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Static site generators are more than suitable for non-tech users - they used to be called Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage; etc.

I'd very much like to see fullon wysiwyg static generators again; it could replace half, if not more, of the WordPress sites around.

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Yeah, you’re right - I forgot about Dreamweaver and similar tools. I do think that adding wysiwyg UIs to a generator puts it in a slightly different class than the type of generator posted here, but your point is a good one. Adding a UI to a simple generator would make it much easier for non-technical people to use.

Static site generators are very WYSIWYG friendly, see my comment above about our Jekyll and Hugo CMS. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16254696

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