justinmayer
commented
1 year ago Using a static site generator has two components: the tool that generates the site (Pelican), and the web server that serves the static assets (Apache, Nginx, Caddy, etc.).
If you are using a Mac to run Pelican and generate the site, then you should install the Mac version of Stork. You do not need to install a Linux version of Stork if you are running a web server on Linux to serve the static assets.
By way of example, I use a Mac, Pelican, and the Mac version of Stork to generate the Justin Mayer web site. I followed the steps mentioned in the Search plugin README and then merely rsync the generated static assets to the Linux server, and the web server running on that Linux OS dutifully serves the static assets without any other Stork-related server-side configuration.
tas509
Hello,
I have just discovered Pelican and have a question about this search plugin.
To install the plugin, I also need to install Stork software... and it seems I need to install the mac version of the tool using brew. My hosting is on Linux, so if I add the plugin via pip ... surely that can't go any get a linux version of the app can it?
(Or this is a .wasm thing, about which I know next to nothing, so it'll be compiled and served accordingly)
Sorry to be dense - but I won't have to go to my hosting and install a Linux version will I? I'm looking for a super-simple search (I liked the look of the previous version of the plugin) for a site of <100 pages.... and would prefer the most basic option given that I may be teaching this approach to site building to students ... so it needs to be generic.
Thanks, I hope this makes some sense.