Python Site Generator
I needed a simple static site generator that would let me write static sites using templates.
How to use it
- Make a
_sourcedirectory and abuildlist.txtfile - Write your site in
_sourceand use whatever Jinja constructs you want. - Add files and directories to
_source - Run
python pysitegen.py
Example
Site file structure
site
|- _source
|- index.html
|- base.html
|- static
|- image.png
|- pysitegen.py
|- buildlist.txt
base.html
<html>
<head>
<title>{% block title %}Example Site{% endblock %}</title>
</head>
<body>
{% block body %}{% endblock %}
</body>
</html>
index.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block title %}Hello World!{% endblock %}
{% block body %}
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
<img src="static/image.png" />
<p>I am an example static site</p>
{% endblock %}
buildlist.txt
index.html
static
Then we build the site:
$ python pysitegen.py
Rendering index.html...
Copying static/image.png...
The site is rendered into _site and we have the following directory structure:
site
|- _source
|- index.html
|- base.html
|- static
|- image.png
|- _site
|- index.html
|- static
|- image.png
|- pysitegen.py
|- buildlist.txt
And the new index.html has the following contents:
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
<img src="static/image.png" />
<p>I am an example static site</p>
</body>
</html>
There you go! Copy the contents of _site into a directory and push it to github sites!