My issue was mostly long term backup. When you think about keeping your writing around decades--ie, longer than you might keep a site--there's no solution I loved.
I also love Scrivener for actually writing. So I built a SSG that takes exports from Scrivener and turns that into webpages.
I get to use my writing tool of choice + I have full backups and the ability to recreate the site on demand.
Also, Scrivener has metadata as part of the UI, so no awkward front matter. Just some custom fields (as the software already expects).
I'm surprised there aren't more SSCs (shitty Scrivener clones). Scrivener is by far my favorite writing tool, but it's also the tool that most frequently makes me wish I had the time to write my own version from scratch.
My issue was mostly long term backup. When you think about keeping your writing around decades--ie, longer than you might keep a site--there's no solution I loved.
I also love Scrivener for actually writing. So I built a SSG that takes exports from Scrivener and turns that into webpages.
I get to use my writing tool of choice + I have full backups and the ability to recreate the site on demand.
Also, Scrivener has metadata as part of the UI, so no awkward front matter. Just some custom fields (as the software already expects).