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The theme static output directory path is now customisable via settings. i.e. you can now use 'assets' instead of 'theme'.
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Settings
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Pelican is configurable thanks to a configuration file you can pass to
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the command line::
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$ pelican -s path/to/your/settingsfile.py path
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Settings are configured in the form of a Python module (a file). You can see an
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example by looking at `/samples/pelican.conf.py
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<https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/raw/master/samples/pelican.conf.py>`_
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All the setting identifiers must be set in all-caps, otherwise they will not be
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processed. Setting values that are numbers (5, 20, etc.), booleans (True,
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False, None, etc.), dictionaries, or tuples should *not* be enclosed in
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quotation marks. All other values (i.e., strings) *must* be enclosed in
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quotation marks.
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Unless otherwise specified, settings that refer to paths can be either absolute
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or relative to the configuration file.
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The settings you define in the configuration file will be passed to the
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templates, which allows you to use your settings to add site-wide content.
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Here is a list of settings for Pelican:
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Basic settings
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==============
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===================================================================== =====================================================================
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Setting name (default value) What does it do?
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`AUTHOR` Default author (put your name)
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`DATE_FORMATS` (``{}``) If you manage multiple languages, you can set the date formatting
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here. See the "Date format and locales" section below for details.
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`USE_FOLDER_AS_CATEGORY` (``True``) When you don't specify a category in your post metadata, set this
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setting to ``True``, and organize your articles in subfolders, the
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subfolder will become the category of your post. If set to ``False``,
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``DEFAULT_CATEGORY`` will be used as a fallback.
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`DEFAULT_CATEGORY` (``'misc'``) The default category to fall back on.
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`DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT` (``'%a %d %B %Y'``) The default date format you want to use.
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`DISPLAY_PAGES_ON_MENU` (``True``) Whether to display pages on the menu of the
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template. Templates may or may not honor this
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setting.
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`DISPLAY_CATEGORIES_ON_MENU` (``True``) Whether to display categories on the menu of the
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template. Templates may or not honor this
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setting.
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`DEFAULT_DATE` (``None``) The default date you want to use.
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If ``fs``, Pelican will use the file system
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timestamp information (mtime) if it can't get
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date information from the metadata.
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If set to a tuple object, the default datetime object will instead
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be generated by passing the tuple to the
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``datetime.datetime`` constructor.
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`DEFAULT_METADATA` (``()``) The default metadata you want to use for all articles
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and pages.
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`FILENAME_METADATA` (``'(?P<date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}).*'``) The regexp that will be used to extract any metadata
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from the filename. All named groups that are matched
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will be set in the metadata object.
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The default value will only extract the date from
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the filename.
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For example, if you would like to extract both the
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date and the slug, you could set something like:
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``'(?P<date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})_(?P<slug>.*)'``.
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See :ref:`path_metadata`.
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`PATH_METADATA` (``''``) Like ``FILENAME_METADATA``, but parsed from a page's
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full path relative to the content source directory.
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See :ref:`path_metadata`.
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`EXTRA_PATH_METADATA` (``{}``) Extra metadata dictionaries keyed by relative path.
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See :ref:`path_metadata`.
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`DELETE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY` (``False``) Delete the output directory, and **all** of its contents, before
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generating new files. This can be useful in preventing older,
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unnecessary files from persisting in your output. However, **this is
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a destructive setting and should be handled with extreme care.**
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`OUTPUT_RETENTION` (``()``) A tuple of filenames that should be retained and not deleted from the
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output directory. One use case would be the preservation of version
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control data. For example: ``(".hg", ".git", ".bzr")``
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`JINJA_EXTENSIONS` (``[]``) A list of any Jinja2 extensions you want to use.
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`JINJA_FILTERS` (``{}``) A list of custom Jinja2 filters you want to use.
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The dictionary should map the filtername to the filter function.
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For example: ``{'urlencode': urlencode_filter}``
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See `Jinja custom filters documentation`_.
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`LOCALE` (''[#]_) Change the locale. A list of locales can be provided
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here or a single string representing one locale.
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When providing a list, all the locales will be tried
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until one works.
