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Re: [O] Minimal overhead Org-mode blogging system
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Eric Schulte |
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Re: [O] Minimal overhead Org-mode blogging system |
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Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:11:23 -0700 |
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Puneeth Chaganti <address@hidden> writes:
> On 12/4/11, Karl Voit <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I got a nice idea on how a very easy to use Org-mode blog system
>> should look like.
>>
>> Currently, I am using Serendipidy with web-based editor to write
>> HTML. Org-mode enabled me to write blog entries and export it to
>> HTML. Then I paste the HTML and have to modify minor things (images,
>> ...) a bit. I guess the time from finishing the Org-mode entry to
>> the final blog entry is approximately ten to twenty minutes.
>>
>> Overall, I do not want to do this process when I just want to
>> quickly write a view paragraphs within a couple of minutes. I need
>> a workflow with much less annoying overhead.
>>
>> Therefore I sat down and thought about a workflow that should be
>> enough for writing simple weblog entries:
>>
>> - create an Org-mode heading (anywhere!)
>> - make sure that there is an (uniq) :ID: property
>> - add the tag :blog: to heading
>> - <write content, subheadings, ...>
>> - change state of top-heading to DONE
>> - this enables blog entries «in the queue»
>> - (manually) invoke generation-script
>>
>> This enables me quick blogging with a list of advantages:
>>
>> - a blog entry can be located anywhere in all of my Orgmode files
>> - no extra formatting steps
>> - very small (almost non-existent) overhead to create a blog entry
>> - no duplicate information
>> - updates only in Orgmode, not HTML or any in-between format
>> - static (fast) pages
>> - self-hosting without any fancy services behind like RDBS
>
> I have a system, that does most of what you are looking for.
>
> https://github.com/punchagan/blog-files
>
> Though it seems to be a little more complicated than it needs to be,
> it works for me and I haven't had the time and motivation to simplify
> it.
>
It would be great to collect these links on the relevant Worg page [1].
As this topic seems to re-surface every couple of months. Perhaps from
there we could begin to build consensus on what features would be most
desirable for any potential future Org-mode blogging extension.
Cheers,
Footnotes:
[1] http://orgmode.org/worg/org-blog-wiki.html
--
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/
Re: [O] Minimal overhead Org-mode blogging system, Nathan Neff, 2011/12/10