Pull out configuration into separate file,update homepage post count, default post index page

README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ gem install kramdown rss
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-Make your changes in the top of the main `wruby.rb` file (site URL, your name,
+Make your changes in the main configuration file `_config.yml` file (site URL, your name,
 etc.). Remove the `.build.yml` unless you plan to host with sourcehut pages,
 otherwise edit this file with your own details.
 
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ otherwise edit this file with your own details.
 * Pages go under the `pages` directory as markdown files
 * Media (images, videos etc) go in the root `public` directory
 
+## Defaults
+
+* The homepage only displays the first `5` posts. You can configure this in `_config.yml` under `post_count`.
+* The full blog post index will be generated at `yoursite.com/posts`
+  * This means you need to have a `posts.md` file in your `pages` directory (or change `posts_index` the core `_config.yml`)
+
 ## Running
 
 1. Run `make build` in the root directory

_config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+site_url: 'https://wruby.btxx.org'
+site_name: 'wruby'
+author_name: 'Bradley Taunt'
+
+directories:
+  posts: 'posts'
+  pages: 'pages'
+  public: 'public'
+  output: 'build'
+  posts_output: 'build/posts'
+  pages_output: 'build/'
+  
+files:
+  header: 'header.html'
+  footer: 'footer.html'
+  root_index: 'index.md'
+  posts_index: 'pages/posts.md'
+  rss: 'build/index.rss'
+
+misc:
+  post_count: 5

footer.html

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <h2>Menu Navigation</h2>
     <ul id="menu">
         <li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
+        <li><a href="/posts">Posts</a></li>
         <li><a href="/about">About</a></li>
         <li><a href="/websites">Websites</a></li>
         <li><a href="/index.rss">RSS</a></li>

header.html

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 	<meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light">
 	<link rel="icon" href="data:,">
 	<title>{{TITLE}}</title>
-	<link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" />
-	<link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" />
+	<link href="/index.rss" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" />
 <style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0
 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}blockquote{border-left:4px
   solid;padding-left:5px;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.posts,#menu{list-style:none;padding:0;}.posts li{margin-bottom:8px;}.posts li span{display:block;font-size:90%;}#menu li{display:inline-block;margin-right:8px;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style>

pages/posts.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# All Posts
+
+This page contains a list of all your blog posts.

wruby.rb

@@ -4,24 +4,29 @@ require 'date'
 require 'time'
 require 'rss'
 require 'find'
+require 'yaml'
 
-# Configuration all the things!
-site_url = 'https://wruby.btxx.org'
-site_name = 'wruby'
-author_name = 'Bradley Taunt'
+# Load configuration
+config = YAML.load_file('_config.yml')
 
-posts_dir = 'posts'
-pages_dir = 'pages'
-public_dir = 'public'
+site_url = config['site_url']
+site_name = config['site_name']
+author_name = config['author_name']
 
-output_dir = 'build'
-posts_output_dir = "#{output_dir}/posts"
-pages_output_dir = "#{output_dir}/"
+posts_dir = config['directories']['posts']
+pages_dir = config['directories']['pages']
+public_dir = config['directories']['public']
+output_dir = config['directories']['output']
+posts_output_dir = config['directories']['posts_output']
+pages_output_dir = config['directories']['pages_output']
 
-header_file = 'header.html'
-footer_file = 'footer.html'
-root_index_file = 'index.md'
-rss_file = "#{output_dir}/index.rss"
+header_file = config['files']['header']
+footer_file = config['files']['footer']
+root_index_file = config['files']['root_index']
+posts_index_file = config['files']['posts_index']
+rss_file = config['files']['rss']
+
+post_count = config['misc']['post_count']
 
 # Make sure output directories exist
 [posts_output_dir, pages_output_dir].each { |dir| FileUtils.mkdir_p(dir) }
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ def process_markdown_files(input_directory, output_directory, header_content, fo
 end
 
 # Create the root index file
-def generate_index(posts, header_content, footer_content, root_index_file, output_dir, posts_dir)
+def generate_index(posts, header_content, footer_content, root_index_file, post_count, output_dir, posts_dir)
   root_index_content = File.read(root_index_file)
   root_title = extract_title_from_md(root_index_content.lines)
   root_html = Kramdown::Document.new(root_index_content).to_html
@@ -77,12 +82,27 @@ def generate_index(posts, header_content, footer_content, root_index_file, outpu
   header = replace_title_placeholder(header_content, root_title)
 
   index_content = header + root_html + "<ul class=\"posts\">\n"
-  posts.each { |post| index_content << "<li><span>#{post[:date]}</span><a href='/#{posts_dir}/#{post[:link]}'>#{post[:title]}</a></li>\n" }
-  index_content << "</ul>\n" + footer_content
+  posts.first(post_count).each { |post| index_content << "<li><span>#{post[:date]}</span><a href='/#{posts_dir}/#{post[:link]}'>#{post[:title]}</a></li>\n" }
+  index_content << "</ul>\n<p><a href='/#{posts_dir}'>View all posts &rarr;</a></p>\n" + footer_content
 
   File.write("#{output_dir}/index.html", index_content)
 end
 
+# Create the full posts list page
+def generate_full_posts_list(posts, header_content, footer_content, posts_index_file, output_dir, posts_dir)
+  posts_index_content = File.read(posts_index_file)
+  posts_title = extract_title_from_md(posts_index_content.lines)
+  posts_html = Kramdown::Document.new(posts_index_content).to_html
+
+  header = replace_title_placeholder(header_content, posts_title)
+
+  list_content = header + posts_html + "<ul class=\"posts\">\n"
+  posts.each { |post| list_content << "<li><span>#{post[:date]}</span><a href='/#{posts_dir}/#{post[:link]}'>#{post[:title]}</a></li>\n" }
+  list_content << "</ul>\n" + footer_content
+
+  File.write("#{output_dir}/posts/index.html", list_content)
+end
+
 # Generate the RSS 2.0 feed
 def generate_rss(posts, rss_file, author_name, site_name, site_url, posts_dir)
   rss = RSS::Maker.make("2.0") do |maker|
@@ -117,7 +137,8 @@ header_content = File.read(header_file)
 posts = process_markdown_files(posts_dir, posts_output_dir, header_content, footer_content).sort_by { |post| -post[:date].to_time.to_i }
 pages = process_markdown_files(pages_dir, pages_output_dir, header_content, footer_content)
 
-generate_index(posts, header_content, footer_content, root_index_file, output_dir, posts_dir)
+generate_index(posts, header_content, footer_content, root_index_file, post_count, output_dir, posts_dir)
+generate_full_posts_list(posts, header_content, footer_content, posts_index_file, output_dir, posts_dir)
 FileUtils.cp_r(public_dir, output_dir)
 generate_rss(posts, rss_file, author_name, site_name, site_url, posts_dir)