mems/fontforge.github.io

The FontForge homepage

fontforge.github.com

This is the FontForge website repository. To contribute, please create issues, join the fontforge-devel list to discuss general topics, or simply make Pull Requests. Please don’t hesitate to ask for direct commit access. You can then use GitHub to edit pages directly, like a wiki.

How This Site Is Made

This site is made with the Jekyll content management system, and hosted on GitHub pages.

If you’re not familiar with GitHub, they have excellent help pages.

Directory Layout

• _layouts/*.html HTML template files
• _includes/*.html Snippets of HTML that are included in pages and templates
• assets/ CSS, JS and image files
• _config.yml Configuration for Jekyll (the website generator)
• en-US/ The site’s contents, in US English
• meta/ Files made to redevelop the site, including a to-do list, sitemap visualisation, and mock up pages for the homepage, other pages and navigation.

Note: meta/TODO.md has a list of TODO items, which was made when the website was in its initial development phase. In the future, GitHub issues may be used.

File Formats

Each page is in Markdown format, with a .md file extension. These files are converted into corresponding .html files by Jekyll when they start with these lines:

• published: if the page should not be published, set this to false
• layout: bookpage is the default
• weight: an integer value from 1 to 100 that effects the ordering of the page in the sidebar and homepage lists
• category: the category the page belongs in
• title: the page title used in the title tag and h1 of the page

Example:

    ---
    published: true
    layout: bookpage
    weight: 60
    category: Workflow
    title: Page Title
    ---

We have a simple script to make such a page:

./_build/add en-US/path/to/page.md

This will make a file with the required lines.

How to build the site

First install Jekyll, with gem:

sudo gem install jekyll

To see the site as it will appear after processing by Jekyll and review your edits live in a browser layout, run:

jekyll serve --watch

Now browse http://localhost:4000/.