Website
metalsmith version
Features
-Grunt for general build, and assets pipeline -Pug for templating layout -Sass for style syntax -Metalsmith for .md files and all the static blog thing processing. -Browsersync for automatic file reload
Installation
You will need to install Node for npm and sass. Node -v >= v7.7.2
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Install grunt CLI:
npm install -g grunt-cli -
Install npm packages
npm install -
Run the website
grunt
Note: If you add another grunt task, don't forget to:
- install the grunt plugin for the task
- configure the task in grunt.initConfig({}) in the Gruntfile
- add the grunt.loadNpmTasks() add the end of the Gruntfile
- add the task in the grunt.registerTask([]) add the end of the Gruntfile
Metalsmith plugins and info
Watch out: Metalsmith has a very scattered documentation. But is very powerful, useful and integrated in the node flow :)
All the MS flow is in tasls/grunt-www-metalsmith
Debug
To actually show debug information you need to define an environment variable DEBUG and set it to:
$ export DEBUG=metalsmith:*