From 321648d26a978e115d8617e983083c351f683977 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Walker Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 10:53:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] New post! --- ...15-02-06-looking-ahead-to-octopress-3-0.md | 36 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2015-02-06-looking-ahead-to-octopress-3-0.md diff --git a/_posts/2015-02-06-looking-ahead-to-octopress-3-0.md b/_posts/2015-02-06-looking-ahead-to-octopress-3-0.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9db25e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2015-02-06-looking-ahead-to-octopress-3-0.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Looking Ahead to Octopress 3.0" +date: 2015-02-06T10:49:53-05:00 +summary: "How I've tweaked my jekyll blog without a real promise to blog more." +image: +tags: +- site +- jekyll +- octopress +--- + +When you've got a blog and haven't posted for a very long time, it's hard to post something without pointing out how long it's been or making a promise to start blogging more. I haven't blogged in a long time and I hope to start doing so more regularly again. + +There. + +So, what's the first thing that a nerd does before blogging again? Tinker with blogging software, of course. + +### What's wrong with Jekyll? + +Nothing, really. In fact, I managed to hack together some emacs config and rake tasks that more or less did things the way I wanted them done: easily start a new draft, publish said draft and mindlessly publish (via rsync). It worked pretty well, at least for this blog. (More big claims: I might start other blogs this year). + +### But there's Octopress! + +When I first converted this blog from Drupal to Jekyll, I remember looking at [Octopress](http://octopress.org/). Aside from the "Kubrik of Jekyll" theme, the thing that always bugged me was "start by cloning this repository" as instructions. I want my blogging tool to be a package I install and commands I use to manage my blog. + +Apparently, [back in October](https://github.com/walkah/walkah.net/commit/9e50301564d5530eb3fc1e740bcd1320b8c4f184), I stumbled across the next generation of Octopress. I don't even remember how. (Yes, this post has been a long time coming). A few weeks ago, the [official teaser post](http://octopress.org/2015/01/15/octopress-3.0-is-coming/) came out and nicely summarized some of the features. Essentially, Octopress 3 does the things I want and more. Things I dig so far: + +1. It's now a gem with `octopress new draft` and `octopress publish`, etc. +1. My rsync rake task is cleanly replaced by `octopress deploy` +1. Octopress "ink": allows for installable themes (no more "clone this repo"). +1. You can work on just your current post with `octopress isolate` which is great when your blog (however sporadically used) dates back over a decade. + +Maybe nicer tools won't make for better writing habits, but it definitely won't hurt. + +Here's to writing more, in public, at my own domain in 2015.