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.
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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. It wasn’t easy as he presented it but I manage to learn and work with it very fine now. The problem with the built in blog page is that you cannot use any stacks on it. OK, I’ve been working with Foundation since Joe Workman introduce it as a design your own theme with stacks only option for Rapidweaver. 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’ve used Wordpress (Drupal/Joomla…) for years, but in the end it is becoming too cumbersome to maintain. 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).
Use an external blog and import the blog into your site.This is not a desired solution as no stacks can be used and the blog page has not seen any enhancement in a long time. I’m trying to use RW as the solution although with the power of stack pages.Īt the moment there are two alternatives with RW Check this blog next week for more information, or you can subscribe to the blog feed at the top of the blog sidebar to the right.I’m certainly not trying to replicate or create another solution. Among other things, these tutorials will address tax and shipping calculations for physical products being sold online.
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Next week I will be expanding the CartLoom series with tutorials that detail the process of selling physical products with CartLoom. Joe continues to develop awesome stacks for our RapidWeaver toolbox, and I will continue bringing tutorials on his products to RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers. Personally, I’m quite tempted to switch this blog over to Tumblr after having played with Joe’s Tumblr Stack! Happy Finally, the Tumblr Stack is a powerful stack that offers a completely new option for blogging in RapidWeaver. Joe’s Comment Stacks make it easy to add commenting to any page - not just a blog - so you can give customers the ability to review or comment on your products, or simply create an informal discussion board on any page of your site. If you are a photographer or artist, or have a need to feature images on your website, then I encourage you to check out the Scroll Stack. Each of these stacks offer some pretty awesome functionality for your website. I’ve added tutorials for Comment Stacks, the Scroll Stack and the Tumblr Stack. This week brings 3 new tutorials on Joe Workman Stacks to RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers.
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