# Octopress Linkblog

Adds link blogging features, along with some other niceties, to any Jekyll site.

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## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

    gem 'octopress-linkblog'

And then execute:

    $ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

    $ gem install octopress-linkblog

Next add it to your gems list in Jekyll's `_config.yml`

    gems:
      - octopress-linkblog

## Usage

### Post features

With the gem installed, your site's posts will automatically have new data attributes.

- `post.title` - The post title, properly capitalized with titlecase.
- `post.title_html` - The post title, unorphaned and with html wrapping any post markers. 
- `post.title_text` - The post title with markers, but all in plain text (great for RSS).
- `post.title_url` - The URL that post titles should link to.
- `post.title_link` - A `<a>` tag filled with the `title_html` pointing to the `title_url`.
- `post.linkpost` - A boolean indicating whether the post is a link post.

Here is an example. Given the following YAML front-matter:

```
---
title: cats are awesome
external-url: http://cats.example.com
---
```

The post would have these attributes:

```
title        => Cats Are Awesome
title_html   => Cats Are&nbsp;Awesome&nbsp;<span class='post-marker post-marker-after'>→</span>
title_text   => Cats Are Awesome →
title_url    => http://cats.example.com
title_link   => <a href='http://cats.example.com' class='article-link linkpost'>...</a>
linkpost     => true
```

Note: the `<a>` in this demo has been shortened, but it will contain the `title_html`.


### Site features

In addition, the site payload will have two new post arrays:

- `site.articles` - Will contain standard posts only.
- `site.linkposts` - Will contain only posts with an `external-url`

This may have many uses, but one in particular is the option to allow RSS feeds for each type
of post.

## Configuration

In your site's `_octopress.yml` you can configure the Linkblog features. Here are the defaults.

```ruby
linkpost:
  marker: →
  marker_position: after
posts:
  marker: false
  marker_position: before

titlecase: true
unorphan: true
```

## Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/octopress/linkblog/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
5. Create a new Pull Request