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`MARKUP` (``('rst', 'md')``) A list of available markup languages you want
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to use. For the moment, the only available values
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are `rst`, `md`, `markdown`, `mkd`, `mdown`, `html`, and `htm`.
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`IGNORE_FILES` (``['.#*']``) A list of file globbing patterns to match against the
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source files to be ignored by the processor. For example,
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the default ``['.#*']`` will ignore emacs lock files.
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`MD_EXTENSIONS` (``['codehilite(css_class=highlight)','extra']``) A list of the extensions that the Markdown processor
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will use. Refer to the Python Markdown documentation's
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`Extensions section <http://pythonhosted.org/Markdown/extensions/>`_
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for a complete list of supported extensions. (Note that
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defining this in your settings file will override and
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replace the default values. If your goal is to *add*
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to the default values for this setting, you'll need to
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include them explicitly and enumerate the full list of
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desired Markdown extensions.)
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`OUTPUT_PATH` (``'output/'``) Where to output the generated files.
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`PATH` (``None``) Path to content directory to be processed by Pelican.
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`PAGE_DIR` (``'pages'``) Directory to look at for pages, relative to `PATH`.
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`PAGE_EXCLUDES` (``()``) A list of directories to exclude when looking for pages.
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`ARTICLE_DIR` (``''``) Directory to look at for articles, relative to `PATH`.
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`ARTICLE_EXCLUDES`: (``('pages',)``) A list of directories to exclude when looking for articles.
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`PDF_GENERATOR` (``False``) Set to ``True`` if you want PDF versions of your documents to be.
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generated. You will need to install ``rst2pdf``.
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`OUTPUT_SOURCES` (``False``) Set to True if you want to copy the articles and pages in their
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original format (e.g. Markdown or reStructuredText) to the
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specified OUTPUT_PATH.
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`OUTPUT_SOURCES_EXTENSION` (``.text``) Controls the extension that will be used by the SourcesGenerator.
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Defaults to ``.text``. If not a valid string the default value
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will be used.
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`RELATIVE_URLS` (``False``) Defines whether Pelican should use document-relative URLs or
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not. Only set this to ``True`` when developing/testing and only
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if you fully understand the effect it can have on links/feeds.
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`PLUGINS` (``[]``) The list of plugins to load. See :ref:`plugins`.
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`SITENAME` (``'A Pelican Blog'``) Your site name
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`SITEURL` Base URL of your website. Not defined by default,
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so it is best to specify your SITEURL; if you do not, feeds
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will not be generated with properly-formed URLs. You should
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include ``http://`` and your domain, with no trailing
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slash at the end. Example: ``SITEURL = 'http://mydomain.com'``
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`TEMPLATE_PAGES` (``None``) A mapping containing template pages that will be rendered with
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the blog entries. See :ref:`template_pages`.
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`STATIC_PATHS` (``['images']``) The static paths you want to have accessible
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on the output path "static". By default,
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Pelican will copy the "images" folder to the
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output folder.
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`TIMEZONE` The timezone used in the date information, to
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generate Atom and RSS feeds. See the *Timezone*
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section below for more info.
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`TYPOGRIFY` (``False``) If set to True, several typographical improvements will be
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incorporated into the generated HTML via the `Typogrify
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<http://static.mintchaos.com/projects/typogrify/>`_
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library, which can be installed via: ``pip install typogrify``
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`DIRECT_TEMPLATES` (``('index', 'tags', 'categories', 'archives')``) List of templates that are used directly to render
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content. Typically direct templates are used to generate
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index pages for collections of content (e.g., tags and
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category index pages). If the tag and category collections
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are not needed, set ``DIRECT_TEMPLATES = ('index', 'archives')``
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`PAGINATED_DIRECT_TEMPLATES` (``('index',)``) Provides the direct templates that should be paginated.
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`SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH` (``50``) When creating a short summary of an article, this will
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be the default length in words of the text created.
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This only applies if your content does not otherwise
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specify a summary. Setting to ``None`` will cause the summary
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to be a copy of the original content.
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`EXTRA_TEMPLATES_PATHS` (``[]``) A list of paths you want Jinja2 to search for templates.
