# encoding: utf-8 # # Jekyll category page generator. # http://recursive-design.com/projects/jekyll-plugins/ # # Version: 0.1.4 (201101061053) # # Copyright (c) 2010 Dave Perrett, http://recursive-design.com/ # Licensed under the MIT license (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php) # # A generator that creates category pages for jekyll sites. # # Included filters : # - category_links: Outputs the list of categories as comma-separated links. # - date_to_html_string: Outputs the post.date as formatted html, with hooks for CSS styling. # # Available _config.yml settings : # - category_dir: The subfolder to build category pages in (default is 'categories'). # - category_title_prefix: The string used before the category name in the page title (default is # 'Category: '). module Jekyll # The CategoryIndex class creates a single category page for the specified category. class CategoryIndex < Page # Initializes a new CategoryIndex. # # +base+ is the String path to the . # +category_dir+ is the String path between and the category folder. # +category+ is the category currently being processed. def initialize(site, base, category_dir, category) @site = site @base = base @dir = category_dir @name = 'index.html' self.process(@name) # Read the YAML data from the layout page. self.read_yaml(File.join(base, '_layouts'), 'category_index.html') self.data['category'] = category # Set the title for this page. title_prefix = site.config['category_title_prefix'] || 'Category: ' self.data['title'] = "#{title_prefix}#{category}" # Set the meta-description for this page. meta_description_prefix = site.config['category_meta_description_prefix'] || 'Category: ' self.data['description'] = "#{meta_description_prefix}#{category}" end end # The CategoryFeed class creates an Atom feed for the specified category. class CategoryFeed < Page # Initializes a new CategoryFeed. # # +base+ is the String path to the . # +category_dir+ is the String path between and the category folder. # +category+ is the category currently being processed. def initialize(site, base, category_dir, category) @site = site @base = base @dir = category_dir @name = 'atom.xml' self.process(@name) # Read the YAML data from the layout page. self.read_yaml(File.join(base, '_includes/custom'), 'category_feed.xml') self.data['category'] = category # Set the title for this page. title_prefix = site.config['category_title_prefix'] || 'Category: ' self.data['title'] = "#{title_prefix}#{category}" # Set the meta-description for this page. meta_description_prefix = site.config['category_meta_description_prefix'] || 'Category: ' self.data['description'] = "#{meta_description_prefix}#{category}" # Set the correct feed URL. self.data['feed_url'] = "#{category_dir}/#{name}" end end # The Site class is a built-in Jekyll class with access to global site config information. class Site # Creates an instance of CategoryIndex for each category page, renders it, and # writes the output to a file. # # +category_dir+ is the String path to the category folder. # +category+ is the category currently being processed. def write_category_index(category_dir, category) index = CategoryIndex.new(self, self.source, category_dir, category) index.render(self.layouts, site_payload) index.write(self.dest) # Record the fact that this page has been added, otherwise Site::cleanup will remove it. self.pages << index # Create an Atom-feed for each index. feed = CategoryFeed.new(self, self.source, category_dir, category) feed.render(self.layouts, site_payload) feed.write(self.dest) # Record the fact that this page has been added, otherwise Site::cleanup will remove it. self.pages << feed end # Loops through the list of category pages and processes each one. def write_category_indexes if self.layouts.key? 'category_index' dir = self.config['category_dir'] || 'categories' self.categories.keys.each do |category| self.write_category_index(File.join(dir, category.gsub(/_|\P{Word}/, '-').gsub(/-{2,}/, '-').downcase), category) end # Throw an exception if the layout couldn't be found. else raise <<-ERR =============================================== Error for category_generator.rb plugin ----------------------------------------------- No 'category_index.hmtl' in source/_layouts/ Perhaps you haven't installed a theme yet. =============================================== ERR end end end # Jekyll hook - the generate method is called by jekyll, and generates all of the category pages. class GenerateCategories < Generator safe true priority :low def generate(site) site.write_category_indexes end end # Adds some extra filters used during the category creation process. module Filters # Outputs a list of categories as comma-separated links. This is used # to output the category list for each post on a category page. # # +categories+ is the list of categories to format. # # Returns string # def category_links(categories) categories = categories.sort!.map { |c| category_link c } case categories.length when 0 "" when 1 categories[0].to_s else "#{categories[0...-1].join(', ')}, #{categories[-1]}" end end # Outputs a single category as an link. # # +category+ is a category string to format as an link # # Returns string # def category_link(category) dir = @context.registers[:site].config['category_dir'] "#{category}" end # Outputs the post.date as formatted html, with hooks for CSS styling. # # +date+ is the date object to format as HTML. # # Returns string def date_to_html_string(date) result = '' + date.strftime('%b').upcase + ' ' result += date.strftime('%d ') result += date.strftime('%Y ') result end end end