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dblog

License: MIT GitHub Workflow Status (branch)

dblog blog generator, that generates blog from Markdown and JSON file. dblog handles technical parts, so you can focus on hard part writing.

Features

  • Easy to:
    • Setup
    • Configure
    • Write
  • Supports:
  • Auto generate:
    • GitHub Pages Actions file
    • Favicon
    • Sitemap
    • 404 page
    • CSS
    • mainfest.json file
    • Feeds
      • RSS
      • JSON
      • Atom
  • No Client side JavaScript
  • Minified HTML & Inline CSS
  • Lightweight

Getting Started

Installing

  • Download deno from https://deno.land/ and install it.
  • After installing deno run following commands.
# Install the dblog
deno run https://deno.land/x/dblog/install.js # Add deno to path, if you didn't already.

# See all the options that are available
dblog --help

# Setup the your blog (Skip this if already your blog setup)
dblog --setup

# Make your blog and Run on localhost
dblog --serve

Update

To update dblog, rerun the installation command.

deno run https://deno.land/x/dblog/install.js

Run dblog without installing dblog

deno run -A https://deno.land/x/dblog/mod.js --help

Live Demo & Folder

Configuration

Place config.json in root folder to edit default configuration. The config.json is optional.

The config.json with default configuration:

{
  "name": "dblog",
  "start_url": "https://AnzenKodo.github.io/dblog/",
  "description": "dblog blog generator, that generates blog from Markdown and JSON file. dblog handles technical parts, so you can focus on hard part writing.",
  "email": "",
  "author": "AnzenKodo",
  "posts": "./posts",
  "output": "./site",
  "favicon": "favicon.svg",
  "lang": "en-US",
  "port": 8000,
  "background": "#ffffff",
  "foreground": "#000000",
  "theme": "#01a252",
  "footer": "<p>Made by <a href=\"https://AnzenKodo.github.io/AnzenKodo\">AnzenKodo</a> under <a href=\"https://anzenkodo.github.io/dblog/LICENSE\">MIT</a></p>\n",
  "page404": "404 Page Not Found, Sorry :(",
  "backup": false,
  "exclude": [
    "config.json",
    "backup.json"
  ],
  "nav": {},
  "head": ""
}

Note: Every option is optional.

  • name - Name of your blog.
  • start_url - Start URL of your site. Example:https://example.com/’, ‘https://blog.example.com/’, ‘https://example.com/blog/
  • email - Your email address. This will enable ‘Reply with Email’ button in posts.
  • author - Your name or username.
  • posts - Path of posts.
  • output - Folder where your blog build will be placed. Example: ‘./blog’, ‘../site/blog’, ‘site/blog’.
  • favicon - Recommended 500x500px. Favicon location. If empty, generated favicon will be used. Example: ‘./favicon.png’, ‘./static/favicon.icon’, ‘../favicon.jpg’.
  • lang - Blog language in ‘RFC 5646’ format. Example: ‘ja’ for Japanese, ‘sv’ for Swedish, ‘it’ for Italian. See List of common primary language subtags in Wikipedia
  • footer - Footer of your website. Supports CommonMark Markdown format. Example: Made by [AnzenKodo](https://AnzenKodo.github.io/AnzenKodo) uder [MIT License](https://anzenkodo.github.io/dblog/LICENSE.html).
  • port - Port of your blog on localhost. Example: ’8080’, ‘8300’, ‘8400’.
  • background - Background color in light mode. Becomes foreground color in light mode. Example: ‘#000000’, “#ffffff’, ‘##FEFBFE’.
  • foreground - Foreground color in light mode. Becomes background color in light mode. Example: ‘#000000’, “#ffffff’, ‘##FEFBFE’.
  • theme - Blog theme color. Example: ‘#0583f2’, ‘#f20544’, ‘#f2b705’.
  • page404 - 404 page message. Example: ‘Sorry, page not found :(‘.
  • backup - Backup file location. Example: false to don’t generate backup.json file, ‘./backup.json’, ‘./site/backup.json’, ‘../backup.json’.
  • exclude - Exclude files or folder. Example:
    "exclude": [ ".env", "todo.md", "drafts" ],
  • nav - Nav bar item list. Example:
    "nav": {
      "about": "./about.md",
      "stie": "https://anzenkodo.github.io/AnzenKodo"
    }
  • head - If you analytics or any other tags you want to put on head tag. Example: <link rel="preconnect" href="//www.google-analytics.com" crossorigin="">.

CLI Options

dblog blog generator, that generates blog from Markdown and JSON file. dblog handles technical parts, so you can focus on hard part writing.

