there actors promoting or developing #web0 for huge websites?
(A huge website with many services or users is compatible with a lightweight frontend)
I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week until I don't. So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPH Vol. 7: jdd's Home Page https://jdd.freeshell.org/
I was planning to propose free hosting to serve markdown files converting them into HTML websites. But I don't know why one would trust me for that, more than other platform.
¯_ (ツ) _/¯
Making tutos to help non-tech people to build a #smolweb site autonomously should certainly be more useful.
install a web server
mangle IP addresses (static/dynamic, port forwarding...)
register a domain name
configure it
choose a CMS and use it
I don't know if all these concepts are accessible?
I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week until I don't. So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPH Vol. 6: BRUTMANLABS.ORG http://brutmanlabs.org/
This is the Fediverse, so I wouldn't mention this to the people I follow on Bluesky, most of whom aren't interested in the explorative aspects of online life, but: if you're interested in online-but-off-web computing, take a look at the tildes listed on tilde.wiki. I'm active on one of them, and it's been so much fun getting back to a vision of the internet that isn't based on platforms.
When I proposed hosting of #geminiprotocol capsules, I permitted file transfer through SFTP with ssh keys. But, some users were lost with this protocol and then I also open FTP (with TLS) with a password.
What is the best/simplest protocol for file transfer for non tech users?
I plan to open a little #smolweb hosting based on #markdown files: the author would just have to put .md files in a directory on the server to publish content.
It's so sad that web browsers don't render #Markdown (as CommonMark) files natively.
It would be too easy to build a website just putting a bunch of .md in a directory.
Right now, it is too easy to pollute a timeline of a hashtag.
Im specifically thinking of the hashtag gemini to refer to gemini websites. This has been hijacked by Google gemini. In particular I find posts that use an excessive amount of hashtags annoying.
Servers needs to have a rule about #RightOfWay. Google dont get to hijack small communities.