On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:55:47 +0100
L0ner sh4dou <sh4dou@...> wrote:

> 2011/12/16 Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...>:
> >
> >
> > On 16 December 2011 11:27, E. Liddell <ejlddll@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:20:11 -0500
> >> Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On 15 December 2011 19:45, L0ner sh4dou <sh4dou@...> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Not using databases is a big problem, since it practically constrains
> >> > > you to use static pages.
> >> > >
> >> > Basically - why is is this so bad?
> >>
> >> Depends on what we're trying to achieve. �Dynamic pages ease certain
> >> types of collaboration and user-added content, but static pages are not
> >> intrinsically evil and put less of a load on the server.
> >
> >
> > Both can be good, If anything I'd do a bit of both.
> >
> > Simple php/html + a commenting system.
> >
> > here is a good example of very basic and yet has dynamic elements:
> > http://incise.org/htpicker.html
> 
> It uses disqus for the comments, for which I have mixed feelings. I'd
> rather not relay on external services for parts of the website.

I think Calvin was advocating the general concept, not the specific
implementation.  I'm sure we can find an open-source, locally-hostable
comment system that requires only PHP, HTML4/XHTML1, and
CSS<=2 (and if we can't, I'm sure I'm not the only one here
capable of creating such a system if it turns out to be both useful
and necessary).