# -*- mode: org; -*- #+TITLE: Publish #+SUBTITLE: Guide to publishing this very website. #+AUTHOR: Marius Peter #+DATE: <2022-01-26 Wed> #+OPTIONS: toc:nil #+HTML_HEAD: #+INCLUDE: resources/topnav.html export html #+begin_abstract In the spirit of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming][literate programming]] encouraged by Org mode, this entire website's build process is documented on this very page. In order to build this website, Emacs parses and executes the code blocks contained on this page. By mixing behavior with the behavior's documentation, we can future-proof our understanding of the build logic, making it possible to efficiently revisit and upgrade this website at a later date. #+end_abstract #+TOC: headlines 3 * Introduction This entire website is built with [[https://orgmode.org/][Org mode]], an Emacs mode designed for literate programming among other things. Using Org mode for designing, building and publishing a website brings the following benefits: - Work within Emacs :: This advantage concerns existing Emacs users. - Literate programming :: Org files contain a mix of plain text associated with documentation, and code that can be executed. A documentation-centered workflow encourages us to describe our thought process as we write a program, this increases the likelihood of remembering why a particular piece of code was written. * Publishing targets This first section lays out the interactive prompts used to bind export-related symbols with the following publishing targets: - Location :: Where should the website be published? - Components :: What parts of the website should be built? ** Location Two possible publishing locations are considered: - Local :: The website is built on the local machine. This is useful for website development. - Remote :: The website is built on the specified remote server. This is used to publish the website on the internet, it then becomes visible at [[http://mlnp.fr/][mlnp.fr]]. #+NAME: org-publish-location #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (setq org-publish-location (read-answer "Should the website be built on the local or remote target? " '(("/tmp/" ?l "build website on the local machine") ("/ssh:root@192.162.71.223:/var/www/" ?r "build website on the remote machine")))) #+END_SRC ** Components We outline three components: the main site, the wiki, and the blog. #+NAME: org-publish-component #+begin_src elisp (setq org-publish-component (read-answer "Which `org-publish-project-alist' component should be built? " '(("mlnp.fr" ?m "build the main website") ("wiki.mlnp.fr" ?w "build the wiki") ("blog.mlnp.fr" ?b "build the blog") ("all" ?a "build all websites")))) #+end_src * Resources ** CSS The website styling information is described on the [[file:resources/css.org][CSS]] page. ** JS The goal of this website is to /not/ have to rely on JavaScript. * COMMENT HTML preamble #+NAME: org-publish-html-preamble #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq org-publish-html-preamble nil) ;; (setq org-publish-html-preamble ;; (concat ;; "")) #+END_SRC * Project components The ~org-publish-project-alist~ variable is used by ~org-publish~ to identify website components and their properties upon export. It enables us to target different directories when publishing; I can write this website in a single, version-controlled directory, whilst maintaining separate export directories for =wiki.mlnp.fr= and =blog.mlnp.fr=. Both the wiki and the blog call for css and font resources hosted on =mlnp.fr=, so these resources need only be exported once---to the =mlnp.fr/resources/= folder. #+NAME: org-publish-project-alist #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :noweb yes (require 'ox-publish) (setq org-publish-project-alist `( ;; This line left blank to avoid noweb honoring `( prefix. <> <> <> ("all" :components ("mlnp.fr" "wiki.mlnp.fr" "blog.mlnp.fr")))) #+END_SRC ** =mlnp.fr= #+NAME: mlnp.fr #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp ("mlnp.fr" :components ("mlnp-main-pages" "mlnp-resources" "resources-pages" ; Only hosted on the main website. "mlnp-fonts")) ("mlnp-main-pages" :base-directory "./" :base-extension "org" :publishing-directory ,(concat org-publish-location "mlnp.fr/") :recursive nil ; Main site pages are all in top-level org directory. :publishing-function org-html-publish-to-html) ("mlnp-resources" :base-directory "resources/" :base-extension "css\\|js" :publishing-directory ,(concat org-publish-location "mlnp.fr/resources/") :publishing-function org-publish-attachment) ("resources-pages" :base-directory "resources/" :base-extension "org" :publishing-directory ,(concat org-publish-location "mlnp.fr/resources/") :publishing-function org-html-publish-to-html) ("mlnp-fonts" :base-directory "resources/fonts/" :base-extension "ttf\\|otf" :publishing-directory ,(concat org-publish-location "mlnp.fr/resources/fonts/") :publishing-function org-publish-attachment) #+END_SRC ** =wiki.mlnp.fr= #+NAME: wiki.mlnp.fr #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp ("wiki.mlnp.fr" :components ("wiki-main-pages" "wiki-resources" "wiki-fonts")) ("wiki-main-pages" :base-directory "wiki/" :base-extension "org" :publishing-directory ,(concat org-publish-location "wiki.mlnp.fr/") :recursive t :html-head "" :auto-sitemap t :sitemap-title "Sitemap for [[http://wiki.mlnp.fr][wiki.mlnp.fr]]" :publishing-function org-html-publish-to-html) ("wiki-resources" :base-directory "resources/" :base-extension "css\\|js" :publishing-directory ,(concat org-publish-location "wiki.mlnp.fr/resources/") :publishing-function org-publish-attachment) ("wiki-fonts" :base-directory "resources/fonts/" :base-extension "ttf\\|otf" :publishing-directory ,(concat org-publish-location "wiki.mlnp.fr/resources/fonts/") :publishing-function org-publish-attachment) #+END_SRC ** =blog.mlnp.fr= #+NAME: blog.mlnp.fr #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp ("blog.mlnp.fr" :components ("blog-main-pages" "blog-resources" "blog-fonts")) ("blog-main-pages" :base-directory "blog/" :base-extension "org" :publishing-directory ,(concat org-publish-location "blog.mlnp.fr/") :recursive t :html-head "" :auto-sitemap t :sitemap-title "Sitemap for [[http://blog.mlnp.fr][blog.mlnp.fr]]" :sitemap-sort-files anti-chronologically :publishing-function org-html-publish-to-html) ("blog-resources" :base-directory "resources/" :base-extension "css\\|js" :publishing-directory ,(concat org-publish-location "blog.mlnp.fr/resources/") :publishing-function org-publish-attachment) ("blog-fonts" :base-directory "resources/fonts/" :base-extension "ttf\\|otf" :publishing-directory ,(concat org-publish-location "blog.mlnp.fr/resources/fonts/") :publishing-function org-publish-attachment) #+END_SRC * Main publishing logic :main: This is the main publishing logic. Execute the following source block to build the entire website. #+NAME: main #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :noweb no-export <> <> <> (org-babel-tangle-file "resources/css.org") (org-publish-remove-all-timestamps) (org-publish org-publish-component) (format "Successfully built %s!" org-publish-component) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: main : Successfully built wiki.mlnp.fr component! Link to the locally built homepages: - Main site :: [[file:/tmp/mlnp.fr/index.html]] - Wiki :: [[file:/tmp/wiki.mlnp.fr/index.html]] - Blog :: [[file:/tmp/blog.mlnp.fr/index.html]] * TODO Export resume to txt upon publishing