extend jekyll / octopress with db?

Question

I've been looking to move my wp blog to octopress (based on jekyll). I'd like to have the option to add a member login/registration system to the site as well as other dynamic functionality later down the line, but I like the idea of having my content static, like octopress offers. I don't necessarily need comments on the blog. I've read that octopress is based on sinatra, but I'm not a ruby expert. Would it be possible to use sinatra to achieve what I want or do I need to use some other toolkit? Thanks, B

Answer 1

After one day of no replies you're already disappointed in the 'ruby fanboys'... Not surprised it stays silent after such a comment.

Anyway, both Jekyll and Octopress are specifically aimed at generating static pages. You put the generated HTML files on a server and that's it. So there is no dynamic element at all. So if you want to add dynamic layers like a login system, you're looking at a totally different beast. You could create it, but you'd have to write the whole system yourself.

If you want use create CMS in Ruby, you might want to have a look at RefineryCMS