Hari's Corner

I have now switched my reviews site to be generated from BiaWeb the static CMS I wrote in Python a few days ago. The earlier version was written by a similar script but it was generated from text file sources and not a database as it is now.

The site looks and works just the same as before, with a few subtle enhancements thanks to the database source. I'll just list them below.

• Each article now has a creation/modification date. Earlier this was not possible as using the source file modification date was not a reliable method to determine the date of creation.
• Each article now has a visible star rating. So there is now no problem in seeing which books/movies/TV shows I rate highly without reading the full review
• The RSS feed is now auto-generated from the articles list in the database, instead of from a separate file.
• List of best-rated reviews in the sidebar.
• There is no longer a separate site-updates page which was superfluous and unnecessary extra work to maintain.

Smaller changes but not visible without viewing the underlying source code of BiaWeb

• Each review now has its own set of META keywords and descriptions. This will enhance site SEO for what it's worth.
• Better control over URLs generated.
• More control over site appearance through templates.

That's about it. I hope this article encourages you to take a look at BiaWeb for your static website needs.