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There are many, many, many solutions to create a static website but I've found that the overall setup, development, deployment to be overboard for just a simple site.
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I also didn't want to write HTML when most of my content could be done in Markdown. I liked the simplicity of writing a README file.
why can't a README just be my website.
npm install singlemd
This command reads README.md and writes the converted html into index.html
singlemd --input ./README.md --output index.html
If you want to add an optional css file. The contents will be appended to the <head> in a <style> tag.
singlemd --input ./README.md --output index.html --style ./style.css
singlemd <options>
--input ........ markdown file path (.md, .markdown)
--output ....... output path. Default 'index.html'
--style ........ css path to add in template (optional)
--title ........ add custom title (optional)
--version ...... show package version
--help ......... show help menu for a command
Because this CLI can output a single html file, it's simple to input a single command using Netlify's deploy settings.
npx singlemd --input ./README.md --output index.html --style ./public/style.css --title singlemd
Because this CLI can output a single html file, you can use Gitlab's CI integration to output a simple Gitlab page by adding the following .gitlab-ci.yml
image: node:8.12.0
pages:
cache:
paths:
- node_modules/
script:
- npm install singlemd -g
- singlemd --input ./README.md --output index.html --style ./style.css
- mkdir ./public && mv index.html ./public
artifacts:
paths:
- public
only:
- master
- Github Pages
- Github does allow you upload a markdown page and deploy that to its own website. It's not configurable. You're stuck with Jekyll Themes, and having to override any of their boilerplate css.
- ShowdownJS
- The biggest inspiration for writing this package, however they don't provide a full website output.
- The showdownjs CLI provides a way to convert your files from markdown, however they output solely the html content, but nothing surrounding it. So adding a GFM or any custom styles is not possible.
- Add option for favicon
- Support Multiple Themes (right now only GFM)
- Support CLI abbreviations
- Support for Github Actions