X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Shrine-XSLT/blobdiff_plain/e56ab0f26f35e32120971057b6db350175672c90..7a48637125273b9bcea76aca4a064b0dbee82784:/README.markdown diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 0abeeb6..93ff7c1 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ of these files should typically be an H·T·M·L `
` element (remember to declare the X·H·T·M·L namespace!), and you should give it a `@lang` attribute as well. An example is provided. -The `@data-shrine-header` and `@data-shrine-footer` attributes on the -root elements of your pages specify the names of the header and footer -to use on the page. You can use headers and footers to supply page -navigation, branding, and so forth. For each header and footer you -specify, you will need to create a corresponding `$-header.xml` or -`$-footer.xml` (where `$` is the header/footer name) which provides -the contents. These files should be placed in *this* (repository root) -directory, not in `sources/`. +The (entirely optional) `@data-shrine-header` and `@data-shrine-footer` +attributes on the root elements of your pages specify the names of the +header and footer to use on the page. You can use headers and footers +to supply page navigation, branding, and so forth. For each header and +footer you specify, you will need to create a corresponding +`$-header.xml` or `$-footer.xml` (where `$` is the header/footer name) +which provides the contents. These files should be placed in *this* +(repository root) directory, not in `sources/`. The `template.xml` file in this directory contains the main page template, and you should edit it to add styling and so forth to your @@ -50,7 +50,42 @@ Finally, just run `make` from this directory, and H·T·M·L files corresponding to your source files will be created in the `public/` directory (which you can then serve statically from your server). -## Atom Feeds +## Advanced Features + +### Slots + +You can use the `@slot` attribute with a few special values to insert +content in various places :— + +- `@slot="shrine-head"` will place the content into the `` of + the resulting document. This is especially useful for ``, + `<meta>`, and `<style>` elements. + +- For `shrine-header` and `shrine-footer`, there are `-before` and + `-after` slot names which will place content into the beginning or + ending of the shrine header or footer, respectively. + +- You can define your own slots with `<slot>` in templates, headers, + and footers; this will enable a corresponding `@slot` name beginning + with `shrine-template-slot-`, `shrine-header-slot-` or + `shrine-footer-slot`, respectively. + +### Microdata + +You can use the H·T·M·L `@itemprop` attribute to define metadata for +your site pages. The following values are supported :— + +- `shrine-title`: The title of the page. + +- `shrine-id`: A persistent, globally‐unique identifier for the page. + +- `shrine-updated`: The datetime that the page was last updated. + +Multiple values for a single `@itemprop` are not currently supported. +Where possible, X·M·L markup will be preserved when accessing metadata +values. + +### Atom Feeds Any `.atom` files you provide will automatically be filled out with `<id>`s, `<updated>` values, and other necessary information before @@ -59,23 +94,10 @@ feature, you will need to provide a `BASEIRI` variable when you run `make` to allow the X·S·L·T to transform relative links into absolute ones. -It is recommended that :— - -- You do *not* provide your own `<id>`s and rely on the generated ones - (which will be an `oai:` URI derived from the file path). - -- You *do* manually provide `<updated>` times for individual entries - (although not the feed as a whole); otherwise every entry will be - marked as updated every time the feed is generated. - -- All `<link rel="alternate">` elements in `<entry>` elements use a - relative `@href` with a leading slash. This should point to the - *final* location of the entry (within, but not including, `public/`). - There’s an example `feed.atom` provided so you can see what this - feature might look like in practice. +feature might look like in practice. -## Notes +## Additional Notes - The created files have a `.html` extension and need to be served with a `text/html` media type. @@ -100,11 +122,6 @@ There’s an example `feed.atom` provided so you can see what this (`<html>`) element of the template, as will `@lang` and `@xml:lang`. You can use this to help configure page‐specific styling. -- You can insert content into the `<head>` of the template by setting - `@slot="shrine-head"` on the appropriate elements. For example, one - might customize the title of a page like - `<title slot="shrine-head">My Title | My Cool Shrine`. - - If you delete files from `sources/`, the corresponding files in `public/` will **not** be deleted and will need to be manually removed. An easy way to ensure that there are no outdated files in