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Pelican |release|
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=================
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.. ifconfig:: release.endswith('.dev')
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.. warning::
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This documentation is for the version of Pelican currently under development.
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Were you looking for version |last_stable| documentation?
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Pelican is a static site generator, written in Python_. Highlights include:
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* Write your content directly with your editor of choice
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in reStructuredText_ or Markdown_ formats
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* Includes a simple CLI tool to (re)generate your site
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* Easy to interface with distributed version control systems and web hooks
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* Completely static output is easy to host anywhere
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Ready to get started? Check out the :doc:`Quickstart<quickstart>` guide.
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Features
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--------
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Pelican |version| currently supports:
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* Articles (e.g., blog posts) and pages (e.g., "About", "Projects", "Contact")
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* Comments, via an external service (Disqus). If you prefer to have more
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control over your comment data, self-hosted comments are another option.
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Check out the `Pelican Plugins`_ repository for more details.
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* Theming support (themes are created using Jinja2_ templates)
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* Publication of articles in multiple languages
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* Atom/RSS feeds
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* Code syntax highlighting
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* Import from WordPress, Dotclear, or RSS feeds
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* Integration with external tools: Twitter, Google Analytics, etc. (optional)
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* Fast rebuild times thanks to content caching and selective output writing
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Why the name "Pelican"?
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-----------------------
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"Pelican" is an anagram for *calepin*, which means "notebook" in French. ;)
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Source code
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-----------
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You can access the source code at: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican
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How to get help, contribute, or provide feedback
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------------------------------------------------
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See our :doc:`feedback and contribution submission guidelines <contribute>`.
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Documentation
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-------------
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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quickstart
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install
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content
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publish
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settings
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themes
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plugins
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pelican-themes
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importer
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faq
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tips
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contribute
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internals
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report
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changelog
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.. Links
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.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
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.. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
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.. _Markdown: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
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.. _Jinja2: http://jinja.pocoo.org/
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.. _`Pelican documentation`: http://docs.getpelican.com/latest/
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.. _`Pelican's internals`: http://docs.getpelican.com/en/latest/internals.html
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.. _`Pelican plugins`: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican-plugins
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