nikola(1)

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NAME

6       Nikola - A Static Site and Blog Generator
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SYNOPSIS

9       Create an empty site (with a setup wizard):
10          nikola init mysite
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12       (You  can  create  a site with demo files in it with nikola init --demo
13       mysite)
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15       Create a post (inside the mysite directory):
16          nikola new_post
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18       Build the site:
19          nikola build
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21       Start the test server and open a browser:
22          nikola serve -b
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DESCRIPTION

25       Nikola is a static website and blog generator. The very short  explana‐
26       tion  is  that it takes some texts you wrote, and uses them to create a
27       folder full of HTML files. If you upload that folder to a  server,  you
28       will have a rather full-featured website, done with little effort.
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30       Its  original  goal  is  to  create blogs, but it supports most kind of
31       sites, and can be used as a CMS, as long as what  you  present  to  the
32       user is your own content instead of something the user generates.
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34       Nikola can do:
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36       · A blog
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38       · Your company's site
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40       · Your personal site
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42       · A software project's site
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44       · A book's site
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46       Since  Nikola-based sites don't run any code on the server, there is no
47       way to process user input in forms.
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49       Nikola can't do:
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51       · Twitter
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53       · Facebook
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55       · An Issue tracker
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57       · Anything with forms, really (except for comments!)
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59       Keep in mind that "static" doesn't mean boring.  You  can  have  anima‐
60       tions,  slides  or  whatever  fancy CSS/HTML5 thingie you like. It only
61       means all that HTML is generated already before being uploaded.  On the
62       other  hand, Nikola sites will tend to be content-heavy. What Nikola is
63       good at is at putting what you write out there.
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COMMANDS

66       The most basic commands needed to get by are:
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68       nikola help
69              get a list of commands, or help for a command
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71       nikola version [--check]
72              print version number
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74       nikola init [-d|--demo] [-q|--quiet] folder
75              initialize new site
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77       nikola build
78              build a site
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80       nikola new_post
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83       nikola new_page
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86       nikola status [--list-drafts] [--list-modified] [--list-scheduled]
87              show site and deployment status
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89       nikola check [-v] (-l [--find-sources] [-r] | -f [--clean-files])
90              check for dangling links or unknown files
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92       nikola deploy [[preset [preset...]]
93              deploy the site using the DEPLOY_COMMANDS setting
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95       nikola github_deploy [-m COMMIT_MESSAGE]`
96              deploy the site to GitHub Pages
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98       nikola  serve  [-p  PORT]  [-a  ADDRESS]  [-d|--detach]  [-b|--browser]
99       [-6|--ipv6]
100              start development web server
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102       nikola auto [-p PORT] [-a ADDRESS] [-b|--browser] [-6|--ipv6]
103              start development web server with automated rebuilds and reloads
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105       nikola plugin [options]
106              manage     plugins     from     the     Plugins     Index     (‐
107              https://plugins.getnikola.com/)
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109       nikola theme [options]
110              manage     themes     from     the     Themes      Index      (‐
111              https://themes.getnikola.com/)
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113       Use nikola help to get a list of all commands.
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BUGS

116       Issue Tracker: https://github.com/getnikola/nikola/issues
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