4 This is the project that generates the static ardour manual website available at
5 [manual.ardour.org](http://manual.ardour.org). The site is built using python 3.
9 git clone <repo-url> ardour-manual
12 ## Structure of the content
14 There are 2 different types of content:
16 - a master document which describes the overall structure of the manual
17 - normal content, which is described in the master document
19 ### The Master Document
21 This is a text file (master-doc.txt) which describes the structure of the
22 manual. It does this through headers which tell the build script where the
23 content lives, what its relationship to the overall structure is, as well as a
26 All headers have a similar structure, and have to have at least the following
30 title: Some Wordy and Expressive Title
34 Keywords that go into the header are of the form:
38 Here are the keywords you can put in, and a brief description of what they do:
42 | ------- | -------- |
43 | title | Sets the title for the content that follows |
44 | menu_title | Sets the title for the content that follows which will appear in the menu link sidebar. If this is not specified, it defaults to the value of the `title` keyword |
45 | part | Sets the hierarchy for the content that follows. It must be one of the following (listed in order of lowering hierarchy): part, chapter, subchapter, section, subsection. |
46 | link | Sets the unbreakable link to the content that follows. Links in the *content* should be prefixed with a double at-sign (@@) to tell the build system that the link is an internal one |
47 | include | Tells the build system that the content lives in an external file; these normally live in the `include/` directory. Note that the filename should **not** be prefixed with `include/` |
48 | exclude | Tells the `implode` and `explode` scripts that file referred to by the `include` keyword should be ignored. Note that the value of this keyword is ignored |
49 | style | Sets an alternate CSS stylesheet; the name should match the one referred to (sans the `.css` suffix) in the `source/css` directory |
50 | uri | Sets an absolute URI where this page will go in the hierachy of the created website. It does *not* change the document structure |
54 Manual content goes into the `include/` directory (or in the Master Document
55 itself); and consists of normal HTML, sans the usual headers that is normally
56 seen in regular HTML web pages. Any other content, such as css files, images,
57 files and fixed pages goes into the `source/` directory.
59 Adding `source/images/horse.png` makes it available at the url
60 `/images/horse.png` after publishing it; things work similarly for
61 `source/files/` and `source/css/`.
65 The manual uses [Bootstrap](http://getbootstrap.com/) for its global layout, and
66 a custom CSS (`source/css/app.css`) that contains classes used for keys, menus,
67 tables, etc... so it is recommanded to have a look at it first, or at least see
68 how other pages are made to keep the manual consistent in its appearance.
70 ## More Advanced Stuff
72 You probably don't want or need to do any of this, but here are some
73 notes just in case you decide to anyway.
77 You may want the manual available on a machine that doesn't have constant
78 internet access. You will need `git`, and `python3` installed.
80 1. Download code and build manual
83 git clone <repo-url> ardour-manual
88 2. Install and configure a web server on your machine. Any web server should
89 work, Apache, nginx, etc... The following steps are for nginx, using another
90 server means following the same procedure for the server you decide to use.
92 3. Install [nginx](http://wiki.nginx.org/Install)
94 4. Configure nginx server block in `/etc/nginx/sites-available/default`
99 server_name localhost;
101 root ...path_to_.../ardour-manual/website;
106 5. Restart nginx server
108 service nginx restart
110 6. The manual will now be available at http://localhost
112 ### Helper scripts: `implode` and `explode`
114 The `implode` and `explode` scripts exist in order to accomodate different
115 working styles. `implode` takes all the files referenced by the `include`
116 keywords in the headers in the Master Document and automagically puts them into
117 the Master Document in their proper places. Note that any header that has an
118 `exclude` keyword will remain in the `include/` directory. `explode` does the
119 inverse of `implode`; it takes all the content in the Master Document and blows
120 it into individual files in the `include/` directory.
124 The `build.py` script that builds the manual accepts the following options:
125 - '-v', or '--verbose', to display the high-level structure of the manual
126 - '-q', or '--quiet', to suppress all output (overrides -v)
127 - '-d', or '--devmode', to add content to pages to help developers debug them
128 (link, file name, URL)