pub-server/README.md

# pub-server <br>
[![](/images/run2.jpg)](https://jldec.github.io/pub-doc/)

**pub-server**, or **pub** for short is an HTML generator+editor entirely written in javascript.

The following use-cases are supported

- Command-line tool for generating static websites
- Web server for previewing generated HTML locally
- Web server deployed on a PaaS like Heroku


For users with node.js, pub-server provides a simple command-line utility which can render an HTML website from markdown in any directory. The generated output uses npm-installable themes and is fully customizable.

The generator+editor can also run in-browser, allowing non-technical users to edit and instantly preview the generated HTML, without first installing pub-server themselves.

To see this in action, check out the docs at http://jldec.github.io/pub-doc/. The editor appears when you click on the [edit](http://jldec.github.io/pub-doc/pub/?page=%2F) button at the top right.
Feel free to play around - in this instance, your changes will not be recorded.

Other examples include a [presentation theme](https://github.com/jldec/pub-sample-deck), a [flexbox design](https://github.com/jldec/pub-theme-brief), and a [blog](http://blog.pubblz.com/)

## roadmap

**pub-server** is usable today by anyone comfortable using GitHub and command line tools, to publish high-quality HTML content with custom designs.

### near-term backlog
- ~~Improved documentation~~ _(better doc published 2015-10-26)_
- Fix editor to work on mobile devices
- Self-service GitHub Pages workflow with save and re-publish
- Basic form processing api
- Dropbox interface for images
- Single-page website theme
- More complete blog theme

### medium-term backlog
- Single-file pub format with integrated pub-config
- Photo-centric consumer publishing workflow
- Private publishing
- Atom editor plugin for designers
- Windows support
- npm v3 support
- HTTPS hosting

### longer-term backlog
- WYSIWYG editor based on Prosemirror
- v2 architecture: React/Redux + Webpack
- Modern designs for presentations with vector graphics and data-integration
- Next-gen interactive designs, games, animations
- Online editing of javascript, html, css/less


![](/screenshots/screen1.png)

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## installation

using **pub-server** requires node.js or io.js.

``` bash
npm install -g pub-server
```

OSX and Linux are working, Windows support is coming - PRs welcome.


## usage

- `pub` (with no options) serves `*.md` in the current directory or looks for a `pub-config.js`. The default theme is useful for previewing GitHub README.md files like this one. The server will watch for changes and update http://localhost:3001/ whenever markdown files or CSS or other static files are saved.

- `pub -O` generates .html and other static files (including generator + editor) to `./out`.

- `pub -S <dir>` serves static files from any directory. It will mimic the behavior of GitHub Pages, looking for index.html files in folders, and redirecting from /folder-name to /folder-name/

- `pub -h` shows the usage info below:

```
pub-server v1.9.21

usage: pub [opts] [dir]
opts:
  -h, --help               output usage information
  -p, --port <port>        server port [3001]
  -t, --theme <name>       theme module-name or dir, repeatable
  -o, --output-path <dir>  output dir [./out]
  -O, --output-only        output html, scripts, static files and exit
  -G, --html-only          output generated html files and exit
  -r, --root <prefix>      generate /prefix urls, "." means path relative
  -s, --static <dir>       static dir, repeatable, supports <dir>,<route>
  -S, --static-only <dir>  serve only static files from <dir>
  -C, --config             show config and exit
  -I, --ignore-config      ignore pub-config file
  -P, --pages              show pages and templates and exit
  -w, --watch-pkgs         also watch inside packages
  -W, --no-watch           disable watcher entirely
  -K, --no-sockets         no websockets
  -E, --no-editor          website only, no editor
  -m, --minify             minify scripts
  -d, --dbg                enable scriptmaps and client-side debug traces
  -D, --debug              node --debug (server and client-side)
  -B, --debug-brk          node --debug-brk (server and client-side)
```

## credits

Major dependencies include:

- [express](http://expressjs.com/)
- [marked](https://github.com/chjj/marked)
- [handlebars](http://handlebarsjs.com/)
- [browserify](http://browserify.org/) and [browserify-middleware](https://github.com/ForbesLindesay/browserify-middleware)
- [chokidar](https://www.npmjs.com/package/chokidar)
- [socket.io](http://socket.io/)
- [passport](http://passportjs.org/)

`npm ls` will list them all.