[MacRuby-devel] Any volunteers to help maintain http://www.macruby.org?

Thu Aug 27 16:52:31 PDT 2009

Hey Mike, any updates on the blog post? Let me know if you need assistance.

- Matt

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Mike Sassak <msassak at gmail.com> wrote:

> What version of Webby is everyone using? I'm on the latest (0.9.4) and was
> getting errors from the blog:post task until I replaced tasks/blog.task with
> the one created by 'webby-gen blog'. You can see the changes here:
> http://github.com/msassak/macruby_website/commit/f262f91c099186fc74f2b1e0c9e4099f0ed1ff67#diff-1.
> They're small, but made all the difference. :-)
>
> I'll create a tutorial out of Rich's post and let the list know when I've
> pushed it.
>
> Mike
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Richard Kilmer <rich at infoether.com>wrote:
>
>> This is from something I wrote a while ago on how to write a recipe but
>> did not post to the site.  I added stuff on how to do blog posts too.
>> Writing a recipe/blog post for the MacRuby website is very easy.  First,
>> you need to get the MacRuby website source checked out on your computer.
>>
>>   (This can be replaced with Matt's git instructions)
>>   svn checkout
>> http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/ruby/MacRubyWebsite/trunkmacruby_website
>>
>> You also need to have Webby installed.  Webby is a RubyGem that builds
>> websites from static files.  The MacRuby website is built with Webby.  You
>> will also need to install CodeRay which is used to render source code.
>>  Lastly, you will need to install RedCloth for textile formatting.
>>
>>   (sudo) gem install webby
>>   (sudo) gem install coderay
>>   (sudo) gem install RedCloth
>>
>> Now that we have webby, and we have the MacRuby website local, we will use
>> webby to generate our recipe and then use webby to visualize it.
>>
>> *Generating your Recipe*
>>
>> Change your directory to the root of the website.  You then will generate
>> the recipe from the template:
>>
>>   cd macruby_website
>>   webby create:recipe recipes/my_cool_recipe
>>
>> Just change *my_cool_recipe/blog_post* with a unique name for your recipe
>> name.  If you want just preface it with your name like
>> *rich_kilmer_my_cool_recipe*.  This will generate that file.  Now you open
>> the generated file and update the header information:
>>
>>   title:      rich_kilmer_my_cool_recipe
>>   created_at: 2009-04-17 15:07:10.638684 -04:00
>>   recipe:     true
>>   author:     Your Name Here
>>
>> You will want to change that title to be more expressive.  And then
>> replace 'Your Name Here' with your name.
>>
>> *Generating a Blog Post*
>>
>> This generates a blog post:
>>
>>   cd macruby_website
>>   webby blog:post my_cool_blog_post
>>
>> You will see output such as:
>>
>> [09:00:21]  INFO: creating content/blog/2009/08/index.txt
>> [09:00:21]  INFO: creating content/blog/2009/08/20/my-cool-blog-post.txt
>>
>> So there you see it created a structure with today's date and your next
>> post's template.  You can then edit the template like was indicated above
>> for the recipe...changing the title and author YAML fields.
>>
>> ---
>> title:      my_cool_blog_post
>> created_at: 2009-08-20 09:00:21.829275 -04:00
>> blog_post:  true
>> layout:     blog_entry
>> author:     Your Name Here
>> filter:
>>   - erb
>>   - textile
>> ---
>>
>> You can see here that this template can use textile format.
>>
>> *Webby Autobuild and Local Preview*
>>
>> Its helpful to put webby in 'autobuild' mode so you can write and preview
>> your recipe or blog post.
>>
>>   webby autobuild
>>
>> This compiles and builds the MacRuby website locally and starts up a local
>> server and then opens a browser pointed at the local service.  If you click
>> on the Documentation tab you will see your new recipe listed there.
>>  Clicking on its link to your article in the browser will show you the
>> article so far.  If you then edit your recipe webby will detect that change
>> and rebuild your recipe page.  Refresh the browser and you see your updates
>> live!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
>> On Aug 20, 2009, at 3:04 AM, Mike Sassak wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Matt Aimonetti <mattaimonetti at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Alright, things are now setup and contribution should be easier (patches
>>> against svn are also accepted).
>>>
>>> How to contribute content for the website using github:
>>>
>>> *  fork the website repo on github:
>>> http://github.com/mattetti/macruby_website/
>>> * clone and pull your branch locally
>>> * create a new topic branch, work on the post, git rebase
>>> interactive/squash commits
>>> * push your branch/commit to your branch and email the list/me to let us
>>> know that the article is ready
>>> * I'll cherry pick your commit and push it to the svn repo
>>> * after verification, Laurent will redeploy the site.
>>>
>>> Advice:
>>>
>>> * try to communicate with other contributors so we don't end up with 2
>>> people working on the same post.
>>> * if you want to cover something that isn't a status update or major
>>> change, please get in touch with one of us or post to the mailing list.
>>> * I might be on a trip or not available so don't hesitate to send me a
>>> reminder or contact the mailing list if I don't get back to you.
>>>
>>> Technical details about the blog engine:
>>>
>>> The website is developed using webby http://webby.rubyforge.org/
>>> You obviously need to have webby installed on your machine. ($ sudo gem
>>> install webby)
>>> Using $ webby autobuild will let you preview the site in your browser.(it
>>> should run and open http://localhost:4331/)
>>> To create a new blog post template, simply do: $ webby blog:post
>>>
>>> Mike, if that's ok with you, could you write a tutorial ($ webby
>>> create:tutorial ) on how to write and submit a blog post?
>>>
>>
>> That's just fine with me. I forked your repo and am fiddling with the blog
>> task a bit before going to bed. It appears to be looking for defaults
>> missing from the Sitefile. Is anyone else having this problem? (MRI 1.8.7,
>> Webby 0.9.4) I'll let everyone know how it goes tomorrow.
>>
>> Mike
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>>
>>  Rich Kilmer
>> 571.229.2374 (cell)
>> rich at infoether.com
>>
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