diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+dist/
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
# cl-website
-colourlabs.net
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+the code for colourlabs.net
+
+## build
+
+```sh
+python compile.py
+```
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diff --git a/assets/css/styles.css b/assets/css/styles.css
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+* {
+ margin: 0;
+ padding: 0;
+ box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+
+body {
+ background-color: #fff;
+ font-family: "Times New Roman";
+}
+
+.container {
+ padding: 17px;
+ line-height: 1.6;
+}
+
+.title {
+ text-decoration: underline;
+ font-size: 20px;
+ font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.content {
+ padding-left: 10px;
+}
+
+ul {
+ padding-left: 30px;
+}
+
+.buttons {
+ display: flex;
+ flex-direction: row;
+ gap: 5px;
+ padding-top: 10px;
+}
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diff --git a/assets/img/buttons/amd_powered.gif b/assets/img/buttons/amd_powered.gif
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diff --git a/compile.py b/compile.py
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+++ b/compile.py
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+# compiles the site
+import markdown
+import yaml
+import re
+import os
+import datetime
+import pytz
+import socket
+import shutil
+
+from jinja2 import Template
+
+def extract_metadata(md_content):
+ match = re.match(r"^---\n(.*?)\n---\n(.*)", md_content, re.DOTALL)
+ if match:
+ metadata, content = match.groups()
+ metadata_dict = yaml.safe_load(metadata)
+ return metadata_dict, content
+ return {}, md_content
+
+def get_template_filename(metadata):
+ layout = metadata.get("layout", "default") # default to 'default'
+ return f"{layout}.html"
+
+def convert_md_to_html(md_file, template):
+ with open(md_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+ md_content = f.read()
+
+ # extract metadata
+ metadata, md_body = extract_metadata(md_content)
+
+ # convert md to html
+ html_content = markdown.markdown(md_body)
+
+ # render the template
+ rendered_html = template.render(
+ title=metadata.get("title", "untitled"),
+ content=html_content
+ )
+
+ tz = pytz.timezone('UTC')
+ build_date = datetime.datetime.now(tz).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z%z")
+ hostname = socket.gethostname()
+ rendered_html += f"\n"
+
+ return rendered_html
+
+def compile_site():
+ if not os.path.exists("dist/"):
+ os.makedirs("dist/")
+
+ for filename in os.listdir("site/"):
+ if filename.endswith(".md"):
+ md_path = os.path.join("site/", filename)
+
+ with open(md_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+ md_content = f.read()
+ metadata, _ = extract_metadata(md_content)
+
+ template_filename = get_template_filename(metadata)
+ template_path = os.path.join("layouts/", template_filename)
+
+ with open(template_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+ template = Template(f.read())
+
+ html_filename = filename.replace(".md", ".html")
+ html_path = os.path.join("dist/", html_filename)
+ html_content = convert_md_to_html(md_path, template)
+
+ with open(html_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+ f.write(html_content)
+
+ print(f"converted {md_path} -> {html_path} using template {template_filename}")
+
+ assets_source = "assets"
+ assets_dest = "dist/" + "assets"
+ if os.path.exists(assets_source):
+ shutil.copytree(assets_source, assets_dest, dirs_exist_ok=True)
+ print(f"copied assets from {assets_source} to {assets_dest}")
+ else:
+ print(f"no assets folder found at {assets_source}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ compile_site()
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diff --git a/layouts/default.html b/layouts/default.html
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+++ b/layouts/default.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+ {{ title }}
+
+
+
+
+ colourlabs
+
+ {{ content }}
+
+
+
+
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Jinja2==3.1.5
+Markdown==3.7
+pytz==2025.1
+PyYAML==6.0.2
diff --git a/site/index.md b/site/index.md
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index 0000000..a5f6a25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+title: colourlabs
+---
+
+a place where we can dump stuff we like to play around with
+
+#### services
+
+- [git](https://git.colourlabs.net) - a forgejo instance, not being used for anything right now
+- [minecraft server](https://mc.colourlabs.net) - our friends only minecraft server (version: 1.21.4)
+
+#### blog
+
+nothing to see here
+
+
+