lazy-8/base

A Static site generator using Gulp

Features

• Converts Markdown files to static HTML
• Handlebars templates and partials
• Sass compiling and minification
• Css reducing (Uncss)
• Javascript concatenating and minification
• Asset copying
• Image compression
• HTML compression
• RSS feed creation
• Runs a local server that reloads with changes
• Draft content
• Creates a distribution folder with all content and assets
• Publishes distribution folder on gh-pages for quick deploy

Requirements

• Node
• Gulp

Installation

1. Open terminal
2. Navigate to folder where your new project will be
3. Type:

git clone https://github.com/lazy-8/base.git ProjectName
cd ProjectName
npm install
bower install
gulp

What's Next?

1. Make your project yours at docs/configuration.md
2. Learn to manage content at docs/editing.md
3. Version control and quick publishing at docs/github.md

Frameworks and Integrations

• docs/bootstrap.md
• docs/fontawesome.md
• docs/foundation.md
• docs/animate.md
• docs/modernizr.md

Useful Utilities

• If you use Sublime Text, install lazy-8/exo for a fuckload of snippets to simplify your code
• If you want to use custom fonts, install lazy-8/fontgen to convert any ttf or otf font into webfont

More About the Project

lazy-8/base is a fork of ducksoupdev/gulp-site-generator.

• Wanna know what's ahead? docs/todo.md
• Some cool projects we may or may not integrate at docs/reference.md