Merge pull request #326 from neoascetic/_save_as_behavior

*_SAVE_AS = False fix

docs/settings.rst

@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ Setting name (default value)                        what does it do?
 `TAG_SAVE_AS` ('tag/{name}.html')                   The location to save the tag page.
 ================================================    =====================================================
 
+Note: when any of `*_SAVE_AS` is set to False, files will not be created.
+
 Timezone
 --------
 

pelican/contents.py

@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ class URLWrapper(object):
 
     def _from_settings(self, key):
         setting = "%s_%s" % (self.__class__.__name__.upper(), key)
-        return unicode(self.settings[setting]).format(**self.as_dict())
+        value = self.settings[setting]
+        if not isinstance(value, (str, unicode)):
+            logger.warning(u'%s is set to %s' % (setting, value))
+            return value
+        else:
+            return unicode(value).format(**self.as_dict())
 
     url = property(functools.partial(_from_settings, key='URL'))
     save_as = property(functools.partial(_from_settings, key='SAVE_AS'))

pelican/writers.py

@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ class Writer(object):
         :param **kwargs: additional variables to pass to the templates
         """
 
+        if name is False:
+            return
+        elif not name:
+            # other stuff, just return for now
+            return
+
         def _write_file(template, localcontext, output_path, name):
             """Render the template write the file."""
             old_locale = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL)