Another way around to HTML

While HTML has become the basic language of the internet there are several ways to get there. Historically one could simply create a HTML document by writing pure HTML code, though over time this has become less important as other more user friendly approaches took over. Most common in our time are Content Management Systems (CMS) like WordPress (WP) but there are also less known systems for specific applications like EGOCMS used by the OvGU.

A nerd definition of user friendly

In all honesty, my approach is not exactly user friendly to the average user but then my personal work flow is also different from what most users would do. Specifically I decided against classic dynamic site generator like WordPress for several reasons. One of them being the need to keep a dynamic site generator always up to date, to make sure existing security flaws like cross-site scripting issues are addressed. This is where a static site generator has its main advantages, the site is compiled once, then uploaded to a server and finally delivered the same as any classic HTML page of the past. No updated need. No future maintenance once the content has been created.

Further technical details can be found as part of the first Welcome posting in this blog.

This page will be removed at the end of the current semester. It’s mere purpose is to demonstrate a html redirect/refresh functionality and to act as an alternative way to present content.