8/12/2023 0 Comments RapidweaverI’m going to use this on one of my sites soon. I used Joe Workmans Tumblr stack which worked great, but never liked having two sites with the same content. This really makes creating a blog in Rapidweaver great. The beauty is that you can actually include pages from Armadillo on any stacks page in your Rapidweaver site. Once set up you can use Armadillo for blogging and other pages. Armadillo does require a little server knowledge and by that I mean you would need to know how to set up a mysql database, your host should help you set this up. The good news is that Nimblehost’s Armadillo CMS stack has really matured. I’m also not sure if it’ll ever be updated to include stacks. The problem with the built in blog page is that you cannot use any stacks on it. I got pretty far with creating a blog structure, the problem is you end up with too much that you have to maintain that a blog automatically does. In the end I didn’t sort my website using Rapidweaver. ![]() The reason I want to use stacks pages is because they do make life easy, with the benefit that I can simply create the page and upload without having to be concerned about database backups, plugin updates, security etc. In the end I would prefer a solution that works with RW without needing external input such as a CMS. On a shared host the database driven sites also tend to render a lot slower. All in all this takes a large chunk of time. I can also rebuild RapidWeaver websites or carry out other maintenance tasks for you. I can work from existing websites, stock templates or mockups made with Photoshop, Affinity Designer etc. ![]() Realmac Software has a history of sherlocking third party plugins: Codafy - this was a plugin that enabled the web inspector for use directly inside RapidWeaver, the first of its kind. I can be hired to create custom RapidWeaver themes to almost any design, complete with your own choice of style and colour settings. I’ve used Wordpress (Drupal/Joomla…) for years, but in the end it is becoming too cumbersome to maintain. With its upcoming releases Realmac Software, makers of RapidWeaver, have made the conscious decision to sherlock the popular third party plugin, Stacks. Why am I tired of CMS’s? CMS’s have a large overhead. Tumblr blog and a few other stacks simply show a feed on your site that duplicates the original site with your theme applied.All too much overhead for my liking. Armadillo (which I have used) requires a database and external setup (although I need to add it is not a blog import).
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