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@ -17,17 +17,16 @@ and is shown as the main landing page.
When you install Pico, it comes with a `content-sample` folder. Inside this
folder is a sample website that will display until you add your own content.
You should create your own `content` folder in Pico's root directory and place
your files there. No configuration is required, Pico will automatically use the
`content` folder if it exists.
Simply add some `.md` files to your `content` folder in Pico's root directory.
No configuration is required, Pico will automatically use the `content` folder
as soon as you create your own `index.md`.
If you create a folder within the content folder (e.g. `content/sub`) and put
an `index.md` inside it, you can access that folder at the URL
`http://example.com/?sub`. If you want another page within the sub folder,
simply create a text file with the corresponding name and you will be able to
access it (e.g. `content/sub/page.md` is accessible from the URL
`http://example.com/?sub/page`). Below we've shown some examples of locations
and their corresponding URLs:
If you create a folder within the content directory (e.g. `content/sub`) and
put an `index.md` inside it, you can access that folder at the URL
`%base_url%?sub`. If you want another page within the sub folder, simply create
a text file with the corresponding name and you will be able to access it
(e.g. `content/sub/page.md` is accessible from the URL `%base_url%?sub/page`).
Below we've shown some examples of locations and their corresponding URLs:
<table style="width: 100%; max-width: 40em;">
<thead>
@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ As a common practice, we recommend you to separate your contents and assets
(like images, downloads, etc.). We even deny access to your `content` directory
by default. If you want to use some assets (e.g. a image) in one of your content
files, you should create an `assets` folder in Pico's root directory and upload
your assets there. You can then access them in your markdown using
your assets there. You can then access them in your Markdown using
<code>&#37;base_url&#37;/assets/</code> for example:
<code>!\[Image Title\](&#37;base_url&#37;/assets/image.png)</code>
@ -87,13 +86,18 @@ attributes of the page using [YAML][] (the "YAML header"). For example:
Title: Welcome
Description: This description will go in the meta description tag
Author: Joe Bloggs
Date: 2013/01/01
Date: 2001-04-25
Robots: noindex,nofollow
Template: index
---
These values will be contained in the `{{ meta }}` variable in themes
(see below).
These values will be contained in the `{{ meta }}` variable in themes (see
below). Meta headers sometimes have a special meaning: For instance, Pico not
only passes through the `Date` meta header, but rather evaluates it to really
"understand" when this page was created. This comes into play when you want to
sort your pages not just alphabetically, but by date. Another example is the
`Template` meta header: It controls what Twig template Pico uses to display
this page (e.g. if you add `Template: blog`, Pico uses `blog.twig`).
There are also certain variables that you can use in your text files:
@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ below Plugins section for details.
If you want to use Pico as a blogging software, you probably want to do
something like the following:
1. Put all your blog articles in a separate `blog` folder in your `content`
directory. All these articles should have both a `Date` and `Template` meta
header, the latter with e.g. `blog-post` as value (see Step 2).
@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ something like the following:
do something like this:
```
{% for page in pages|sort_by("time")|reverse %}
{% if page.id starts with "blog/" %}
{% if page.id starts with "blog/" and not page.hidden %}
<div class="post">
<h3><a href="{{ page.url }}">{{ page.title }}</a></h3>
<p class="date">{{ page.date_formatted }}</p>
@ -159,22 +164,22 @@ out the default theme for an example. Pico uses [Twig][] for template
rendering. You can select your theme by setting the `theme` option in
`config/config.yml` to the name of your theme folder.
All themes must include an `index.twig` (or `index.html`) file to define the
HTML structure of the theme. Below are the Twig variables that are available
to use in your theme. Please note that paths (e.g. `{{ base_dir }}`) and URLs
All themes must include an `index.twig` file to define the HTML structure of
the theme. Below are the Twig variables that are available to use in your
theme. Please note that paths (e.g. `{{ base_dir }}`) and URLs
(e.g. `{{ base_url }}`) don't have a trailing slash.
* `{{ config }}` - Contains the values you set in `config/config.yml`
(e.g. `{{ config.theme }}` becomes `default`)
* `{{ base_dir }}` - The path to your Pico root directory
* `{{ base_url }}` - The URL to your Pico site; use Twigs `link` filter to
* `{{ base_url }}` - The URL to your Pico site; use Twig's `link` filter to
specify internal links (e.g. `{{ "sub/page"|link }}`),
this guarantees that your link works whether URL rewriting
is enabled or not
* `{{ theme_dir }}` - The path to the currently active theme
* `{{ theme_url }}` - The URL to the currently active theme
* `{{ site_title }}` - Shortcut to the site title (see `config/config.yml`)
* `{{ meta }}` - Contains the meta values from the current page
* `{{ meta }}` - Contains the meta values of the current page
* `{{ meta.title }}`
* `{{ meta.description }}`
* `{{ meta.author }}`
@ -183,19 +188,22 @@ to use in your theme. Please note that paths (e.g. `{{ base_dir }}`) and URLs
* `{{ meta.time }}`
* `{{ meta.robots }}`
* ...
