From 6b781dd41433137c78d57fd4cf46422467c9d2f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: adnano Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:03:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b720d27..ff1f10a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -36,18 +36,47 @@ dst/ Site destination Running `kiln` takes the contents in `src`, runs them through the templates in `templates`, and writes the result to `dst`. -## Pages +## Permalinks + +Every page and directory in the site is assigned a path and a permalink. +Paths are relative and point to the source file. +Permalinks are absolute and point to the destination file. + +Examples: + +``` +file: src/posts/2020-09-22-hello-world.gmi +path: posts/2020-09-22-hello-world.gmi +permalink: /posts/hello-world.gmi + +directory: src/posts/ +path: posts +permalink: /posts/ +``` + +## Templates + +Templates are located in the `templates` directory. +There are currently two supported templates: + +- `page.gmi`: The template used for pages +- `directory.gmi`: The template used for directories + +If `page.gmi` does not exist, page files will not be created. +If `directory.gmi` does not exist, directory index files will not be created. + +### Page templates Page templates are provided with the following information: - `Title`: The title parsed from the first heading in the file -- `Date`: The date parsed from the filename (e.g. `2020-09-22-hello-world.gmi`) +- `Date`: The date parsed from the filename - `Path`: Relative path to the page - `Permalink`: Permalink to the page -- `Content`: The contents of the file (including the title) +- `Content`: The contents of the page (excluding the title) Pages can specify dates in their filenames. kiln will recognize the date and -remove it from the permalink. +remove it from the permalink. See [Permalinks](#permalinks) for an example. Pages can also specify titles in their content. kiln will parse and remove the title from the content. Example: @@ -69,7 +98,7 @@ Content: This is some content. ``` -## Directories +### Directory templates Directory templates are provided with the following information: @@ -79,6 +108,7 @@ Directory templates are provided with the following information: - `Directories`: The subdirectories of this directory Directory templates are written to `index.gmi` in the corresponding directory. + Example: ``` @@ -94,36 +124,3 @@ $ cat dst/posts/index.gmi => /posts/post-1.gmi => /posts/post-2.gmi ``` - -## Templates - -Templates are located in the `templates` directory. - -There are currently two supported templates: - -- `page.gmi`: The template used for pages -- `directory.gmi`: The template used for directories - -If `page.gmi` does not exist, page files will not be created. -If `directory.gmi` does not exist, directory index files will not be created. - -## Permalinks - -Every page and directory in the site is assigned a path and a permalink. - -``` -file: src/posts/2020-09-22-hello-world.gmi -path: posts/2020-09-22-hello-world.gmi -permalink: /posts/hello-world.gmi -``` - -Paths are relative and point to the source file. -Permalinks are absolute and point to the destination file. - -Here is an example of a directory: - -``` -directory: src/posts/ -path: posts -permalink: /posts/ -```