stack

Generates a static site from template files with YAML and Liquid. Stack supports template transformation through Markdown, Textile and Less CSS.

Within template files, stack allows you to use bi-directional YAML variables and include files.

Dependencies

Liquid - Templating system
RedCloth - Textile transformation
Maruku - Markdown transformation
Less - CSS transformation

Install

Available through Gemcutter.

gem install stack

Usage

Command Line

cd /path/to/my/site
stack [command] [options]

Commands

generate

Generate runs through the source and transforms the templates, if no source is specified the current directory will be used.

gen

Alias of generate.

server

Runs a web server serving the output of the transformed source, by default when running stack in server mode your templates will be automatically transformed when changed (this can be disabled).

watch

Watches a directory and re-builds whenever theres file changes.

Options

--source [DIR]

Directory to use as the source for generating a site with stack, by default the current directory will be used.

--target [DIR]

Directory to use as the target directory, if none is specified the target will be a folder called _stack in the source directory.

Server Options

--port [PORT]

Specifies the port number the server should use when serving content through the server command.

--disable-watch

Disables automatic transformation when serving content through the server command.

Ruby

require 'stack'

Stack::Generator.new("/path/to/source", "/path/to/target")

Templates and YAML

Template files can contain YAML block's that are processed by stack and can be used to define Liquid variables for use in your templates. A YAML block can be something like;

---
layout: application
title: Page Title
---

Pre-defined variables

layout

This specifies the layout file to use around the content, theres no need to specify the extension. The layout must be defined in a file inside a _layout folder that is within the current template scope, if you have templates defined in a sub-folder you can have a _layout folder that only templates in the sub-folder can access.

generator

This variable holds the current hash used to transform the current template. You should not override this from the YAML block.

generator.time

The current Time from when the stack processed and transformed the templates.

generator.processed_at

The current Time the generator processed the templates.

generator.transformed_at

The current Time the generator transformed the templates.

Liquid Templates

Its out of the scope of this project's README file to describe how Liquid templating can be used, for more information see the Liquid Wiki.

Filters

{{ generator.time | date_to_xmlschema }} #=> 2009-10-31T21:16:06+00:00

Transforms a Time into a XML schema format string.

{{ generator.time | date_to_string }} #=> 31 Oct 2009

Transforms a Time into a formatted string.

{{ title | xml_escape }} #=>

Escapes the specified string for use in XML.

Contribute

Fork the project.
Make your feature addition or bug fix.
Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.