Pico: A simple and fast flat-file CMS

http://pico.dev7studios.com/

by jfoucher • 13 years ago

10 9 13 years ago

pico.dev7studios.com

I love this concept, we could use more approachable static-file-cms solutions for non-technicals.

Without getting too far into a review/investigation, I do feel like a different name would be appropriate. It's already a language and a text-editor, doesn't that just add confusion?

Chirael• 13 years ago

Isn't there already a Unix text editor of the same name? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_(text_editor)

Maybe this is deliberate, from "Picos [sic] makes creating and maintaining a website as simple as editing text files" but I don't think having the exact same name is a good thing. Maybe a variation?

ScottWhigham• 13 years ago

Are there any example sites up? I have LAMP on my Windows box but meh - I don't know that I want to go through the steps to get Pico up and running until I see it in action.

glockular• 13 years ago

You do not have LAMP on your Windows box.

jason_slack• 13 years ago

I think we all know what he means, but you are right. WAMP, not LAMP :-)

ringmaster2• 13 years ago

There is clearly a niche for these small "CMS" tools, but let's be real about what these CMSes are generally not offering: User authentication, localization, custom field indexing, internal search...

Yes, it "manages content", thus is technically a "CMS". But at the level of many of these tools, so is my file system. At best, these tools are useful automated markdown renderers.

kennywinker2• 13 years ago

There are solutions to some of those things using other tools, e.g. use http://searchpath.io to add indexing.

I haven't tried with this system but you can probably use dropbox, and a shared directory to manage multi-user content editing.

ringmaster2• 13 years ago

There are plenty of free and full yet simple CMSes that also fully integrate these features, for no monthly fee.

Pico: A simple and fast flat-file CMS

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