Blingy (v1.0.x-alpha)

Static blog/site generator with markdown

• Write blog articles in .md that gets published in HTML
• Use handebarsjs in to your .md articles, includes useful helper commands like published date - {{date}}
• Create/Update custom templates and add your own styling/layouts, just remember to run blingy update-template when you're done
• CLI makes it easy to generate new drafts and publish them

Command Line Interface, usage blingy <command>

• help commands: <help>

• setup commands: <install>, <refresh>, <run>

• create commands: <new>, <publish>, <list>

• remove commands: <unpublish>, <delete>

• misc commands:<update-template>, <watch>

Get started in CLI

• npm install --g blingy

• Terminal: blingy install

• Update this file: ./javascripts/site.js with your information

• Terminal: blingy refresh

• After you write your first blog, blingy run in a new tab/window, then check it out in browser at http://127.0.0.1:9966

For command list in CLI just type blingy

Write your first blog article with blingy

• Terminal: blingy new myPost

• Find it in posts/myPost.md, and add some markdown.

• Turn it to HTML: blingy publish myPost

• View it locally: blingy run, then goto http://127.0.0.1:9966

• Profit: (Let me know once you've figured that part out!)

Dependencies

• Browserify (dealing with multiple JS files)
• Watchify (watcher to update bundle.js on JS file changes)
• Beefy (watch index.html for changes and serve locally)
• Handlebars (templating and partials)
• Markdown

Todo

• Create default template so it doesn't have that craigslist feel
• Write more helpful helper commands