README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
-title: README
+title: "README"
-description: the README.md file of this project
+description: "the README.md file of this project"
-author: slonkazoid
+author: "slonkazoid"
 created_at: 2024-04-18T04:15:26+03:00
 ---
 
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ blazingly fast markdown blog software written in rust memory safe
 - [x] RSS
 - [x] finish writing this document
 - [x] document config
-- [ ] blog thumbnail and favicon
-- [x] alt text for post icon
 - [ ] extend syntect options
 - [ ] general cleanup of code
 - [ ] better error reporting and error pages
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ date_format = "RFC3339" # format string used to format dates in the backend
                        # so the date can be formatted by the browser.
                        # format: https://docs.rs/chrono/latest/chrono/format/strftime/index.html#specifiers
 js_enable = true       # enable javascript (required for above)
-default_color = "#f5c2e7" # default embed color, optional
 
 [rss]
 enable = false         # serve an rss field under /feed.xml
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ link = "https://..."   # public url of the blog, required if rss is enabled
 [dirs]
 posts = "posts"        # where posts are stored
 media = "media"        # directory served under /media/
-static = "static"      # directory server under /static/ (css and js)
 
 [http]
 host = "0.0.0.0"       # ip to listen on
@@ -129,22 +125,15 @@ every post **must** begin with a **valid** front matter. else it wont be listed
 in / & /posts, and when you navigate to it, you will be met with an error page.
 the error page will tell you what the problem is.
 
-full example:
+example:
 
 ```md
 ---
-title: My first post # title of the post
+title: "README"
-description: The first post on this awesome blog! # short description of the post
+description: "the README.md file of this project"
-author: Blubber256 # author of the post
+author: "slonkazoid"
-icon: /media/first-post/icon.png # icon/thumbnail of post used in embeds
+created_at: 2024-04-18T04:15:26+03:00
-icon_alt: Picture of a computer running DOOM
+#modified_at: ... # see above
-color: "#00aacc" # color of post, also used in embeds
-created_at: 2024-04-18T04:15:26+03:00 # date of writing, this is highly
-# recommended if you are on a system which doesnt have btime (like musl),
-# because this is fetched from file stats by default
-#modified_at: ... # see above. this is also fetched from the filesystem
-tags: # tags, or keywords, used in meta and also in the ui
- - lifestyle
 ---
 ```
 

src/app.rs

@@ -27,26 +27,24 @@ pub struct AppState {
 
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template(path = "index.html")]
-struct IndexTemplate<'a> {
+struct IndexTemplate {
-    title: &'a str,
+    title: String,
-    description: &'a str,
+    description: String,
     posts: Vec<PostMetadata>,
     rss: bool,
-    df: &'a DateFormat,
+    df: DateFormat,
     js: bool,
-    color: Option<&'a str>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template(path = "post.html")]
-struct PostTemplate<'a> {
+struct PostTemplate {
-    meta: &'a PostMetadata,
+    meta: PostMetadata,
     rendered: String,
     rendered_in: RenderStats,
     markdown_access: bool,
-    df: &'a DateFormat,
+    df: DateFormat,
     js: bool,
-    color: Option<&'a str>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
@@ -56,24 +54,22 @@ struct QueryParams {
     num_posts: Option<usize>,
 }
 
-async fn index<'a>(
+async fn index(
     State(AppState { config, posts }): State<AppState>,
     Query(query): Query<QueryParams>,
-) -> AppResult<Response> {
+) -> AppResult<IndexTemplate> {
     let posts = posts
         .get_max_n_post_metadata_with_optional_tag_sorted(query.num_posts, query.tag.as_ref())
         .await?;
 
     Ok(IndexTemplate {
-        title: &config.title,
+        title: config.title.clone(),
-        description: &config.description,
+        description: config.description.clone(),
         posts,
         rss: config.rss.enable,
-        df: &config.date_format,
+        df: config.date_format.clone(),
         js: config.js_enable,
-        color: config.default_color.as_deref(),
+    })
-    }
-    .into_response())
 }
 