* `{{ content }}` - The content of the current page
(after it has been processed through Markdown)
* `{{ content }}` - The content of the current page after it has been processed
through Markdown
* `{{ pages }}` - A collection of all the content pages in your site
* `{{ page.id }}` - The relative path to the content file (unique ID)
* `{{ page.url }}` - The URL to the page
* `{{ page.title }}` - The title of the page (YAML header)
* `{{ page.description }}` - The description of the page (YAML header)
* `{{ page.author }}` - The author of the page (YAML header)
* `{{ page.time }}` - The timestamp derived from the `Date` header
* `{{ page.time }}` - The [Unix timestamp][UnixTimestamp] derived from
the `Date` header
* `{{ page.date }}` - The date of the page (YAML header)
* `{{ page.date_formatted }}` - The formatted date of the page
* `{{ page.date_formatted }}` - The formatted date of the page as specified
by the `date_format` parameter in your
`config/config.yml`
* `{{ page.raw_content }}` - The raw, not yet parsed contents of the page;
use Twigs `content` filter to get the parsed
use Twig's `content` filter to get the parsed
contents of a page by passing its unique ID
(e.g. `{{ "sub/page"|content }}`)
* `{{ page.meta }}`- The meta values of the page
@ -206,31 +214,40 @@ to use in your theme. Please note that paths (e.g. `{{ base_dir }}`) and URLs
Pages can be used like the following:
<ul class="nav">
{% for page in pages %}
{% for page in pages if not page.hidden %}
<li><a href="{{ page.url }}">{{ page.title }}</a></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
Additional to Twigs extensive list of filters, functions and tags, Pico also
provides some useful additional filters to make theming easier. You can parse
any Markdown string to HTML using the `markdown` filter. Arrays can be sorted
by one of its keys or a arbitrary deep sub-key using the `sort_by` filter
(e.g. `{% for page in pages|sort_by([ 'meta', 'nav' ]) %}...{% endfor %}`
iterates through all pages, ordered by the `nav` meta header; please note the
`[ 'meta', 'nav' ]` part of the example, it instructs Pico to sort by
`page.meta.nav`). You can return all values of a given key or key path of an
array using the `map` filter (e.g. `{{ pages|map("title") }}` returns all
page titles).
provides some useful additional filters to make theming easier.
* Pass the unique ID of a page to the `link` filter to return the page's URL
(e.g. `{{ "sub/page"|link }}` gets %base_url%?sub/page).
* To get the parsed contents of a page, pass its unique ID to the `content`
filter (e.g. `{{ "sub/page"|content }}`).
* You can parse any Markdown string using the `markdown` filter (e.g. you can
use Markdown in the `description` meta variable and later parse it in your
theme using `{{ meta.description|markdown }}`).
* Arrays can be sorted by one of its keys using the `sort_by` filter
(e.g. `{% for page in pages|sort_by([ 'meta', 'nav' ]) %}...{% endfor %}`
iterates through all pages, ordered by the `nav` meta header; please note the
`[ 'meta', 'nav' ]` part of the example, it instructs Pico to sort by
`page.meta.nav`).
* You can return all values of a given array key using the `map` filter
(e.g. `{{ pages|map("title") }}` returns all page titles).
You can use different templates for different content files by specifying the
`Template` meta header. Simply add e.g. `Template: blog-post` to a content file
and Pico will use the `blog-post.twig` file in your theme folder to render
the page.
`Template` meta header. Simply add e.g. `Template: blog` to the YAML header of
a content file and Pico will use the `blog.twig` template in your theme folder
to display the page.
You don't have to create your own theme if Pico's default theme isn't
sufficient for you, you can use one of the great themes third-party developers
and designers created in the past. As with plugins, you can find themes in
[our Wiki][WikiThemes] and on [our website][OfficialThemes].
Pico's default theme isn't really intended to be used for a productive website,
it's rather a starting point for creating your own theme. If the default theme
isn't sufficient for you, and you don't want to create your own theme, you can
use one of the great themes third-party developers and designers created in the
past. As with plugins, you can find themes in [our Wiki][WikiThemes] and on
[our website][OfficialThemes].
### Plugins
@ -246,18 +263,17 @@ Depending on the plugin you've installed, you may have to go through some more
steps (e.g. specifying config variables), the plugin docs or `README` file will
explain what to do.
Plugins which were written to work with Pico 1.0 can be enabled and disabled
through your `config/config.yml`. If you want to e.g. disable the `PicoExcerpt`
plugin, add the following line to your `config/config.yml`:
`PicoExcerpt.enabled: false`. To force the plugin to be enabled replace `false`
with `true`.
Plugins which were written to work with Pico 1.0 and later can be enabled and
disabled through your `config/config.yml`. If you want to e.g. disable the
`PicoDeprecated` plugin, add the following line to your `config/config.yml`:
`PicoDeprecated.enabled: false`. To force the plugin to be enabled, replace
`false` by `true`.
#### Plugins for developers
You're a plugin developer? We love you guys! You can find tons of information
about how to develop plugins at http://picocms.org/development/. If you've
developed a plugin for Pico 0.9 or older, you probably want to upgrade it
to the brand new plugin system introduced with Pico 1.0. Please refer to the
developed a plugin before and want to upgrade it to Pico 2.0, refer to the
[upgrade section of the docs][PluginUpgrade].
## Config
@ -311,6 +327,7 @@ For more help have a look at the Pico documentation at http://picocms.org/docs.
[MarkdownExtra]: https://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/
[YAML]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML
[Twig]: http://twig.sensiolabs.org/documentation
[UnixTimestamp]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_timestamp
[WikiThemes]: https://github.com/picocms/Pico/wiki/Pico-Themes
[WikiPlugins]: https://github.com/picocms/Pico/wiki/Pico-Plugins
[OfficialThemes]: http://picocms.org/themes/