>Searching should be left to Google. I'm skeptical blog users actually search on a site though I admit I've never seen any metrics about that.
They do, please be assured of that. There is a reason companies like Algolia exist to provide better on-site search.
>If you insist on having comments on your site and force users to sign-in etc this can be easily implemented with an API and some client-side code.
Yes or without signing up and just commenting as guest. Welcome to Wordpress :)
(And if I have to build another API just for comments, doesn't it defeat the simplicity of using a static generator like Hugo?)
>This thread is about HN users, not the general population.
I am not sure where you got that from? The author never said he was going to create a blog targeted for the HN crowd or anything like that. Maybe I am missing something?
>Well, no wonder you prefer Wordpress.
At least you acknowledge markdown's inferiority in this case.
>I didn't say users do not search on-site, I said users do not search on blogs.
I think they do. Also, Algolia has an official Wordpress plugin for one click installation. Why do you think that exists? Many of the highly trafficked sites in every niche are blogs. Take Mashable, ZDNet for instance. If you really think people don't do on site search on those blogs, then I have no say.
Yes the OP is asking for himself but he doesn't mention he's targeting the HN crowd.
>No, I'm acknowledging your lack of technical skills.
Yes, I already said `I consider myself somewhat tech-savvy` so no need to be snide. But that is beside the point, and you actually just proved what I am trying to say - for a regular user, accomplishing those things is much easier with a WYSIWYG editor that Wordpress or other CMSs offer, than with markdown.
They do, please be assured of that. There is a reason companies like Algolia exist to provide better on-site search.
>If you insist on having comments on your site and force users to sign-in etc this can be easily implemented with an API and some client-side code.
Yes or without signing up and just commenting as guest. Welcome to Wordpress :) (And if I have to build another API just for comments, doesn't it defeat the simplicity of using a static generator like Hugo?)
>This thread is about HN users, not the general population.
I am not sure where you got that from? The author never said he was going to create a blog targeted for the HN crowd or anything like that. Maybe I am missing something?
>Well, no wonder you prefer Wordpress.
At least you acknowledge markdown's inferiority in this case.