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# coleslaw
Coleslaw aims to be flexible blog software suitable for replacing a single-user static site compiler such as Jekyll. Coleslaw was a nickname of my favorite poet [Czeslaw Milosz](http://blog.redlinernotes.com/tag/milosz.html).
<img src="https://raw.github.com/redline6561/coleslaw/master/logo_medium.jpg" alt="coleslaw logo" align="right"/>
# Features
> [Czeslaw Milosz](http://blog.redlinernotes.com/tag/milosz.html) was the writer-in-residence at UNC c. 1992.
> I used to see him all the time at the Hardback Cafe, always sitting at a two-top
> drinking coffee, reading, writing, eating chips and salsa. I remember a gentleness
> behind the enormous bushy eyebrows and that we called him Coleslaw. - anon
Coleslaw aims to be flexible blog software suitable for replacing a single-user static site compiler such as Jekyll.
## Features
* Git for storage
* RSS feeds!
* Markdown Support with Code Highlighting provided by [colorize](http://www.cliki.net/colorize).
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* Use LaTeX (inside pairs of $$) via Mathjax
* Import from wordpress
# Installation
## Installation
This software should be portable to any conforming Common Lisp implementation but this guide will assume SBCL is installed. Testing has also been done on CCL.
Server side setup:
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5. ```cp coleslaw/example.post-receieve your-blog.git/hooks/post-receive``` # and edit as necessary
6. ```chmod +x your-blog/.git/hooks/post-receive```
7. Create or clone your blog repo locally. Add your server as a remote with ```git remote add prod git@my-host.com:path/to/repo.git```
8. The only thing left to do is point a web server of your choice at the symlink /path/to/deploy-dir/.curr/
8. Point the web server of your choice at the symlink /path/to/deploy-dir/.curr/
Now whenever you push a new commit to the server, coleslaw will update your blog automatically! You may need to git push -u prod master the first time.
# The Post Format
## The Post Format
Coleslaw expects post files to be formatted as follows:
```
;;;;;
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your post
```
# Importing from Wordpress
## Importing from Wordpress
There is a "plugin" to import from wordpress. At some point, it should be turned into a standalone script. Until then...
1. Export your posts from wordpress.
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The XML will be read and placed into .post files in the :repo location specified in your [.coleslawrc](http://github.com/redline6561/coleslaw/blob/master/example.coleslawrc).
# Writing your own plugins
For now, see the [API](http://redlinernotes.com/docs/coleslaw.html) the [mathjax plugin](https://github.com/redline6561/coleslaw/blob/master/plugins/mathjax.lisp) for an example.
A proper guide about this should be written later.
## Writing your own plugins
For now, see the [API](http://redlinernotes.com/docs/coleslaw.html) and the [mathjax plugin](https://github.com/redline6561/coleslaw/blob/master/plugins/mathjax.lisp) for an example.
A proper guide about this will be written later.
# Theming
## Theming
A default theme, hyde, is provided. Themes are made using Google's closure-template and the source for [hyde](https://github.com/redline6561/coleslaw/tree/master/themes/hyde) should be simple and instructive until I can provide better docs.