Postview - A lightweight blog engine

Postview is a simple blog engine (a.k.a. blogware) written in Ruby using
the Sinatra framework and Kramdown parser to renders files written in
Markdown.

Features

• Easy configuration.
• Easy synchronization.
• No database, it's use only text files written in Markdown.
• Has suport to themes.

Getting started

Install Ruby [Gem package][postview gem] and try.

The Postview depended of the following libraries (Gems):

• Sinatra
• Sinatra-Mapping
• Postage

Install stable gem from RubyForge or [GemCutter.org][].

$ sudo gem install postview

Then, run command for create and setup a new Postview directory structure.

$ postview create path/to/blog

Or run using "--prompt-values":

$ postview create path/to/blog --prompt-values

After setup, run server with command:

$ postview server

In your browser, access http://127.0.0.1:9000/.

Create new post

New post can be created by using the task post:

$ cd path/to/postview
$ rake post

Following all instructions. Please, set environment variable +EDITOR+
or +VISUAL+ for editing your posts. Other else, run:

$ cd path/to/postview
$ EDITOR=<your-favorite-editor> rake post

The new post will be written in drafts directory. You can pass other
directory.

$ cd path/to/postview
$ rake post[path/to/other/post/directory]

NOTE: New feature for creates new post from blog manager will be added.

== Synchronize your posts

You can synchronize your page using the synchronize tasks. For more
information about this task, run rake -D sync.

It's need creates and edit file placed in +/your/home/directory/.netrc+.
The +directory+ attribute most be setted in +settings.yml+ file.

Example:

# remote host
/remote/path/to/postview
`-- posts
    |-- archive
    `-- drafts
# local host
posts
|-- 20090702-foo_post_article.ruby.sinatra.git.mkd
|-- archive
|   `-- 20080702-foo_post_article.ruby.sinatra.git.mkd
`-- drafts
    `-- 20090703-foo_draft_article.ruby.sinatra.git.mkd

# To synchronize posts
$ rake sync:posts
$ rake sync:posts[remote/path/to/postview/posts]

# To synchronize archive
$ rake sync:archive
$ rake sync:archive[remote/path/to/postview/posts/archive]

# To synchronize drafts
$ rake sync:drafts
$ rake sync:drafts[remote/path/to/postview/posts/drafts]

# To synchronize all
$ rake sync:all

NOTE: Will added new enhancements for this feature.