Add rake tasks for new_post and new_page

Gemfile

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ gem 'coderay'
 gem 'rake'
 gem 'thor'
 gem 'activesupport'
+gem 'stringex'

README.md

@@ -25,17 +25,15 @@ General notes and suggestions for customizing So Simple Theme.
 
 ## Basic Setup for new Jekyll site
 
-1. [Install Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com) and read through the documentation if you haven't already.
-2. [Install Jekyll Extra - Kramdown](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/extras/#kramdown)
-3. Fork the [So Simple Theme repo](https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme/fork)
-4. Clone the repo you just forked.
-5. Edit `_config.yml` to personalize your site.
-6. Check out the sample posts in `_posts` to see examples for pulling in large feature images, assigning categories and tags, and other YAML data.
-7. Read the documentation below for further customization pointers and documentation.
+1. [Install Bundler](http://bundler.io) `gem install bundler` and then install [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com) and all dependencies `bundle install`.
+2. Fork the [So Simple Theme repo](https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme/fork).
+3. Clone the repo you just forked and rename it.
+4. Edit `_config.yml` to personalize your site.
+5. Check out the sample posts in `_posts` to see examples for pulling in large feature images, assigning categories and tags, and other YAML data.
+6. Read the documentation below for further customization pointers and documentation.
+[Download the Theme](https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme/archive/master.zip)
 
-[Download the Theme](http://mmistakes.github.io/so-simple-theme)
-
-**Pro-tip:** Delete the `gh-pages` branch after cloning and start fresh by branching off `master`. There is a bunch of garbage in `gh-pages` used for the theme's demo site that I'm guessing you don't want on your site.
+**Pro-tip:** Remove the sample posts in `_posts` and the `gh-pages` branch after cloning. There is a bunch of garbage in the `gh-pages` branch used for the theme's demo site.
 
 ---
 

Rakefile.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+require "rubygems"
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "stringex"
+
+## -- Config -- ##
+
+posts_dir       = "_posts"    # directory for blog files
+new_post_ext    = "md"  # default new post file extension when using the new_post task
+new_page_ext    = "md"  # default new page file extension when using the new_page task
+
+
+#############################
+# Create a new Post or Page #
+#############################
+
+# usage rake new_post
+desc "Create a new post in #{posts_dir}"
+task :new_post, :title do |t, args|
+  if args.title
+    title = args.title
+  else
+    title = get_stdin("Enter a title for your post: ")
+  end
+  filename = "#{posts_dir}/#{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}-#{title.to_url}.#{new_post_ext}"
+  if File.exist?(filename)
+    abort("rake aborted!") if ask("#{filename} already exists. Do you want to overwrite?", ['y', 'n']) == 'n'
+  end
+  tags = get_stdin("Enter tags to classify your post (comma separated): ")
+  puts "Creating new post: #{filename}"
+  open(filename, 'w') do |post|
+    post.puts "---"
+    post.puts "layout: post"
+    post.puts "title: \"#{title.gsub(/&/,'&')}\""
+    post.puts "modified: #{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z')}"
+    post.puts "tags: [#{tags}]"
+    post.puts "image:"
+    post.puts "  feature: "
+    post.puts "  credit: "
+    post.puts "  creditlink: "
+    post.puts "comments: "
+    post.puts "share: "
+    post.puts "---"
+  end
+end
+
+# usage rake new_page
+desc "Create a new page"
+task :new_page, :title do |t, args|
+  if args.title
+    title = args.title
+  else
+    title = get_stdin("Enter a title for your page: ")
+  end
+  filename = "#{title.to_url}.#{new_page_ext}"
+  if File.exist?(filename)
+    abort("rake aborted!") if ask("#{filename} already exists. Do you want to overwrite?", ['y', 'n']) == 'n'
+  end
+  tags = get_stdin("Enter tags to classify your page (comma separated): ")
+  puts "Creating new page: #{filename}"
+  open(filename, 'w') do |page|
+    page.puts "---"
+    page.puts "layout: page"
+    page.puts "permalink: /#{title.to_url}/"
+    page.puts "title: \"#{title}\""
+    page.puts "modified: #{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')}"
+    page.puts "tags: [#{tags}]"
+    page.puts "image:"
+    page.puts "  feature: "
+    page.puts "  credit: "
+    page.puts "  creditlink: "
+    page.puts "share: "
+    page.puts "---"
+  end
+end
+
+def get_stdin(message)
+  print message
+  STDIN.gets.chomp
+end
+
+def ask(message, valid_options)
+  if valid_options
+    answer = get_stdin("#{message} #{valid_options.to_s.gsub(/"/, '').gsub(/, /,'/')} ") while !valid_options.include?(answer)
+  else
+    answer = get_stdin(message)
+  end
+  answer
+end

theme-setup.md

@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@ General notes and suggestions for customizing **So Simple Theme**.
 
 ## Basic Setup for a new Jekyll site
 
-1. [Install Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com) and read through the documentation if you haven't already.
-2. [Install Jekyll Extra - Kramdown](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/extras/#kramdown)
-3. Fork the [So Simple Theme repo](https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme/fork)
-4. Clone the repo you just forked.
-5. Edit `_config.yml` to personalize your site.
-6. Check out the sample posts in `_posts` to see examples for pulling in large feature images, assigning categories and tags, and other YAML data.
-7. Read the documentation below for further customization pointers and documentation.
+1. [Install Bundler](http://bundler.io) `gem install bundler` and then install [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com) and all dependencies `bundle install`.
+2. Fork the [So Simple Theme repo](https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme/fork).
+3. Clone the repo you just forked and rename it.
+4. Edit `_config.yml` to personalize your site.
+5. Check out the sample posts in `_posts` to see examples for pulling in large feature images, assigning categories and tags, and other YAML data.
+6. Read the documentation below for further customization pointers and documentation.
 
-<div markdown="0"><a href="https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme" class="btn">Download the Theme</a></div>
+<div markdown="0"><a href="https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme/archive/master.zip" class="btn">Download the Theme</a></div>
 
 **Pro-tip:** Delete the `gh-pages` branch after cloning and start fresh by branching off `master`. There is a bunch of garbage in `gh-pages` used for the theme's demo site that I'm guessing you don't want on your site.
 {: .notice}
@@ -188,6 +187,18 @@ For the most part you can leave these as is since the author/owner details are p
 
 There are two main content layouts: `post.html` (for posts) and `page.html` (for pages). Both have support for large **feature images** that span the full-width of the screen, and both are meant for text heavy blog posts (or articles).
 
+There are two rake tasks that can be used to create a new post or page with all YAML Front Matter. Using either `rake new_post` or `rake new_page` will prompt you for a title and tags to classify them. Example below:
+
+{% highlight bash %}
+rake new_post
+
+Enter a title for your post: My Awesome Post
+Enter tags to classify your post (comma separated): web development, code
+Creating new post: _posts/2014-02-10-my-awesome-post.md
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+There are a few configuration variables that can be changed in `Rakefile.rb`. By default posts and pages will be created in MarkDown using the `.md` extension.
+
 #### Feature Images
 
 A good rule of thumb is to keep feature images nice and wide so you don't push the body text too far down. An image cropped around around 1024 x 256 pixels will keep file size down with an acceptable resolution for most devices. If you want to serve these images responsively I'd suggest looking at [Picturefill](https://github.com/scottjehl/picturefill) or [Adaptive Images](http://adaptive-images.com/).