Bludit for Web Apps

Fast, flat-file CMS

With a lot of content management software available in the market today, creating websites and blogs is a lot easier. Many of these CMS apps come equipped with tools to help you create your website within seconds. Bludit is a free and open-source productivity application that offers fast and simple web building. It is a flat-file CMS, which means that the app uses files in JSON format to store your content. Users do not need to install or configure a database. They only need a web server with PHP support. Moreover, it supports the installation of plugins to extend its functionality. It also offers customization options, so you can personalize your Bludit-powered site with beautiful and cool themes. 

Simple with a few drawbacks

Bludit is a web application that is easy to use and easy to extend. It allows creating individual websites without any big troubles. It installs easily and does not take up a lot of your hardware. However, you need a web server with PHP support to ensure that the app works well. After a quick installation to the localhost, you can start editing. The app looks great and clean, with plenty of plugins and themes that will suit the users' needs. 

However, a few glaring caveats will present itself almost immediately. For one, inserting images using the default editor will prove to be hard. You will need to install plugins to make it easier for you to do so. There are plenty of plugins to choose from, which brings a new drawback to the app. Finding a plugin that works well with Bludit takes a while, especially since some of them do not work at all. Back to the images, the app's image uploader is archaic. You can only upload one image at a time, and the preview shows only six images. The app also lacks page and post-management, and the moment, tags are only possible in posts and not in pages. 

But, that is not to say that there are no positive points to the app. Bludit removes the added complexity of MySQL DB and uses a flat-file as its database. The learning curve is also short, which makes it easier to manage for nonsavvy admins. Users will also be happy to know that Bludit incorporates all the SEO tools to improve your ranking. It also supports markdown and HTML code for the content.