Building a Web Page That Edits Itself

(patrickweaver.net)

28 points | by evakhoury 3 days ago

5 comments

  • stratts 1 hour ago
    This is an awesome idea and really resonates with me.

    I did something similar for my site:

    https://stratts.au/_editor/?preview=%2F&file=_site%2Fcontent...

    You can edit and rebuild the site from within the browser, then download a .zip that contains everything. The editor can even edit itself.

    Beyond self-modifying sites being just plain cool, there's a longevity aspect to it that I find very important as well.

    There's also https://www.sparktype.org/ (a browser based CMS) which is also along similar lines.

  • androa 2 hours ago
  • danlitt 1 hour ago
    This is lovely, but I think falls down the moment you want any generated content (table of contents being a typical first example).
  • flux3125 1 hour ago
    I was (positively) surprised that this didn't involve any AI.
  • lynx97 4 hours ago
    • mano78 2 hours ago
      What I was thinking, too. But the description of the design process by OP was interesting to read.
    • p4bl0 3 hours ago
      I was coming here to link it. Glad I reloaded the page before commenting to see your comment appear.