This git repo holds the config files, theme files and plugin files I use to generate the site blog.horan.hk.

• Pelican 3.6.x
• BeautifulSoup4
• Markdown

For a full list of python depances see Pelican install guide

• README.md -- This file
• pelicanconf.py -- Pelican config + dev settings
• publishconf.py -- Pelican config (inherited) + prod settings
• plugins
  • tipue_search.py -- Tipue search plugin (unmodified from upstream)
  • pelican_comment_system -- Static pelican comment plugin (unmodified from upstream)
• theme
  • pelican-bootstrap3 -- My current theme (modified from upstream)

• pelicanconf.py and publishconf.py are fully commented in-line, please see each file for the meaning of each setting.
• pelican-bootstrap3
  • Ripped out any social media rubbish (facebook, twitter etc) [Ongoing effort]
  • Updated tipue search to v5 to resolve search page generation issue

This section makes use of the included "Makefile".
Only change to the Makefile was :

SSH_HOST= blog.horan.hk
SSH_PORT= 22
SSH_USER= oldmate
SSH_TARGET_DIR= /dev/null

1. Write a new article.
   vim content/2015-12-12.new-blog-post.mk
   The header should contain the follwoing :

   title: Check out my new post
   Category:  howto
   slug: check-my-post
   date: 2015-12-12
   summary: How to write the headers for a new post on my blog
   

2. Test it localy
   run : "make html"
   run : "make serve"
   View in web browser "http://localhost:8000"

3. Publish to web server
   run : "make publish"
   run : "make rsync_upload"
   Done