mycelium
A Static Site Generator Generator
I'm working on this, it may or may not become finished at any time. If you're looking for a decent site generator, there are plenty available:
Install
npm install -g mycelium
Usage
mycelium init <source dir> <target dir>
This will create a new npm package in the current directory, containing an executable javascript
file that will render markdown files from <source dir> into html files to <target dir>.
It'll also hopefully download and install any dependencies needed.
Howto
Any files in <source> are transferred to <public>. Files with the .md extension are
assumed to be markdown files, that are wrapped usinga template from the template dir.
Front matter is available inside the template.
mkdir my-static-site cd my-static-ste mkdir content template echo -e "---\ntitle: Hello World\n---\n## Hello World\n\nThis is just a simple markdown file\n" > content/index.md echo -e "<html>\n\t<head>\n<title>{{title}}</title>\n</head>\n<body>{{content|raw}}</body>\n</html>" > template/index.swig ./index.js serve # now go to http://127.0.0.1:3210 Front matter
Folowing variables in the front-matter are considered "special":
template
Indicates the template file to be used. The templating engine is guessed from the extension
of the template-file ( e.g. swig, eco, ejs ). Templating is done using consolidate.
More to follow ( e.g. tags, categories, date ).
Motif
Static site generators are fun :)
There are many site generators out there - this is yet another one that fits my specific needs to replace a Wordpress blog, a jekyll site, a one-page project site and a simple company website with three pages.
TODO
Allow for middlewares to hook into the process at any stage, so I can write custom extentions on a per-site basis for adding template tags, less rendering and image scaling.