Website: https://anzenkodo.github.io/dblog
Package: https://deno.land/x/dblog
Repo: https://github.com/AnzenKodo/dblog
Docs: https://anzenkodo.github.io/dblog/posts/dblog-Docs.html

USAGE:
  dblog [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS:
  --serve   Build blog and Start localhost.
    --noopen  Don't open browser, when starting localhost.
  --build   Build blog without starting localhost.
  --setup   Setup new blog.
  --backup  Restore blog if 'backup.json' file available.
  --readme  Generate 'README.md' file.
  --help    Print help information.

File Options

---
title: If empty the file name will be used
description: If empty the first paragraph will be used.
tags: [ "tag1", "tag2" ]
date: 20/08/2020
canonical:
---
  • date - If empty, the file date will be used. Note: The file date might not always right. So always give you own date.
  • canonical - Share content between multiple sites without impacting SEO. Just put canonical URL. Know more about canonical url.

If file name start with underscore “_” it will be consider as draft.

Example: posts/_This is draft.md

Markdown Guide

CommonMark Syntex

Heading

# H1
## H2
### H3
#### H4
##### H5
###### H6

H1

H2

H3

H4

H5
H6

Inline style

**Bold** *Italic* ~~Strikethrough~~

Bold Italic Strikethrough

[website](https://anzenkodo.github.io/dblog)
![Jurassic Deno by Samip Poudel](https://deno.land/images/artwork/jurassicDeno.jpg)

website Jurassic Deno by Samip Poudel

Blockquote

> 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions' by Abbot Bernard

‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions’ by Abbot Bernard

List

* List
  * List
* List

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
  • List
    • List
  • List
  1. One
  2. Two
  3. Three

Horizontal rule

---

Code block

`Inline code` with backticks
```js
  console.log("Code Blog in JavaScript");
```

Inline code with backticks

console.log("Code Blog in JavaScript");

Additional Markdown syntax

Checkbox

- [ ] Checkbox
- [x] Checkbox with tick
  • Checkbox
  • Checkbox with tick

Image with caption

![Deno](https://deno.land/images/artwork/deno_matrix.png "Matrix by bramaudi")
Deno
Matrix by bramaudi
Here is a footnote reference[^1].
[^1]: Here is the footnote.

Here is a footnote reference[^1]. [^1]: Here is the footnote.

Additional inline syntax

~sub~
^sup^
==mark==
[[kbd]]
_underline_
++insert++
~~delete~~

sub sup mark kbd underline insert delete

Description list

: Definition 1
Term 2 with *inline markup*
: Definition 2
Third paragraph of definition 2.
Definition 1
Term 2 with inline.
Definition 2
Third paragraph of definition 2.

Abbreviation

*[abbr]: Abbreviation

abbr

Table

Normal
| Syntax      | Description |
| ----------- | ----------- |
| Header      | Title       |
| Paragraph   | Text        |
Syntax Description
Header Title
Paragraph Text
Multiline
|   Markdown   | Rendered HTML |
|--------------|---------------|
|    *Italic*  | *Italic*      | \
|              |               |
|    - Item 1  | - Item 1      | \
|    - Item 2  | - Item 2      |
|    ```python | ```python       \
|    .1 + .2   | .1 + .2         |    ```       | ```           |
MarkdownRendered HTML
*Italic* 

Italic

- Item 1 - Item 2
  • Item 1
  • Item 2

```python
.1 + .2
```
.1 + .2
  
Rowspan
Stage | Direct Products | ATP Yields
----: | --------------: | ---------:
Glycolysis | 2 ATP ||
^^ | 2 NADH | 3--5 ATP |
Pyruvaye oxidation | 2 NADH | 5 ATP |
Citric acid cycle | 2 ATP ||
^^ | 6 NADH | 15 ATP |
^^ | 2 FADH2 | 3 ATP |
**30--32** ATP |||
[Net ATP yields per hexose]
Net ATP yields per hexose
Stage Direct Products ATP Yields
Glycolysis 2 ATP
2 NADH 3–5 ATP
Pyruvaye oxidation 2 NADH 5 ATP
Citric acid cycle 2 ATP
6 NADH 15 ATP
2 FADH2 3 ATP
30–32 ATP

Headerless

|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|
|♜|  |♝|♛|♚|♝|♞|♜|
|  |♟|♟|♟|  |♟|♟|♟|
|♟|  |♞|  |  |  |  |  |
|  |♗|  |  |♟|  |  |  |
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|♙|♙|♙|♙|  |♙|♙|♙|
|♖|♘|♗|♕|♔|  |  |♖|