Title: Education: 05. Blog Date: 2019-05-22 00:00 Category: Page Slug: education.05.blog Lang: en
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In this document we create “dynamic” pages for a blog.
Estimated completion time: 20 minutes.
Table of contents
pskov.cfg
fileSo, you have your web site in both English and Russian. You start to feel the need to regularly share your thoughts with the world as blog posts.
You set on to create the following directory structure:
pskov.cfg
en/blog/
item.template
index.template
preview.template
pagination.template
pagination.prev.template
pagination.next.template
1885.md
1886.01.md
1886.02.md
1887.01.md
1887.02.md
1888.md
1896.md
1899.md
en/page/
item.template
about.md
cv.md
ru/blog/
item.template
index.template
preview.template
pagination.template
pagination.prev.template
pagination.next.template
1885.md
1886.01.md
1886.02.md
1887.01.md
1887.02.md
1888.md
1896.md
1899.md
ru/page/
item.template
about.md
cv.md
Let's look at the contents of these files closer.
pskov.cfg
filepskov.cfg
file has the following contents:
input = en/page;ru/page;en/blog;ru/blog
item = item.template
preview = preview.template
index = index.template
paginationPrev = pagination.prev.template
paginationNext = pagination.next.template
paginationPrevNext = pagination.template
previewSize = 200
previewEnding = . . .
previewsPerPage = 3
previewPageBaseName = index
You already met input
and item
keys. Let's see into new ones:
Key | Description |
---|---|
preview |
Points to an HTML template that is used to generate HTML preview out of the first previewSize (approximately) characters for each Markdown file |
index |
Points to an HTML template that is used to generate preview page to host previews |
paginationPrev |
Points to an HTML template that is used to generate pagination section to navigate backwards |
paginationNext |
Points to an HTML template that is used to generate pagination section to navigate forward |
paginationPrevNext |
Points to an HTML template that is used to generate pagination section |
previewSize |
How many characters (approximately) to take out of a Markdown file to generate a preview |
previewEnding |
String to use at the end of each preview |
previewsPerPage |
Maximum number of previews hosted by a preview page |
previewsPageBaseName |
Base file name for preview pages |
In our case:
200
characters in size (approximately). . .
string at the end of each preview3
previews maximumindex.html
, index2.html
, index3.html
, etc.en/blog/item.template
contents:
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<body>
<div id="header">
<strong>Serov</strong>
<a href="../../en/blog/index.html">Blog</a>
<a href="../../en/page/about.html">About me</a>
<a href="../../en/page/cv.html">CV</a>
<div id="lang">
<a href="../../en/blog/PSKOV_ITEM_URL">EN</a>
<a href="../../ru/blog/PSKOV_ITEM_URL">RU</a>
</div>
</div>
<center>
<h1>In the blog...</h1>
<div class="contents">
<h2 class="itemTitle">
<a href="PSKOV_ITEM_URL">PSKOV_ITEM_TITLE</a>
</h2>
<p class="itemDate">PSKOV_ITEM_DATE</p>
PSKOV_ITEM_CONTENTS
ru/blog/item.template
contents:
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<body>
<div id="header">
<strong>Серов</strong>
<a href="../../ru/blog/index.html">Блог</a>
<a href="../../ru/page/about.html">Обо мне</a>
<a href="../../ru/page/cv.html">Резюме</a>
<div id="lang">
<a href="../../en/blog/PSKOV_ITEM_URL">EN</a>
<a href="../../ru/blog/PSKOV_ITEM_URL">RU</a>
</div>
</div>
<center>
<h1>В блоге...</h1>
<div class="contents">
<h2 class="itemTitle">
<a href="PSKOV_ITEM_URL">PSKOV_ITEM_TITLE</a>
</h2>
<p class="itemDate">PSKOV_ITEM_DATE</p>
PSKOV_ITEM_CONTENTS
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As you can see, both files look similar to item.template
files we saw before.
