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# Fediversity web site
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This web site is built with a static site generator based on the Nix language [module system](https://nix.dev/tutorials/module-system/).
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It has unique features such as:
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- correct-by-construction relative links, automatic redirects for moved pages
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- correct-by-construction content fields
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- customisable templating and content structure, all seamlessly expressed in the Nix language
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- correct-by-construction spec-compliant HTML output
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- content source organisation independent of output structure
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Structured content is managed through Nix expressions, and copy is written in [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/).
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# Contributing
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- [Install Nix](https://nix.dev/install-nix)
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- [Set up `direnv`](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv#installation)
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- Run `direnv allow` in the directory where repository is stored on your machine
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- Edit any of the files, see [repository layout](#repository-layout) for guidance
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- Build and view the web site
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```bash
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xdg-open $(nix-build -A build --no-out-link)/index.html
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```
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or
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```fish
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open (nix-build -A build --no-out-link)/index.html
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```
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# Repository layout
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- [content](./content)
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Content of the web site is managed here.
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The entry point is [`content/default.nix`](./content/default.nix) and is built to correspond to `index.html` in the result.
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All other content sources are automatically included in `imports`, and can be accessed though the `config` module argument.
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- [structure](./structure)
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Definitions of content data structures, such as pages, articles, menus, collections, etc.
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- [presentation](./presentation)
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Code specific to how the web site is rendered.
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In particular, it encodes the mechanism for distributing content to files, and for putting together files for the final result.
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In principle, different output formats (such as RSS feeds) are possible, and would be implemented there.
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- [default.nix](./default.nix)
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Entry point for building the project.
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This is where content, structure, and presentation are wired up.
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- [shell.nix](./shell.nix)
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Convenience wrapper to enable running `nix-shell` without arguments.
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- [lib.nix](./lib.nix)
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Reusable convenience functions.
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Also exposed under the `lib` attribute in [default.nix](./default.nix).
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- [npins](./npins)
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Dependencies, managed with [`npins`](https://github.com/andir/npins/).
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- [README.md](./README.md)
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This file.
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