Octopress – a blogging framework for hackers
Being a very happy WordPress user doesn’t stop me from looking around for alternatives. I recently came across Octopress, which is, in some sort, GitHub pages on steroids. This is a really neat and geeky approach to tech-savvy bloggers. Recently, version 2.0 has been released.
Octopress comes with:
- A semantic HTML5 template
- A Mobile first responsive layout (rotate, or resize your browser and see)
- Built in 3rd party support for Twitter, Google Plus One, Disqus Comments, Pinboard, Delicious, and Google Analytics
- An easy deployment strategy using Github pages or Rsync
- Built in support for POW and Rack servers
- Easy theming with Compass and Sass
- A Beautiful Solarized syntax highlighting