Blog is a static site generator built in Python. Here is a tutorial for installing it on Void Linux.
Before proceeding with the installation, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
You can install these packages as follows:
sudo xbps-install python3 git python3-pip
Follow the steps below to install Blog on Void Linux:
Clone the Blog repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/m1k1o/blog.git
Navigate to the Blog directory that you just cloned:
cd blog
Install the required Python modules using pip:
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Generate your static site:
./blog.py build
Your site files will be generated in the output/ directory.
You can now use Blog to create and generate your own static site. Here are the basic commands to get you started:
./blog.py build builds your site and creates the output files in the output/ directory../blog.py serve generates your site and starts a local web server at http://localhost:8080/ to preview your site../blog.py new creates a new post in the content/ directory with the current time and date as the filename.That's it! With these simple steps, you can now install and use Blog on your Void Linux system. You can now start using Blog to create and manage your own static site.
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