On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:53:04AM -0700, Tim Howe wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:26:52 +0200 > Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net> wrote: > > > If you guys are serious about anything, go look at ports-readmes. > > > > It does extract information from the ports tree, and creates readmes for > > all ports. > > > > Currently, it's a static port. It could very well be a dynamic application. > > > > You can experiment with css, you can experiment with nginx. > > > > Preferably, don't add large dependencies (python or ruby out of the > > question), > > write it as a perl fcgi or something, you can use Plack or Catalyst or > > whatever. > > > > > > Or hey, at least tweak the templates to be nicer. > > Perl FTW. I think the site could easily be built with ttree. > You will have easy to manage templates and content that anyone with > some html knowledge can edit as easily as before; plus you will have > static html output. Parts that should be templated can be in a > flexible and easy to decipher/learn way. Little or no knowledge of > Template::Toolkit would be required for most changes to be made. > > It's pretty easy to bootstrap with your existing layout and > content. The build process could be managed with an easy make script. > Template Toolkit is in the ports tree. > > > http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Perl/Building-a-Complete-Website-using-the-Template-Toolkit/
Well, duh, have a look first. Ports-readmes is obviously built with TT... :) I'm more thinking of finishing turning it into a proper dynamic app, or heck, even designing nicer templates. I have enough shit to develop already, so I have spent zero time writing "nice" tt files or css. Please go ahead, do something nicer.
