markdown-blog

A minimal blogging platform using IPFS Protocol Handlers and Markdown

IN PROGRESS

Plans

• Use Custom Elements
• Save posts to IPNS domain using Agregore
• Use markdown renderer extension for viewing rendered content

Data model

• Markdown based
• index.md file for listing your "front page", auto-generated
• Post stored in folders ordered by date, e.g. /posts/YEAR/MONTH/YEAR-MONTH-DAY-HH-MM.md

Screens

Markdown Editor

• Take path for filename in the url searchParams
• Use existing text editor?
  • Alternately use contenteditable: true or a TextArea
  • Syntax highlighting?
  • Buttons for formatting?
• Save button
• Preview?
• File upload
  • File input (limit file types?)
  • Progress indicator for upload
  • Uploads to /media folder
  • Injects a link to the file at the end of the document

Post list

• List of links to posts, with 🗑 icons for deleting them
• Can click a post to open it in the editor (also have a view button?)
• "new post" (compose?) to open editor with a new filename

Generated homepage

• List of posts sorted by most recently published
• Post shows:
  • title (taken from first heading)
  • date (taken from file name)
  • first paragraph (cropped with a max-length)

To use:

• start agregore browser locally
• run ./push.sh
• go to ipns URL

Development

• Edit files
• run ./push.sh

See site at IPNS address printed by push