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Can be used to separate templates from the theme.
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Example: projects, resume, profile ...
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These templates need to use ``DIRECT_TEMPLATES`` setting.
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`ASCIIDOC_OPTIONS` (``[]``) A list of options to pass to AsciiDoc. See the `manpage
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<http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/manpage.html>`_
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`WITH_FUTURE_DATES` (``True``) If disabled, content with dates in the future will get a
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default status of draft.
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===================================================================== =====================================================================
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.. [#] Default is the system locale.
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URL settings
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------------
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The first thing to understand is that there are currently two supported methods
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for URL formation: *relative* and *absolute*. Document-relative URLs are useful
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when testing locally, and absolute URLs are reliable and most useful when
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publishing. One method of supporting both is to have one Pelican configuration
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file for local development and another for publishing. To see an example of this
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type of setup, use the ``pelican-quickstart`` script as described at the top of
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the :doc:`Getting Started <getting_started>` page, which will produce two separate
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configuration files for local development and publishing, respectively.
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You can customize the URLs and locations where files will be saved. The URLs and
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SAVE_AS variables use Python's format strings. These variables allow you to place
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your articles in a location such as ``{slug}/index.html`` and link to them as
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``{slug}`` for clean URLs. These settings give you the flexibility to place your
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articles and pages anywhere you want.
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.. note::
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If you specify a datetime directive, it will be substituted using the
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input files' date metadata attribute. If the date is not specified for a
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particular file, Pelican will rely on the file's mtime timestamp.
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Check the Python datetime documentation at http://bit.ly/cNcJUC for more
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information.
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Also, you can use other file metadata attributes as well:
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* slug
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* date
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* lang
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* author
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* category
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Example usage:
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* ARTICLE_URL = ``'posts/{date:%Y}/{date:%b}/{date:%d}/{slug}/'``
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* ARTICLE_SAVE_AS = ``'posts/{date:%Y}/{date:%b}/{date:%d}/{slug}/index.html'``
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This would save your articles in something like ``/posts/2011/Aug/07/sample-post/index.html``,
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and the URL to this would be ``/posts/2011/Aug/07/sample-post/``.
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Pelican can optionally create per-year, per-month, and per-day archives of your
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posts. These secondary archives are disabled by default but are automatically
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enabled if you supply format strings for their respective `_SAVE_AS` settings.
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Period archives fit intuitively with the hierarchical model of web URLs and can
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make it easier for readers to navigate through the posts you've written over time.
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Example usage:
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* YEAR_ARCHIVE_SAVE_AS = ``'posts/{date:%Y}/index.html'``
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* MONTH_ARCHIVE_SAVE_AS = ``'posts/{date:%Y}/{date:%b}/index.html'``
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With these settings, Pelican will create an archive of all your posts for the year
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at (for instance) 'posts/2011/index.html', and an archive of all your posts for
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the month at 'posts/2011/Aug/index.html'.
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.. note::
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Period archives work best when the final path segment is 'index.html'.
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This way a reader can remove a portion of your URL and automatically
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arrive at an appropriate archive of posts, without having to specify
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a page name.
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Setting name (default value) What does it do?
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`ARTICLE_URL` (``'{slug}.html'``) The URL to refer to an ARTICLE.
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`ARTICLE_SAVE_AS` (``'{slug}.html'``) The place where we will save an article.
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`ARTICLE_LANG_URL` (``'{slug}-{lang}.html'``) The URL to refer to an ARTICLE which doesn't use the
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default language.
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`ARTICLE_LANG_SAVE_AS` (``'{slug}-{lang}.html'``) The place where we will save an article which
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doesn't use the default language.
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`PAGE_URL` (``'pages/{slug}.html'``) The URL we will use to link to a page.
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`PAGE_SAVE_AS` (``'pages/{slug}.html'``) The location we will save the page. This value has to be
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the same as PAGE_URL or you need to use a rewrite in
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your server config.
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`PAGE_LANG_URL` (``'pages/{slug}-{lang}.html'``) The URL we will use to link to a page which doesn't
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use the default language.