 async fn all_posts(
@@ -151,16 +147,18 @@ async fn post(
     Path(name): Path<String>,
 ) -> AppResult<Response> {
     match posts.get_post(&name).await? {
-        ReturnedPost::Rendered(ref meta, rendered, rendered_in) => Ok(PostTemplate {
+        ReturnedPost::Rendered(meta, rendered, rendered_in) => {
+            let page = PostTemplate {
                 meta,
                 rendered,
                 rendered_in,
                 markdown_access: config.markdown_access,
-            df: &config.date_format,
+                df: config.date_format.clone(),
                 js: config.js_enable,
-            color: meta.color.as_deref().or(config.default_color.as_deref()),
+            };
+
+            Ok(page.into_response())
         }
-        .into_response()),
         ReturnedPost::Raw(body, content_type) => {
             Ok(([(CONTENT_TYPE, content_type)], body).into_response())
         }

src/config.rs

@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub markdown_access: bool,
     pub date_format: DateFormat,
     pub js_enable: bool,
-    pub default_color: Option<String>,
     pub rss: RssConfig,
     pub dirs: DirsConfig,
     pub http: HttpConfig,
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ impl Default for Config {
             markdown_access: true,
             date_format: Default::default(),
             js_enable: true,
-            default_color: Some("#f5c2e7".into()),
             // i have a love-hate relationship with serde
             // it was engimatic at first, but then i started actually using it
             // writing my own serialize and deserialize implementations.. spending

src/post/markdown_posts.rs

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ struct FrontMatter {
     pub description: String,
     pub author: String,
     pub icon: Option<String>,
-    pub icon_alt: Option<String>,
-    pub color: Option<String>,
     pub created_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     pub modified_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     #[serde(default)]
@@ -48,8 +46,6 @@ impl FrontMatter {
             description: self.description,
             author: self.author,
             icon: self.icon,
-            icon_alt: self.icon_alt,
-            color: self.color,
             created_at: self.created_at.or_else(|| created.map(|t| t.into())),
             modified_at: self.modified_at.or_else(|| modified.map(|t| t.into())),
             tags: self.tags.into_iter().collect(),

src/post/mod.rs

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ pub struct PostMetadata {
     pub description: String,
     pub author: String,
     pub icon: Option<String>,
-    pub icon_alt: Option<String>,
-    pub color: Option<String>,
     pub created_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     pub modified_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
     pub tags: Vec<String>,

templates/index.html

@@ -7,16 +7,11 @@
 		<meta name="description" content="{{ title }}" />
 		<meta property="og:title" content="{{ title }}" />
 		<meta property="og:description" content="{{ description }}" />
-		{% match color %} {% when Some with (color) %}
-		<meta name="theme-color" content="{{ color }}" />
-		{% when None %} {% endmatch %}
 		<title>{{ title }}</title>
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css" />
 		{% if rss %}
 		<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="{{ title }}" href="/feed.xml" />
-		{% endif %}
+		{% endif %} {% if js %}
-		<!-- prettier-br -->
-		{% if js %}
 		<script src="/static/main.js" defer></script>
 		{% endif %}
 	</head>

templates/post.html

@@ -7,26 +7,11 @@
 		<meta name="author" content="{{ meta.author }}" />
 		<meta name="keywords" content="{{ meta.tags|join(", ") }}" />
 		<meta name="description" content="{{ meta.title }}" />
-		<!-- you know what I really love? platforms like discord
-			favoring twitter embeds over the open standard. to color
-			your embed or have large images, you have to do _this_. lmao -->
 		<meta property="og:title" content="{{ meta.title }}" />
-		<meta property="twitter:title" content="{{ meta.title }}" />
 		<meta property="og:description" content="{{ meta.description }}" />
-		<meta property="twitter:description" content="{{ meta.description }}" />
 		{% match meta.icon %} {% when Some with (url) %}
 		<meta property="og:image" content="{{ url }}" />
-		<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
+		<link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{ url }}" />
-		<meta property="twitter:image:src" content="{{ url }}" />
-		{% match meta.icon_alt %} {% when Some with (alt) %}
-		<meta property="og:image:alt" content="{{ alt }}" />
-		<meta property="twitter:image:alt" content="{{ alt }}" />
-		{% when None %} {% endmatch %}
-		<!-- prettier-br -->
-		{% when None %} {% endmatch %}
-		<!-- prettier is annoying -->
-		{% match color %} {% when Some with (color) %}
-		<meta name="theme-color" content="{{ color }}" />
 		{% when None %} {% endmatch %}
 		<title>{{ meta.title }}</title>
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css" />