Small example: at videolan.org (7,3M VU) we have a php website that is generated (by a custom generator) into static html with a svn/git post-commit hook. It works perfectly fine and can manage huge loads...
I kind of disagree with the OP for a few reason:
> You can’t update your website unless you’re at your computer where the static site generator software is installed
We use svn/git post-commit hooks for this. The generation is done server-side.
> You can’t have local comments, pingbacks, non-google site wide search, contact us forms (without some dynamic code etc)
True, but for example, we have some dynamic pages for forms.
To me, this only make sense if you don't have many interactions (comments) and if the website isn't updated 300 times/day. But it is a nice solution.
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Small example: at videolan.org (7,3M VU) we have a php website that is generated (by a custom generator) into static html with a svn/git post-commit hook. It works perfectly fine and can manage huge loads...
I kind of disagree with the OP for a few reason:
> You can’t update your website unless you’re at your computer where the static site generator software is installed
We use svn/git post-commit hooks for this. The generation is done server-side.
> You can’t have local comments, pingbacks, non-google site wide search, contact us forms (without some dynamic code etc)
True, but for example, we have some dynamic pages for forms.
To me, this only make sense if you don't have many interactions (comments) and if the website isn't updated 300 times/day. But it is a nice solution.
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