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`PAGE_LANG_SAVE_AS` (``'pages/{slug}-{lang}.html'``) The location we will save the page which doesn't
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use the default language.
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`CATEGORY_URL` (``'category/{slug}.html'``) The URL to use for a category.
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`CATEGORY_SAVE_AS` (``'category/{slug}.html'``) The location to save a category.
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`TAG_URL` (``'tag/{slug}.html'``) The URL to use for a tag.
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`TAG_SAVE_AS` (``'tag/{slug}.html'``) The location to save the tag page.
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`TAGS_URL` (``'tag/{slug}.html'``) The URL to use for the tag list.
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`TAGS_SAVE_AS` (``'tags.html'``) The location to save the tag list.
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`AUTHOR_URL` (``'author/{slug}.html'``) The URL to use for an author.
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`AUTHOR_SAVE_AS` (``'author/{slug}.html'``) The location to save an author.
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`AUTHORS_URL` (``'authors.html'``) The URL to use for the author list.
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`AUTHORS_SAVE_AS` (``'authors.html'``) The location to save the author list.
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`<DIRECT_TEMPLATE_NAME>_SAVE_AS` The location to save content generated from direct
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templates. Where <DIRECT_TEMPLATE_NAME> is the
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upper case template name.
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`ARCHIVES_SAVE_AS` (``'archives.html'``) The location to save the article archives page.
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`YEAR_ARCHIVE_SAVE_AS` (False) The location to save per-year archives of your
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posts.
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`MONTH_ARCHIVE_SAVE_AS` (False) The location to save per-month archives of your
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posts.
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`DAY_ARCHIVE_SAVE_AS` (False) The location to save per-day archives of your
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posts.
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`SLUG_SUBSTITUTIONS` (``()``) Substitutions to make prior to stripping out
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non-alphanumerics when generating slugs. Specified
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as a list of 2-tuples of ``(from, to)`` which are
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applied in order.
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.. note::
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If you do not want one or more of the default pages to be created (e.g.,
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you are the only author on your site and thus do not need an Authors page),
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set the corresponding ``*_SAVE_AS`` setting to ``False`` to prevent the
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relevant page from being generated.
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Timezone
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--------
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If no timezone is defined, UTC is assumed. This means that the generated Atom
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and RSS feeds will contain incorrect date information if your locale is not UTC.
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Pelican issues a warning in case this setting is not defined, as it was not
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mandatory in previous versions.
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Have a look at `the wikipedia page`_ to get a list of valid timezone values.
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.. _the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
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Date format and locale
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----------------------
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If no DATE_FORMATS are set, Pelican will fall back to DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT. If
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you need to maintain multiple languages with different date formats, you can
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set this dict using the language name (``lang`` metadata in your post content)
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as the key. Regarding available format codes, see `strftime document of python`_ :
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.. parsed-literal::
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DATE_FORMATS = {
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'en': '%a, %d %b %Y',
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'jp': '%Y-%m-%d(%a)',
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}
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You can set locale to further control date format:
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.. parsed-literal::
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LOCALE = ('usa', 'jpn', # On Windows
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'en_US', 'ja_JP' # On Unix/Linux
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)
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Also, it is possible to set different locale settings for each language. If you
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put (locale, format) tuples in the dict, this will override the LOCALE setting
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above:
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.. parsed-literal::
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# On Unix/Linux
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DATE_FORMATS = {
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'en': ('en_US','%a, %d %b %Y'),
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'jp': ('ja_JP','%Y-%m-%d(%a)'),
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}
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# On Windows
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DATE_FORMATS = {
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'en': ('usa','%a, %d %b %Y'),
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'jp': ('jpn','%Y-%m-%d(%a)'),
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}
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This is a list of available `locales on Windows`_ . On Unix/Linux, usually you
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can get a list of available locales via the ``locale -a`` command; see manpage
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`locale(1)`_ for more information.
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.. _strftime document of python: http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior
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.. _locales on Windows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cdax410z%28VS.71%29.aspx
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.. _locale(1): http://linux.die.net/man/1/locale
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.. _template_pages:
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Template pages
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==============
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If you want to generate custom pages besides your blog entries, you can point
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any Jinja2 template file with a path pointing to the file and the destination
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path for the generated file.
