Scanty is blogging software. Software for my blog, to be exact: adam.blog.heroku.com
It is not a blogging engine, but it’s small and easy to modify, so it could be the starting point for your blog, too.
This clone is a GAE version which can be hosted by google.
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Posts (shock!)
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Tags
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Markdown (via Maruku)
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Ruby code syntax highlighting (via Syntax)
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Atom feed
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Comments via Disqus
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Web framework = Sinatra
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ORM = DataMapper (Original Sequel)
$ gem install google-appengine $ gem install sinatra $ gem install dm-appengin Maruku, and Syntax are all vendored.
Edit main.rb and change the Blog config struct at the top to your liking. For security purposes, change the admin password and the admin cookie key and value. These last two can be set to any random value you like, just choose something other than the default.
Then run the server:
$ dev_appserver.rb .
And visit: localhost:8080
Log in with the password you selected, then click New Post. The rest should be self-explanatory.
In production, you’ll probably want to run “rake start” to start (and restart) the server. Change the value of “port” at the top of the Rakefile to run on a different port.
There are no comments by default. If you wish to activate comments, create an account and a website on Disqus (disqus.com) and enter the website shortname as the :disqus_shortname value in the Blog config struct.
There are no themes or settings beyond the basic ones in the Blog struct. Just edit the CSS or the code as you see fit.
Change your app name in config.ru and run:
$ appcfg.rb update .
Written by Adam Wiggins
Patches contributed by: Christopher Swenson, S. Brent Faulkner, and Stephen Eley
Released under the MIT License: www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php