Static site generator for Ghost and Github
Project description
Super simple, Totally awesome, Brute force static site generator for Ghost.
Start with a clean, no commits Github repository.
Generate Static Pages. Preview. Deploy to Github Pages.
Warning! This project is a hack. It’s not official. But it works for me.
The interface
setup [--gh-repo=<repo-url>]
Creates a GIT repository inside static/ directory.
generate [--domain=<local-address>]
Generates static pages from locally running Ghost instance.
preview
Preview what’s generated on localhost:9000.
deploy
Commits and deploys changes static files to Github repository.
add-domain <domain-name>
Adds CNAME file with custom domain name as required by Github Pages.
Buster assumes you have static/ folder in your current directory (or creates one during setup command). You can specify custom directory path using [--dir=<path>] option to any of the above commands.
Don’t forget to change your blog URL in config.js in Ghost.
The Installation
Installing Buster is easy with pip:
$ pip install buster
You’ll then have the wonderful buster command available.
You could also clone the source and use the buster.py file directly.
Requirements
wget: Use brew install wget to install wget on your Mac. Available by default on most linux distributions.
git: Use brew install git to install git on your Mac. sudo apt-get install git on ubuntu/debian
The following python packages would be installed automatically when installed via pip:
Ghost. What?
Ghost is a beautifully designed, completely customisable and completely Open Source Blogging Platform. If you haven’t tried it out yet, check it out. You’ll love it.
The Ghost Foundation is not-for-profit organization funding open source software and trying to completely change the world of online publishing. Consider donating to Ghost.
Buster?
Inspired by THE GhostBusters.
Ghost Buster Movie
</figcaption>Contributing
Checkout the existing issues or create a new one. Pull requests welcome!
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