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For instance, if you have a blog with three static pages — a list of books,
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your resume, and a contact page — you could have::
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TEMPLATE_PAGES = {'src/books.html': 'dest/books.html',
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'src/resume.html': 'dest/resume.html',
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'src/contact.html': 'dest/contact.html'}
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.. _path_metadata:
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Path metadata
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=============
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Not all metadata needs to be `embedded in source file itself`__. For
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example, blog posts are often named following a ``YYYY-MM-DD-SLUG.rst``
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pattern, or nested into ``YYYY/MM/DD-SLUG`` directories. To extract
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metadata from the filename or path, set ``FILENAME_METADATA`` or
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``PATH_METADATA`` to regular expressions that use Python's `group name
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notation`_ ``(?P<name>…)``. If you want to attach additional metadata
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but don't want to encode it in the path, you can set
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``EXTRA_PATH_METADATA``:
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.. parsed-literal::
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EXTRA_PATH_METADATA = {
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'relative/path/to/file-1': {
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'key-1a': 'value-1a',
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'key-1b': 'value-1b',
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},
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'relative/path/to/file-2': {
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'key-2': 'value-2',
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},
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}
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This can be a convenient way to shift the installed location of a
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particular file:
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.. parsed-literal::
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# Take advantage of the following defaults
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# STATIC_SAVE_AS = '{path}'
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# STATIC_URL = '{path}'
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STATIC_PATHS = [
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'extra/robots.txt',
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]
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EXTRA_PATH_METADATA = {
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'extra/robots.txt': {'path': 'robots.txt'},
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}
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__ internal_metadata__
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.. _group name notation:
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http://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#regular-expression-syntax
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Feed settings
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=============
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By default, Pelican uses Atom feeds. However, it is also possible to use RSS
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feeds if you prefer.
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Pelican generates category feeds as well as feeds for all your articles. It does
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not generate feeds for tags by default, but it is possible to do so using
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the ``TAG_FEED_ATOM`` and ``TAG_FEED_RSS`` settings:
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Setting name (default value) What does it do?
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================================================ =====================================================
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`FEED_DOMAIN` (``None``, i.e. base URL is "/") The domain prepended to feed URLs. Since feed URLs
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should always be absolute, it is highly recommended
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to define this (e.g., "http://feeds.example.com"). If
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you have already explicitly defined SITEURL (see
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above) and want to use the same domain for your
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feeds, you can just set: ``FEED_DOMAIN = SITEURL``.
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`FEED_ATOM` (``None``, i.e. no Atom feed) Relative URL to output the Atom feed.
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`FEED_RSS` (``None``, i.e. no RSS) Relative URL to output the RSS feed.
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`FEED_ALL_ATOM` (``'feeds/all.atom.xml'``) Relative URL to output the all posts Atom feed:
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this feed will contain all posts regardless of their
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language.
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`FEED_ALL_RSS` (``None``, i.e. no all RSS) Relative URL to output the all posts RSS feed:
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this feed will contain all posts regardless of their
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language.
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`CATEGORY_FEED_ATOM` ('feeds/%s.atom.xml'[2]_) Where to put the category Atom feeds.
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`CATEGORY_FEED_RSS` (``None``, i.e. no RSS) Where to put the category RSS feeds.
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`TAG_FEED_ATOM` (``None``, i.e. no tag feed) Relative URL to output the tag Atom feed. It should
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be defined using a "%s" match in the tag name.
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`TAG_FEED_RSS` (``None``, ie no RSS tag feed) Relative URL to output the tag RSS feed
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`FEED_MAX_ITEMS` Maximum number of items allowed in a feed. Feed item
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quantity is unrestricted by default.
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================================================ =====================================================
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If you don't want to generate some or any of these feeds, set the above variables to ``None``.
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.. [2] %s is the name of the category.
