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cmc <hello@cleberg.net> · 2026-08-31 22:41 UTC

Convert README.nfo to README.org (!1)

Section headings become org headings, indented command blocks become
src blocks, and column-aligned content stays in example blocks.

Layout: unified · split

README.nfo deleted −69

	@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
1	┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
2	│ P H P - B L O G [ KRZ ] krz.sh │
3	└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
4
5	WHAT
6	php-blog. database-free blogging app in php. articles in markdown,
7	metadata and comments in json.
8
9	PHILOSOPHY
10	a blog should degrade gracefully over time. articles, metadata, and
11	comments live in the git repo, not a database.
12
13	INSTALL
14	cd yourBlog.com
15	git clone <REPO_URL>
16
17	set the globals at the top of index.php:
18
19	$websiteProtocol = 'https://';
20	$shortDomain = 'yourBlog.com';
21
22	clear the sample data and posts:
23
24	cd _data/ && rm -rf *
25	touch comments.json && touch metadata.json
26	cd ../posts/ && rm -rf *
27	touch 001-your-first-post.md
28
29	add a metadata object in _data/metadata.json for every post. enable
30	FallbackResource in apache .conf or .htaccess:
31
32	FallbackResource /index.php
33
34	STRUCTURE
35	index.php fallback resource; routes requests, calls
36	functions, fills the template
37	_classes/ Comment.php, Parsedown.php (erusev/parsedown, MIT),
38	Template.php
39	_data/ metadata.json (one object per post), comments.json
40	(written server-side as comments arrive)
41	_functions/ loadJSON.php, loadRSS.php, parseMarkdown.php,
42	submitComment.php
43	_templates/ template.html
44	posts/ markdown post bodies
45	static/ app.css, optional prism.css / prism.js for syntax
46	highlighting
47
48	metadata object:
49
50	{
51	"id": "001",
52	"title": "Title of Post",
53	"author": "Your Name",
54	"description": "...",
55	"tag": "my-category",
56	"created": "2018-12-08 00:00:00",
57	"modified": "2018-12-08 00:00:00",
58	"link": "https://www.example.com/post/name.html",
59	"published": "Yes"
60	}
61
62	let the web user write comments.json (apache is usually www-data):
63
64	chgrp -R www-data /path/to/website/
65	chmod -R g+w _data/comments.json
66
67	┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
68	│ krz.sh │
69	└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

README.org added +77

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	1	#+title: php-blog
	2
	3	* what
	4	php-blog. database-free blogging app in php. articles in markdown,
	5	metadata and comments in json.
	6
	7	* philosophy
	8	a blog should degrade gracefully over time. articles, metadata, and
	9	comments live in the git repo, not a database.
	10
	11	* install
	12	#+begin_src sh
	13	cd yourBlog.com
	14	git clone <REPO_URL>
	15	#+end_src
	16
	17	set the globals at the top of index.php:
	18
	19	#+begin_src sh
	20	$websiteProtocol = 'https://';
	21	$shortDomain = 'yourBlog.com';
	22	#+end_src
	23
	24	clear the sample data and posts:
	25
	26	#+begin_src sh
	27	cd _data/ && rm -rf *
	28	touch comments.json && touch metadata.json
	29	cd ../posts/ && rm -rf *
	30	touch 001-your-first-post.md
	31	#+end_src
	32
	33	add a metadata object in _data/metadata.json for every post. enable
	34	FallbackResource in apache .conf or .htaccess:
	35
	36	#+begin_src sh
	37	FallbackResource /index.php
	38	#+end_src
	39
	40	* structure
	41	#+begin_example
	42	index.php fallback resource; routes requests, calls
	43	functions, fills the template
	44	_classes/ Comment.php, Parsedown.php (erusev/parsedown, MIT),
	45	Template.php
	46	_data/ metadata.json (one object per post), comments.json
	47	(written server-side as comments arrive)
	48	_functions/ loadJSON.php, loadRSS.php, parseMarkdown.php,
	49	submitComment.php
	50	_templates/ template.html
	51	posts/ markdown post bodies
	52	static/ app.css, optional prism.css / prism.js for syntax
	53	highlighting
	54	#+end_example
	55
	56	metadata object:
	57
	58	#+begin_src sh
	59	{
	60	"id": "001",
	61	"title": "Title of Post",
	62	"author": "Your Name",
	63	"description": "...",
	64	"tag": "my-category",
	65	"created": "2018-12-08 00:00:00",
	66	"modified": "2018-12-08 00:00:00",
	67	"link": "https://www.example.com/post/name.html",
	68	"published": "Yes"
	69	}
	70	#+end_src
	71
	72	let the web user write comments.json (apache is usually www-data):
	73
	74	#+begin_src sh
	75	chgrp -R www-data /path/to/website/
	76	chmod -R g+w _data/comments.json
	77	#+end_src

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