Static sites w/ GS - speed & security. "GetSimpler"

[Carlos]

@dominionit

Hey, it was just an idea... :-) No hurry...

Just in case this helps (you or anyone interested): a year ago I experimented with something similar. I started a very basic plugin (but like you, my children don't let me develop everything I'd like) verysimplestatic.php:

Code:

<?php

$thisfile = basename(__FILE__, ".php");
register_plugin(
    $thisfile,
    'VerySimpleStatic',
    '0.1 beta',
    'Carlos',
    '#',
    'Save copies of GS pages as static html (permalink structure in Setup should also be edited)'
);

// CHANGE NEXT LINE TO SET YOUR PREFERRED FILE EXTENSION:
define(VERYSIMPLESTATIC_EXT,'html'); // .htm, .html ... anything but 'php'
define(VERYSIMPLESTATIC_RELPATH,'staticfolder/'); // RELative path, ending in a slash

add_action('edit-content', 'verysimplestatic');

function verysimplestatic() {
    global $url;
    global $update;
    
    if ($update == 'edit-success'){ verysimplestatic_writepage(@$url); }
}

function verysimplestatic_writepage($slug) {
    global $SITEURL;
    
    $s=file_get_contents($SITEURL.'/index.php?id='.$slug);
    $filename=GSROOTPATH.VERYSIMPLESTATIC_RELPATH.$slug.'.'.VERYSIMPLESTATIC_EXT;
    $fich=fopen($filename,'w');
    if( fwrite($fich, $s) ) {
        echo 'File '.$filename.' created/updated.';
    } else {
        echo "ERROR writing static page! ($filename)<br>";
    }
    fclose($fich);
}

You have to set Custom permalink structure to:

Code:

staticfolder/%slug%.html

It's a different approach, only for generating local copies. (note it's very half-made)