shoebill

Web-based editor for Pelican and Nikola

Features

• Create and edit files
• Commit file changes on Git (optional)
• Run "make publish" and additional make targets
• Authentication (optional)

Installation

Use virtualenv on package-based Linux distributions! Learn why

$ pip install shoebill

Usage

Create a regular Pelican or Nikola site directory (see pelican-quickstart documentation)

Make sure to create a Makefile

Run Shoebill as:

$ ./shoebill.py /path/to/the/pelican/site

And open in your browser: http://127.0.0.1:8080/edit/

You can create or delete users and change your password at: http://127.0.0.1:8080/admin/

Optionally you can specify:

-p <port number> (defaults to 8080)
--host <hostname/ip_address>   - Hostname/IP address to bind at 
-D                             - Bottle debugging mode
-t <target>, --target <target> - Additional make target to be executed from the UI
--no-auth                      - Disable authentication

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