The changes include:
page
directory and the first preview page in blog
directorycontents
section as a link pointing to a complete blog postDate reference uses new PSKOV_ITEM_DATE
constant:
PSKOV constant | Description |
---|---|
PSKOV_ITEM_DATE |
Value of Date key of the page's Markdown file |
en/blog/preview.template
contents:
<div class="contents">
<h2 class="itemTitle">
<a href="PSKOV_ITEM_URL">PSKOV_ITEM_TITLE</a>
</h2>
<p class="itemDate">PSKOV_ITEM_DATE</p>
PSKOV_PREVIEW
<div class="itemMore">
<a href="PSKOV_ITEM_URL">Continue reading</a>
</div>
</div>
ru/blog/preview.template
contents:
<div class="contents">
<h2 class="itemTitle">
<a href="PSKOV_ITEM_URL">PSKOV_ITEM_TITLE</a>
</h2>
<p class="itemDate">PSKOV_ITEM_DATE</p>
PSKOV_PREVIEW
<div class="itemMore">
<a href="PSKOV_ITEM_URL">Читать дальше</a>
</div>
</div>
Previews have no <head>
, <body>
, and similar full page HTML tags. Previews represent sections inserted into preview pages.
Preview itself is referenced by PSKOV_PREVIEW
constant:
PSKOV constant | Description |
---|---|
PSKOV_PREVIEW |
Provides contents of a Markdown file limited by previewSize characters (approximately) |
en/blog/index.template
contents:
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<body>
<div id="header">
<strong>Serov</strong>
<a href="../../en/blog/index.html">Blog</a>
<a href="../../en/page/about.html">About me</a>
<a href="../../en/page/cv.html">CV</a>
<div id="lang">
<a href="../../en/blog/PSKOV_INDEX_URL">EN</a>
<a href="../../ru/blog/PSKOV_INDEX_URL">RU</a>
</div>
</div>
<center>
<h1>Blog</h1>
PSKOV_PREVIEWS
PSKOV_PAGINATION
<div id="footer">
This sample web site has been generated by <a href="http://opengamestudio.org/pskov">PSKOV</a>.
</div>
</center>
</body>
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ru/blog/index.template
contents:
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<body>
<div id="header">
<strong>Серов</strong>
<a href="../../ru/blog/index.html">Блог</a>
<a href="../../ru/page/about.html">Обо мне</a>
<a href="../../ru/page/cv.html">Резюме</a>
<div id="lang">
<a href="../../en/blog/PSKOV_INDEX_URL">EN</a>
<a href="../../ru/blog/PSKOV_INDEX_URL">RU</a>
</div>
</div>
<center>
<h1>Блог</h1>
PSKOV_PREVIEWS
PSKOV_PAGINATION
<div id="footer">
Этот пример сайта сгенерирован <a href="http://opengamestudio.org/pskov">ПСКОВОМ</a>.
</div>
</center>
</body>
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Notes:
PSKOV_INDEX_URL
constant is used to provide language selectionHere are new PSKOV constants explained:
PSKOV constant | Description |
---|---|
PSKOV_INDEX_URL |
Provides generated preview page file name: <previewsPageBaseName><id>.html |
PSKOV_PREVIEWS |
Provides a set of previews |
PSKOV_PAGINATION |
Provides pagination section to navigate preview pages |
Pagination templates represent HTML sections to navigate preview pages.
