AzerothJS

AzerothJS is an open source blog engine running on static file servers such as Github Pages or any web hosting.

In short: 100% client-side JavaScript.

Live demo

Check out the live demo here

What makes AzerothJS cool?

Super lightweight
No installation needed
No server side code
Made for Github Pages
Easy to customization
Static HTML Generator

How to use?

Run locally

Clone this project to your computer

Start simple HTTP server with Python:

Python2

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 3000

Python3

python -m http.server 3000

Your blog now available at http://localhost:3000

Use with Github Pages

Create your Github Pages
Clone this project and push it to your Github Pages
Every time you want to write, create a new *.md file in posts folder and write with your favorite Markdown Editor
Modify posts/home.md, list your posts here
Commit and push everything here. Done!

Use with other web host

Clone this project to your computer
Create a new post in *.md format and save to posts folder
Upload the everything to your web host
Done

Two display mode

Azeroth has 2 display mode: Live Markdown and Static HTML.

If you point your browser to http://yoursite.com/#/slugged-post-name, Live Markdown mode will be used to render HTML content directly from Markdown file.

One problem of Live Markdown is: it's unable to display the content when you share the site on social networks like Facebook or Twitter. To solve this issue, we use Static HTML. After generating static HTML content, you can access your post at http://yoursite.com/posts/slugged-post-name

How to generate Static HTML

Run this script in your root folder:

node generator.js

The script will automatically convert all *.md files in /posts folder to *.html.

Now you can list your HTML pages in home.md instead of markdown files.

How to customize?

Change code highlighting theme

The original theme for the code highlighting is Tomorrow Night. If you don't like it, there are many pre-installed themes inside css/highlight folder. Pick one and replace to line 6 of index.html:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://github.com/huytd/azeroth-js/blob/master/css/highlight/tomorrow-night.css">

Change the font family

The original font for the blog is Roboto Slab. You can change the new font by replacing line 4 of index.html:

<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Slab:400,300&subset=latin,vietnamese' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

And change the font in css/theme.css:

* {
    font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif;
    font-size: 20px;
    font-weight: 100;
}

Insert your Social links

There are some social icon links in footer, put your own one by edit the index.html:

<div class="footer">
    <p>Created with <a href="http://github.com/huytd/azeroth-js">azeroth.js</a></p>
    <div class="social">
        <a href="#"><i class="icon-facebook-squared"></i></a>
        <a href="#"><i class="icon-twitter-squared"></i></a>
        <a href="#"><i class="icon-linkedin-squared"></i></a>
        <a href="#"><i class="icon-github-squared"></i></a>
        <a href="#"><i class="icon-mail-alt"></i></a>
    </div>
</div>

Night Theme

Change your CSS link in both the index.html and template.html to this:

<link href="https://github.com/huytd/azeroth-js/blob/master/css/night-theme.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

Google Analytics

In the end of index.html and template.html, there is a line:

ga('create', 'Insert-Your-GA-ID-Here', 'auto');

Replace Insert-Your-GA-ID-Here with your Google Analytics ID to start monitoring your blog.

Uhmmm, you made it, but did you use it?

Yes, I'm using it for my personal blog (http://huytd.github.io/), it's in Vietnamese.

If you prefer to read English version, Goole Translate can help (https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fhuytd.github.io%2F&edit-text=)

License

MIT

huytd / azeroth-js

readme