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1 # Getting started with forb
2
3 Forb is a blogging system using configurations similar to [jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com).
4
5 - Run `forb new` to copy the default template to the current directory
6 - Run `forb` to generate the site in the `_site` directory
7
8 The source code is available at [forb git](https://noulin.net/forb/file/README.md.html)
9
10 # Install
11
12 Forb is built with [sheepy](https://spartatek.se/r/sheepy), so it needs to be installed first.
13
14 Then run:
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16 spm -g install forb
17
18 # Configuration
19
20 The site configuration is located in `_config.yml`. The default `_config.yml` is created in the directory where `forb new` was executed.
21
22 # Posts
23
24 To create a post, run:
25 ```
26 forb new post title
27 ```
28
29 `forb new title` creates a post template in _draft, edit the draft and when ready, run:
30 ```
31 forb publish _draft/title.markdown
32 ```
33
34 # Update already published post
35
36 To generate the blog, run `forb`, after this the posts are moved from the _posts directory to the _published directory.
37
38 To update a post, edit the text in the _published directory, then run:
39 ```
40 forb update _published/title.markdown
41 # generate
42 forb
43 ```
44
45 # About markdown
46
47 The markdown standard in forb is `CommonMark` with tables.
48
49 - Table example:
50 ```
51 | Line 1, Column A - Title line in Bold | Column B - Title line in Bold |
52 | Line 2, A | 2B |
53
54 ```
55
56 - Link to external page:
57 ```
58 (title)[url]
59 ```
60
61 - Image in post:
62 ```
63 !(title)[%baseurl/images/img.png]
64
65 When baseurl="/blog", write:
66 !(title)[/blog/images/img.png]
67 ```
68
69 - Link to another post in blog:
70 ```
71 [another post](_%baseurl{% post_url POST_FILENAME_WITHOUT_MARKDOWN_EXTENSION %})
72
73 Keep "_%baseurl", forb replaces it with the value in _config.yml,
74 after post_url write the post filename to be linked without ".markdown":
75 [another post](_%baseurl{% post_url 2020-06-09-getting-started %})
76 ```