There are free pagination templates:
Pagination template | Description |
---|---|
Previous | A visitor can only go backwards |
Next | A visitor can only go forward |
Both | A visitor can either go backwards, or forward |
Let's look at English pagination templates:
en/blog/pagination.prev.template
contents:
<p>Page PSKOV_PAGE_ID of PSKOV_PAGES_COUNT</p>
<p>
<a href="PSKOV_PREV_PAGE_URL">« Newer</a>
</p>
en/blog/pagination.next.template
contents:
<p>Page PSKOV_PAGE_ID of PSKOV_PAGES_COUNT</p>
<p>
<a href="PSKOV_NEXT_PAGE_URL">Older »</a>
</p>
en/blog/pagination.template
contents:
<p>Page PSKOV_PAGE_ID of PSKOV_PAGES_COUNT</p>
<p>
<a href="PSKOV_PREV_PAGE_URL">« Newer</a>
<a href="PSKOV_NEXT_PAGE_URL">Older »</a>
</p>
Russian counterparts look similar. Here's ru/blog/pagination.template
contents:
<p>Страница PSKOV_PAGE_ID из PSKOV_PAGES_COUNT</p>
<p>
<a href="PSKOV_PREV_PAGE_URL">« Новее</a>
<a href="PSKOV_NEXT_PAGE_URL">Старее »</a>
</p>
Here are new PSKOV constants we used:
PSKOV constant | Description |
---|---|
PSKOV_PAGE_ID |
Provides preview page id starting from 1 |
PSKOV_PAGES_COUNT |
Provides total number of generated preview pages |
PSKOV_PREV_PAGE_URL |
Provides previous preview page file name |
PSKOV_NEXT_PAGE_URL |
Provides next preview page file name |
Markdown files represent blog posts and they look almost like Markdown files for pages. Here's en/blog/1885.md
contents:
Title: Bullocks
Date: 1885
Slug: 1885.01.bullocks
![Bullocks][bullocks]
I've been painting "Bullocks" sketch while I was staying in Odessa at Kuznetsov's in 1885.
[bullocks]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Walentin_Aleksandrovich_Serov_Bullocks.jpg
Date is used to sort blog posts by date in descending order:
Header key | Description |
---|---|
Date |
Provides value for PSKOV_ITEM_DATE constant when generating HTML out of Markdown |
Launch LFSA so that it points to directory with the files we just observed:
$ /path/to/lfsa_1.0.0.py /path/to/dir/03.Blog
Generate the site:
Generate
buttonen/blog/index.html
or ru/blog/index.html
from the site's directory locallyYou have successfully generated a web site with “dynamic” blog posts. Check out the result.
Introduced PSKOV constants include:
PSKOV constant | Description |
---|---|
PSKOV_ITEM_DATE |
Value of Date key of the page's Markdown file |
PSKOV_PREVIEW |
Provides contents of a Markdown file limited by previewSize characters (approximately) |
PSKOV_INDEX_URL |
Provides generated preview page file name: <previewsPageBaseName><id>.html |
PSKOV_PREVIEWS |
Provides a set of previews |
PSKOV_PAGINATION |
Provides pagination section to navigate preview pages |
PSKOV_PAGE_ID |
Provides preview page id starting from 1 |
PSKOV_PAGES_COUNT |
Provides total number of generated preview pages |
PSKOV_PREV_PAGE_URL |
Provides previous preview page file name |
PSKOV_NEXT_PAGE_URL |
Provides next preview page file name |
Introduced configuration keys include:
Key | Description |
---|---|
preview |
Points to an HTML template that is used to generate HTML preview out of the first previewSize (approximately) characters for each Markdown file |
index |
Points to an HTML template that is used to generate preview page to host previews |
paginationPrev |
Points to an HTML template that is used to generate pagination section to navigate backwards |
paginationNext |
Points to an HTML template that is used to generate pagination section to navigate forward |
paginationPrevNext |
Points to an HTML template that is used to generate pagination section |
previewSize |
How many characters (approximately) to take out of a Markdown file to generate a preview |
previewEnding |
String to use at the end of each preview |
previewsPerPage |
Maximum number of previews hosted by a preview page |
previewsPageBaseName |
Base file name for preview pages |
Introduced header keys include:
Header key | Description |
---|---|
Date |
Provides value for PSKOV_ITEM_DATE constant when generating HTML out of Markdown |
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