cool_ssg

A compact static site generator with some nice features.

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Installation

Make sure you have installed Python version 3.8.5 or above. No other dependencies is currently needed.

To clone this project, use:

git clone https://github.com/lmpham1/cool_ssg_generator.git

Then, you'll probably want to navigate to the project's root folder:

cd cool_ssg_generator

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Basic Usage

Navigate to the project folder (if you haven't done so already):

cd cool_ssg_generator

Generate a website from a file or folder:

python cool_ssg --input <INPUT_FILE_OR_FOLDER>

Default output folder is ./dist/, to specify a custom output folder:

python cool_ssg --input <INPUT_FILE_OR_FOLDER> --output <OUTPUT_FOLDER>

CSS can be used via the --stylesheet flag:

python cool_ssg --input <INPUT_FILE_OR_FOLDER> --stylesheet <STYLESHEET_URL>

For more usage, please refer to:

python cool_ssg -h

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Cool Features

Wanna know what make the cool_ssg_generator so cool? Aside from the totally-intentional doubled 'generator' in the name, it offers the following awesome features:

• Support multiple stylesheets! Simply use the -s or --stylesheet flags and separate each stylesheet link with space ' ', i.e.:

python cool_ssg -i index.txt -s sheet1.css sheet2.css sheet3.css

• Markdown (.md files) support for bold (**example** or __example__), italics (*example* or _example_), and links ([Example](www.example.com))
• Language for the output HTML documents can be configured with -l or --lang flag (default is en-CA):

python cool_ssg -i test.txt -l en-UK

Note: No validation for --lang/-l option is implemented yet. See issue #14 for more information

• You can save your command-line options in a config file! No need to manually type all the options everytime, just use --config/-c flag with a json file:

python cool_ssg -c config.json

Note: Using --config/-c option will ignore/override other options