topfunky / merb_static

merb_static
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A plugin for the Merb framework that generates static HTML (and other) files from a dynamic Merb application.

Provides functionality similar to static-site building tools like Webby, but you can use all the plugins, helpers, and 
databases available to Merb.

For example, I use Mac OS X to generate screenshots for a news-reading application, but deploy to a Linux box hosted at 
RailsMachine. I can use merb_static to generate the HTML locally and deploy the static files and images to the server.

  http://peepcode.com/system/screens/

Usage
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In config/dependencies.rb:

  dependency "merb_static"
  
Add other configuration information (TODO).

Generate the site:

  rake merb_static:build
  
Start over:

  rake merb_static:clean

TODO
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* Documentation
* Configuration options
* Spidering of all urls on a site
* Recommendations for writing sites that will be archived
* Synchronization task
* Tips: Use Merb::Config[:path_prefix] to generate URLs at a path