2023-11-07 This post is about coding
While using Github Pages, it occured to me why can’t I use PHP as a templating language for Static Site Generator (SSG). Turns out, I can.
PHP is a powerful templating languages which is used to create static html in real time on per request. But I liked the idea of a SSG as for most blogs, the content doesn’t change every now and then.
So, I created my own SSG using PHP and named it Passage. It gives me the freedom to create my static site in any manner I want. It uses Parsedown to generate HTML and reads metadata from YAML frontmatter.
The most important benefit of a SSG with YAML frontmatter is that the markdown files are future proof with all necessary metadata included in the markdown file.