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FeedBurner
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----------
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If you want to use FeedBurner for your feed, you will likely need to decide
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upon a unique identifier. For example, if your site were called "Thyme" and
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hosted on the www.example.com domain, you might use "thymefeeds" as your
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unique identifier, which we'll use throughout this section for illustrative
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purposes. In your Pelican settings, set the `FEED_ATOM` attribute to
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"thymefeeds/main.xml" to create an Atom feed with an original address of
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`http://www.example.com/thymefeeds/main.xml`. Set the `FEED_DOMAIN` attribute
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to `http://feeds.feedburner.com`, or `http://feeds.example.com` if you are
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using a CNAME on your own domain (i.e., FeedBurner's "MyBrand" feature).
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There are two fields to configure in the `FeedBurner
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<http://feedburner.google.com>`_ interface: "Original Feed" and "Feed
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Address". In this example, the "Original Feed" would be
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`http://www.example.com/thymefeeds/main.xml` and the "Feed Address" suffix
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would be `thymefeeds/main.xml`.
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Pagination
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==========
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The default behaviour of Pelican is to list all the article titles along
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|
with a short description on the index page. While it works pretty well
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for small-to-medium blogs, for sites with large quantity of articles it would
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|
be convenient to have a way to paginate the list.
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You can use the following settings to configure the pagination.
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|
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|
================================================ =====================================================
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Setting name (default value) What does it do?
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|
================================================ =====================================================
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`DEFAULT_ORPHANS` (``0``) The minimum number of articles allowed on the
|
|
last page. Use this when you don't want to
|
|
have a last page with very few articles.
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|
`DEFAULT_PAGINATION` (``False``) The maximum number of articles to include on a
|
|
page, not including orphans. False to disable
|
|
pagination.
|
|
================================================ =====================================================
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Tag cloud
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|
=========
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If you want to generate a tag cloud with all your tags, you can do so using the
|
|
following settings.
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|
|
|
================================================ =====================================================
|
|
Setting name (default value) What does it do?
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|
================================================ =====================================================
|
|
`TAG_CLOUD_STEPS` (``4``) Count of different font sizes in the tag
|
|
cloud.
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|
`TAG_CLOUD_MAX_ITEMS` (``100``) Maximum number of tags in the cloud.
|
|
================================================ =====================================================
|
|
|
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The default theme does not include a tag cloud, but it is pretty easy to add::
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|
|
|
<ul>
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|
{% for tag in tag_cloud %}
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|
<li class="tag-{{ tag.1 }}"><a href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ tag.0.url }}">{{ tag.0 }}</a></li>
|
|
{% endfor %}
|
|
</ul>
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|
|
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You should then also define a CSS style with the appropriate classes (tag-0 to tag-N, where
|
|
N matches `TAG_CLOUD_STEPS` -1).
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|
|
|
Translations
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|
============
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|
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Pelican offers a way to translate articles. See the :doc:`Getting Started <getting_started>` section for
|
|
more information.
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|
|
|
===================================================== =====================================================
|
|
Setting name (default value) What does it do?
|
|
===================================================== =====================================================
|
|
`DEFAULT_LANG` (``'en'``) The default language to use.
|
|
`TRANSLATION_FEED_ATOM` ('feeds/all-%s.atom.xml'[3]_) Where to put the Atom feed for translations.
|
|
`TRANSLATION_FEED_RSS` (``None``, i.e. no RSS) Where to put the RSS feed for translations.
|
|
===================================================== =====================================================
|
|
|
|
.. [3] %s is the language
|
|
|
|
Ordering content
|
|
=================
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|
|
|
================================================ =====================================================
|
|
Setting name (default value) What does it do?
|
|
================================================ =====================================================
|
|
`NEWEST_FIRST_ARCHIVES` (``True``) Order archives by newest first by date. (False:
|
|
orders by date with older articles first.)
|
|
`REVERSE_CATEGORY_ORDER` (``False``) Reverse the category order. (True: lists by reverse
|
|
alphabetical order; default lists alphabetically.)
|
|
================================================ =====================================================
|
|
|
|
Themes
|
|
======
|
|
|
|
Creating Pelican themes is addressed in a dedicated section (see :ref:`theming-pelican`).
|
|
However, here are the settings that are related to themes.
