Static CMS

What is YouDocms?

YouDoCMS is a desktop CMS and static site generator designed to manage content, generate static pages and upload to the cloud.

 
 

Simple Templates

Our template language is easy to follow which can be used with any HTML template. In most cases you can convert your CMS to static in a couple of hours.

Bootstrap Templates

Built-in web server

Our desktop CMS includes a zero-configuration web server running on localhost. Need analytics? Download the web server access logs from AWS.

Web Server Logs

Node Js Integration

Automatically download the required modules to analyse your content and minify html when you publish the site to your CDN. You do not need to configure node from the command line.

Node CLI

Publish Site

Store your cloud credentials locally no need for the command line. Publish your site and upload to the cloud of your choice with a single click. Build and deploy in minutes. 

Cloud CDN

Static CMS desktop application 

A static CMS application running on your local machine.

A static CMS decouple's your content from your live website. This has a number of benefits. Traditional content management systems do not include local previews and require a separate staging server for updated content and testing. Alternatively they use a publishing schedule to update the site and retire old content. The majority of headless content management systems are similar to a staging server where you can build for local preview. However for deployment they use a static site generator connected to the cloud to build and deploy the site. Deployment of static sites using a content delivery network is termed serverless because you are no longer using the CMS to generate the pages dynamically. 

YouDoCMS is a static cms in one application for mac and windows. The application is serverless no host server required.

 
 
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Static CMS

A static content management (see headless vs serverless vs traditional) system running on your local computer. Zero configuration is required simply download the program and install on your computer. YouDoCMS works just like your favourites (WordPress and Joomla!) and integrates with each of the major cloud providers using node.js or the CLI executable to deploy serverless to the cloud directly from your desktop.

  • No hosted server. Your computer your data.
  • Multiple sites.
  • Backup included.
  • Free version includes deployment to Github Pages.
 
 
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Manage Content

YouDoCMS is a static site generator with GUI using the same TinyMCE HTML editor as Joomla! and WordPress. Edit your content directly in our application including the insertion of images and URLs. After import you can manage your content in exactly the same way as you did previously and generate static pages in fractions of a second.

If you have downloaded your images folder using our FTP browser then the editor is configured to use this path so you can browse for images to include in your article content.

  • Same HTML editor as Joomla and WordPress.
  • Media Manager.
  • Image paths maintained on import.
  • Source code editor.
 
 
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Build Site

YouDoCMS includes a static site generator to build and preview on localhost base url or build a live site for cloud deployment to any of the supported content delivery networks. Local preview allows validation of all URLs and test for 404 errors before deployment using the web log analyser. 

  • Build and preview on localhost.
  • Joomla! SEF settings.
  • WordPress permalinks settings.
  • Pretty urls and .hmtl prefix support.
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Multiple Sites

Create multiple static sites each with a different template.  Unlimited sites at no extra cost.

Clone an existing site and test new designs with the included zero-configuration local staging server. Use the web crawler to the local site to catch any 404 errors before deployment. 

Each domain can integrate to all five supported cloud providers. Test and deploy the same site to different static host providers using a domain prefix and automatic robots.txt to avoid Google indexing while testing.

Existing CMS? Import multiple websites from Joomla or WordPress each with a separate template library. Each site maintains its own set of preferences for connections to cloud host providers.

  • Multiple sites and clone domain.
  • Local web crawler.
  • CDN Testing.
  • Site Backup and Restore.
  • Robots disable indexing.
  • WordPress/Joomla import.

Cloud Deployment

YouDoCMS is integrated with the major cloud API's for serverless deployment. Create a custom domain, set up SSL certificates, build, verify and deploy your site in minutes. Build to test or switch multiple sites and multiple CDN's supported. 

  • AWS S3 and Cloudfront node.js API.
  • Cloudflare node.js API.
  • Google Firebase API.
  • Microsoft Azure Edge CLI integration.

going serverless?

Save time and money and speed up your site with YouDoCMS.

Test Local

The desktop application comes with a zero-configuration built-in Web server allowing instant previews of a page when editing.

Minify html

Our deployment tool includes HTML minification to make your pages as fast as possible.

Backup

Our application incorporates a backup archive to save the database, all images and templates including a single click restore.

Deploy Cloud

Deploy your static site to all of the major cloud providers including automatic cache validation to update the site on the CDN.

why is YouDocms different?

Jekyll, Hugo, 11T there are many static site generators out there however they all have one thing in common. Inconvenience.

Developers might be interested in using a text editor and writing markdown but what about the rest of us. There is a reason why WordPress is the most popular CMS on the Internet, ease-of-use.

YouDoCMS replicates the ease-of-use of WordPress and Joomla! to build static sites that give you the benefit of speed and security.

Our desktop application includes all of the tools you need to manage content, build a static site, deploy to the cloud and measure the site's performance using the server web logs.

Our website builder incorporates everything you need to create a small business or blog site and deploy to the cloud including example templates. All you need to do is enter your content.

Website Builder

No you do not need to learn markdown. YouDoCMS includes the TinyMCE HTML editor which is the default editor for both WordPress and Joomla!. Why reinvent the wheel.

Dedicated static site generators such as Hugo and Jekyll are very fast however all they do is build pages. YouDoCMS generates static pages and it might be slightly slower. However YouDoCMS is about productivity. Try re-organising content in Hugo or Jekyll, creating 301 re-directs and regenerating the pages after updates. There is only one winner.

Content can be reorganised in exactly the same way as WordPress or Joomla!. Content can be published or unpublished, included into multiple categories and tags. Menus can be moved with drag-and-drop. If you change a URL a 301 is created automatically.

Yes it really is free. The free version has limited features but includes everything you need to get started, build a static site and deploy to AWS, CloudFlare, GitHub Pages, Google Firebase and Azure Static Web Apps. See the pricing page for comparison of our different versions.

YouDoCMS supports pretty URL's or the .html extension. If you are importing from WordPress or Joomla! you can choose to use the same URL scheme as your original CMS.

Any HTML template or CMS theme can be used with YouDoCMS. We have a simple template language and if you have a basic knowledge of HTML then any template can easily be incorporated. Allowing you to continue with your existing look and feel. Alternatively YouDoCMS includes a selection of templates which can be repurposed very quickly.