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CIDER is a markdown-based blogging engine using BASH.

cider.sh [-c|--config] [-l|--localization] [-i|--inputDir] [-o|--outputDir] [-t|--theme] [-p|--pageSize] [-H|--homepage] [-h|--help]

-c|--config        Path to the configuration file.
                   The default one is loaded from `core/config.sh`

-l|--localization  Path to localization file.
                   The default one is loaded from `core/localization.sh`

-i|--inputDir      Path to the directory where posts are placed with the following structure:
                   /YYYY/MM/DD/postName/index.md
                   YYYY - year  - 4 numbers
                   MM   - month - 2 numbers
                   DD   - day   - 2 numbers

-o|--outputDir     Path to the directory where posts are exported.

-t|--theme         The theme to use.
                   Themes are located in the `themes` directory.

-p|--pageSize      The amount of posts per page.

-H|--homepage      Homepage address.
                   E.g.: http://example.com

-h|--help          Show this help and exit.

• sed
• grep
• find
• sort
• tr
• less
• echo
• markdown

Configuration parameters affect the build process and resulting blog structure:

• CIDER_inputDir — directory where posts will be looked up
• CIDER_outputDir — directory where built pages will be put
• CIDER_themeDir — directory where theme should be loaded from (completely overrides -t|--theme option)
• CIDER_pageSize — amount of posts per page
• CIDER_homepage — homepage address
• CIDER_blogLanguage — language (used in RSS and specifies HTML lang attribute)
• CIDER_disqusId — Disqus comment widget ID

Default configuration parameter values are loaded from core/config.sh.

Parameters that are supplied via configuration file (see -c|--config option) or passed as environment variables will override default values:

$ CIDER_inputDir='/opt/cider.example.com/posts' \
  CIDER_outputDir='/var/www/cider.example.com'  \
  CIDER_homepage='https://cider.example.com'    \
  cider.sh

Localization messages are used in theme templates to display predefined texts and HTML snippets:

• CIDER_mainTitle — HTML title shown for the homepage
• CIDER_mainTitlePaged — HTML title shown for the list of posts for pages 2, 3 and so on
• CIDER_pageLinkPrevText — symbol that will be used to display navigation link to a previous page
• CIDER_pageLinkNextText — symbol that will be used to display navigation link to a next page
• CIDER_pageLinkCurrText — HTML snippet that will render current page number
• CIDER_blogName — blog name
• CIDER_blogDescription — blog description (used in RSS, shown in default themes)
• CIDER_commentsTitle — title shown before Disqus comments widget
• CIDER_meta — any additional meta information assigned to a blog

Default localization messages are loaded from core/localization.sh.

Parameters that are supplied via localization file (see -l|--localization option) or passed as environment variables will override default values:

$ CIDER_blogName='CIDER 101'                            \
  CIDER_blogDescription='Tips and trick on using CIDER' \
  cider.sh

WIP.