How to use to generate a static site?

[engeir]

I have been using this for a while and been very happy about the simplicity of the website. However, every time I have wanted to upload new photos I've had a hard time getting it to work. (My repo and website.)

Following docker

When trying to follow the docker approach, this is how I understand it should be done:

# Install the project
$ docker pull waschinski/photo-stream:latest
# and it seems to me that there are no further instructions?

The other alternative as I understand it would be:

# Install the project
$ docker-compose up -d
# and it seems to me that there are no further instructions?

Then there is the docker-compose build command mentioned in the section about raspberry-pi, so it seems like this is not relevant unless one is using a raspberry-pi?

Manually

Installing from a release:

# In this case I cloned the repo
$ git clone https://github.com/waschinski/photo-stream.git
# Since I'm on MacOS I then run
$ xcode-select --install
$ ruby -v
ruby 3.1.2p20 (2022-04-22 revision 4491bb740a) [x86_64-darwin21]
$ gem install bundler jekyll
$ bundle install
$ bundle exec jekyll build

But the above results in an error also mentioned in #77.

All approaches mentioned in the README are a bit confusing to me, so it would be very helpful to have a "step-by-step preferred installation and usage" laid out.

[waschinski]

Hi, it actually depends a bit on how you want to use photo-stream. It looks like you want to use it via docke, so there usually is no need to fork the project to begin with. Basically it should be as follows:

1. Modify the .env file according to your needs. Make sure that PHOTO_PATH is set correctly or no photos will be shown.
2. Create and start the container via docker compose up -d.
3. Access photo-stream via http://localhost:4000.

Then every time you add or delete photos in the folder defined in PHOTO_PATH the site should be rebuild automatically.

[engeir]

Okay, thanks, got it!