|
|
|
|
================================================ =====================================================
|
|
Setting name (default value) What does it do?
|
|
================================================ =====================================================
|
|
`THEME` Theme to use to produce the output. Can be a relative
|
|
or absolute path to a theme folder, or the name of a
|
|
default theme or a theme installed via
|
|
``pelican-themes`` (see below).
|
|
`THEME_STATIC_DIR` (``'theme'``) Destination directory in the output path where
|
|
Pelican will place the files collected from
|
|
`THEME_STATIC_PATHS`. Default is `theme`.
|
|
`THEME_STATIC_PATHS` (``['static']``) Static theme paths you want to copy. Default
|
|
value is `static`, but if your theme has
|
|
other static paths, you can put them here.
|
|
`CSS_FILE` (``'main.css'``) Specify the CSS file you want to load.
|
|
================================================ =====================================================
|
|
|
|
|
|
By default, two themes are available. You can specify them using the `THEME` setting or by passing the
|
|
``-t`` option to the ``pelican`` command:
|
|
|
|
* notmyidea
|
|
* simple (a synonym for "plain text" :)
|
|
|
|
There are a number of other themes available at http://github.com/getpelican/pelican-themes.
|
|
Pelican comes with :doc:`pelican-themes`, a small script for managing themes.
|
|
|
|
You can define your own theme, either by starting from scratch or by duplicating
|
|
and modifying a pre-existing theme. Here is :doc:`a guide on how to create your theme <themes>`.
|
|
|
|
Following are example ways to specify your preferred theme::
|
|
|
|
# Specify name of a built-in theme
|
|
THEME = "notmyidea"
|
|
# Specify name of a theme installed via the pelican-themes tool
|
|
THEME = "chunk"
|
|
# Specify a customized theme, via path relative to the settings file
|
|
THEME = "themes/mycustomtheme"
|
|
# Specify a customized theme, via absolute path
|
|
THEME = "~/projects/mysite/themes/mycustomtheme"
|
|
|
|
The built-in ``notmyidea`` theme can make good use of the following settings. Feel
|
|
free to use them in your themes as well.
|
|
|
|
======================= =======================================================
|
|
Setting name What does it do ?
|
|
======================= =======================================================
|
|
`SITESUBTITLE` A subtitle to appear in the header.
|
|
`DISQUS_SITENAME` Pelican can handle Disqus comments. Specify the
|
|
Disqus sitename identifier here.
|
|
`GITHUB_URL` Your GitHub URL (if you have one). It will then
|
|
use this information to create a GitHub ribbon.
|
|
`GOOGLE_ANALYTICS` 'UA-XXXX-YYYY' to activate Google Analytics.
|
|
`GOSQUARED_SITENAME` 'XXX-YYYYYY-X' to activate GoSquared.
|
|
`MENUITEMS` A list of tuples (Title, URL) for additional menu
|
|
items to appear at the beginning of the main menu.
|
|
`PIWIK_URL` URL to your Piwik server - without 'http://' at the
|
|
beginning.
|
|
`PIWIK_SSL_URL` If the SSL-URL differs from the normal Piwik-URL
|
|
you have to include this setting too. (optional)
|
|
`PIWIK_SITE_ID` ID for the monitored website. You can find the ID
|
|
in the Piwik admin interface > settings > websites.
|
|
`LINKS` A list of tuples (Title, URL) for links to appear on
|
|
the header.
|
|
`SOCIAL` A list of tuples (Title, URL) to appear in the
|
|
"social" section.
|
|
`TWITTER_USERNAME` Allows for adding a button to articles to encourage
|
|
others to tweet about them. Add your Twitter username
|
|
if you want this button to appear.
|
|
======================= =======================================================
|
|
|
|
In addition, you can use the "wide" version of the ``notmyidea`` theme by
|
|
adding the following to your configuration::
|
|
|
|
CSS_FILE = "wide.css"
|
|
|
|
Example settings
|
|
================
|
|
|
|
.. literalinclude:: ../samples/pelican.conf.py
|
|
:language: python
|
|
|
|
|
|
.. _Jinja custom filters documentation: http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/api/#custom-filters
|