InfoBox Log 20250610 - Back to HTML

Entry - Z 17:39

After giving Typemill (PHP flat-file CMS) a spin for a few weeks, I've gone back to simple HTML files for the InfoBox sites. I like Typemill as it was easy to install and it was also relatively easy to use, but after trying it out on low-end single board computers (SBCs) I quickly notice it would not be a good choice for this type of hardware. It seems that Typemill requires a bit more processing power that I had hoped to operate smoothly and the 700 MHz ARM1176JZFS processor I was doing the primary testing on did not have what it takes. Opening/loading a Typemill page would take 2-3 seconds with only one user, so forget about serving the page to a dozen users (it would be unusable). This noticeable lag was also present when adding/updating content, so having multiple authors logged in attempting to update pages at the same time would also be problematic.

Typemill did prove useful in helping me get content up and allowing me to view it quickly (WYSIWYG) and I may keep it around for that purpose. However, once I have the content written in Typemill I transfer it to a simple HTML page and host that file instead, which the SBCs can handle without a problem.