# zodiac
## SYNOPSIS
ZODIAC is a static website generator powered by sh and awk.
## INSTALL
git clone ssh://github.com/nuex/zodiac.git
Edit the config.mk file to customize the install paths
sudo make install
## USAGE
zod projectdir targetdir
A typical Zodiac project will look something like this:
site/
index.md
index.meta
main.layout
global.meta
projects/
project-1.md
project-1.meta
project-2.md
project-2.meta
cv.md
cv.meta
stylesheets/
style.css
### Meta
`.meta` files contain a key / value pair per line. A key and its value must be separated by a ": ". A metafile looks like this:
this: that
title: Contact
author: Me
Each markdown page can have its own meta file. The only requirement is that the meta file is in the same directory as the page, has the same name as the page and has the `.meta` file extension.
The optional `global.meta` file contains data that is available to all of your site's pages, like a site title.
Page metadata will always override global metadata of the same key.
### Templates
Templates come in two forms: markdown files with an `.md` extension or layout files with a `.layout` extension. Metadata can be bound to templates by using the `{{key}}` notation in your markdown and layout files. A `main.layout` file could look something like this:
{{page_title}}
{{{yield}}}
`{{{yield}}}` is a special tag that renders the markdown page content within the layout. `{{{yield}}}` can only be used in the `main.layout` file.
### Helpers
The `helpers.awk` file is an awk script that can make custom data available to your templates. You also have access to the page and global data. Here is a peak at the script included in the examples folder:
{ helpers = "yes" }
function load_helpers() {
# your custom data settings
data["page_title"] = page_title()
}
# your custom functions
function page_title( title) {
if (data["title"]) {
title = data["title"] " - "
}
title = title data["site_title"]
return title
}
Just be sure to set the data array in the load_helpers() function at the top of the script to make your custom data available to the template.
## FUTURE
- multiple layout support
- mustache support
- partials/snippets
## LICENSE
MIT