Hey everybody!
webgen 0.5.2 has just been released! If you don’t know what webgen is,
read the “What’s webgen?” section down below.
This release brings some updates to the core as well as a browser based
GUI, some bug fixes and better Windows support. The most noteable
update to the core is better partial site generation support.
When a file that was in the menu changed, all files which included a
menu with a link to this file got regenerated, too. However, that was
not always necessary since the content of the changed file does not
appear in the menu, only its meta information title. Therefore the
new system checks if the meta information of the changed file has
changed and only then regenerates all menus. This system is now also
used by all other extensions like the breadcrumb trail or the langbar
tag.
The new webgen webgui which can be started via webgen webgui is a
graphical pendant to the command line interface. It features
- auto-completion of entered website directory paths
- possibility to create and render websites
- live view of a rendered website or preview of a to-be-created website
The preview mode when creating a website is very useful for choosing
the right template and style for a new website, especially for people
new to webgen.
-
Major enhancements:
- better partial site regeneration
- browser based GUI
-
Bug fixes:
- RF#21507: rdoc documentation link now works again
- corrected some Windows specific bugs, test suite runs fine now on
Windows - terminal width recognition now works again
- global command line option
--log-levelnow works as intended
Best regards,
Thomas
What’s webgen?
webgen is a tool to generate static websites by combining content
with template files. You create one or more template files in which
you define the layout of your page and where the content should go.
After that you create page files in which you only define the
content. You can use a variety of markup languages like Textile or
Markdown or Haml to define your content and you can add dynamic parts
via ERB or by using webgen tags. This allows the automatic generation
of menus, breadcrumb trails and much more!
Installation
gem install webgen