Generate content on main index page

[Linuus]

Hi!

I'm trying to create my blog with org-page but have som questions.

1. The main index file is static? Can I replace it with a list of my posts (like the archive page) instead? (Like this http://nick.balestra.ch)
2. Can I preview the site before committing? It seems I have to stage and commit locally before previewing, is that correct?

Thanks

[sillykelvin]

1. if you do not provider an index.org, org-page will generate one index page for you, basically it's a list of posts.
2. yes, you can, there is a function doing this job: op/do-publication-and-preview-site.

[Linuus]

1. Oh, nice. I'll try that!
2. Yes, I ran that function but it didn't update anything unless I did a commit first.
   • Edit files
   • Run op/do-publication-and-preview-site => No updates in preview
   • Commit changes
   • Run op/do-publication-and-preview-site => Changes are displayed

Is that the intended behavior?

Update Removing the index.org file did work. Thanks.

I hade to delete it, stage and commit the deletion before I could preview it. Otherwise it complained that it could find the index file.

[Linuus]

Another update. So the issue with content not being previewed was that it must be added to git first. So when you create a new blog post it must be staged before you can preview it. After that you can just add away and run the preview command. Cool!

[Trevoke]

This is one of those things that should probably be added to the Readme :)

[sandric]

Looks like its not working now - if I remove index.org file I get in messages buffer Opening input file: No such file or directory, /Users/sandric/.emacs.d/sandric.github.io/index.org

[sillykelvin]

try removing and then committing the change?