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Blode

A simple static site/blog generator like jekyll but simpler, made in node.js

Install

$npm install blode -g

Structure

.
|-- config.json
|-- static
|-- layouts
|   |-- main.html
|-- pages
|   |-- no-layout-page.md
|   |   main
|   |   |-- page-using-main-layout.md
|-- output

config.json

Main site configuration.<br/> The possible keys are:

port (number): the default server port (--server).
url (string): the site's url.

rss (object): if you specify this object in the config an RSS will be created everytime you regenerate the site (--gen). The object format:

{
    "title": "a title",
    "description": "a description",
    "feed_url": "http://example.com/rss.xml",
    "site_url": "http://example.com",
    "image_url": "http://example.com/icon.png",
    "author": "Test Jones"
}

static

All static files like html, images, documents, etc. They'll be copied to the output folder.

layouts

Layout files represented as doT html files (allowed extensions: .htm, .html). You can use the following variables inside a layout:

blode.body: this is the main content of the layout
blode.posts: an array of all you site's posts. Each one is an object in the form {"path": "/full/path", "link": "post-name.html", "name": "post-name"}

E.g:

<body>
-- header --
{{=blode.body}}
-- footer --
</body>

All files should be utf-8 encoded.

pages

The dynamic content. They should be markdown files (extension .md). If you put a page inside a subfolder called X then X is the name of the layout (without extension) to use for this page. All files should be utf-8 encoded.

output

The folder where the generated content will be placed.

Usage

You can use -v or --verbose to execute the commands in verbose mode.

blode --help

Show the help.

blode --new /my/new/site

Creates a new site skeleton at /my/new/site or at the current working dir if none is specified.

blode --gen

Generates the site at current dir (must be a valid blode directory).

blode --server 3000

Starts a web server at port 3000 (default: 4000) to test the site (must be a valid blode directory).