ADD RSS feed and config - seems valid #6

config.py

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 """Configuration file for picopaper blog"""
 
+# General site settings
 BLOG_TITLE = "PicoPaper.com"
 BLOG_DESCRIPTION = "we like simple."
+BASE_URL = "https://picopaper.com"  # Your site's base URL (no trailing slash)
+AUTHOR_NAME = "PicoPaper"
+AUTHOR_EMAIL = "hello@picopaper.com"  # Optional
 THEME = "default"
 
 # Exclude specific feeds from the main page (they'll still have their own /feed/name/ pages)
@@ -19,3 +23,8 @@ HIDE_LOGO = False
 HIDE_TITLE = True
 LOGO_PATH = "/images/logo.png"
 
+# Feed settings
+ENABLE_RSS_FEED = True
+RSS_FEED_PATH = "rss.xml"    # Path relative to site root (e.g., "rss.xml" or "feed/rss.xml")
+FEED_MAX_ITEMS = 20  # Maximum number of items to include in feeds
+

picopaper.py

@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 import markdown
-from config import BLOG_TITLE, BLOG_DESCRIPTION, THEME, EXCLUDE_FEEDS_FROM_MAIN, NAVBAR_ITEMS, HIDE_LOGO, HIDE_TITLE, LOGO_PATH
+from config import (BLOG_TITLE, BLOG_DESCRIPTION, THEME, EXCLUDE_FEEDS_FROM_MAIN,
+                    NAVBAR_ITEMS, HIDE_LOGO, HIDE_TITLE, LOGO_PATH,
+                    ENABLE_RSS_FEED, RSS_FEED_PATH,
+                    BASE_URL, AUTHOR_NAME, AUTHOR_EMAIL, FEED_MAX_ITEMS)
 
 class SSGGGenerator:
     def __init__(self, items_dir='items', output_dir='output', theme=None, blog_title=None, blog_description=None):
@@ -149,7 +152,9 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
             all_posts=all_posts or posts,
             hide_logo=self.hide_logo,
             hide_title=self.hide_title,
-            logo_path=self.logo_path
+            logo_path=self.logo_path,
+            rss_feed_enabled=ENABLE_RSS_FEED,
+            rss_feed_path=RSS_FEED_PATH
         )
 
         output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -183,7 +188,9 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
             all_posts=all_posts or [],
             hide_logo=self.hide_logo,
             hide_title=self.hide_title,
-            logo_path=self.logo_path
+            logo_path=self.logo_path,
+            rss_feed_enabled=ENABLE_RSS_FEED,
+            rss_feed_path=RSS_FEED_PATH
         )
 
         output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -205,7 +212,9 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
             all_posts=all_posts or [],
             hide_logo=self.hide_logo,
             hide_title=self.hide_title,
-            logo_path=self.logo_path
+            logo_path=self.logo_path,
+            rss_feed_enabled=ENABLE_RSS_FEED,
+            rss_feed_path=RSS_FEED_PATH
         )
 
         # Create directory for the post slug
@@ -219,6 +228,82 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
 
         print(f"✓ Generated {output_path}")
 
+    def generate_rss_feed(self, posts):
+        """Generate RSS 2.0 feed for main feed posts"""
+        from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element, SubElement, tostring, register_namespace
+        from xml.dom import minidom
+        import re
+
+        # Register atom namespace to avoid ns0 prefix
+        register_namespace('atom', 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom')
+
+        # Limit posts
+        posts = posts[:FEED_MAX_ITEMS]
+
+        # Build feed URL correctly - ensure no double slashes
+        feed_path = RSS_FEED_PATH.lstrip('/')
+        # Remove trailing slash from BASE_URL if present for clean URL construction
+        base_url_clean = BASE_URL.rstrip('/')
+        feed_url = f"{base_url_clean}/{feed_path}"
+
+        # Create RSS element (namespace will be added automatically when we use atom:link)
+        rss = Element('rss', version='2.0')
+        channel = SubElement(rss, 'channel')
+
+        # Channel metadata
+        SubElement(channel, 'title').text = self.blog_title
+        SubElement(channel, 'description').text = self.blog_description
+        SubElement(channel, 'link').text = base_url_clean
+
+        # Add atom:link with rel="self" (required by RSS best practices)
+        atom_link = SubElement(channel, '{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}link')
+        atom_link.set('href', feed_url)
+        atom_link.set('rel', 'self')
+        atom_link.set('type', 'application/rss+xml')
+
+        SubElement(channel, 'lastBuildDate').text = datetime.utcnow().strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000')
+
+        # Add author information (managingEditor format: email (name))
+        if AUTHOR_EMAIL and AUTHOR_NAME:
+            SubElement(channel, 'managingEditor').text = f"{AUTHOR_EMAIL} ({AUTHOR_NAME})"
+        elif AUTHOR_EMAIL:
+            SubElement(channel, 'managingEditor').text = AUTHOR_EMAIL
+
+        # Helper function to convert relative URLs to absolute
+        def make_absolute_urls(html_content):
+            # Replace relative URLs with absolute ones
+            html_content = re.sub(r'href="/', f'href="{base_url_clean}/', html_content)
+            html_content = re.sub(r'src="/', f'src="{base_url_clean}/', html_content)
+            return html_content
+
+        # Add items
+        for post in posts:
+            item = SubElement(channel, 'item')
+            SubElement(item, 'title').text = post['title']
+            SubElement(item, 'link').text = f"{base_url_clean}{post['url']}"
+            SubElement(item, 'guid', isPermaLink='true').text = f"{base_url_clean}{post['url']}"
+            SubElement(item, 'pubDate').text = datetime.strptime(post['date'], '%Y-%m-%d').strftime('%a, %d %b %Y 00:00:00 +0000')
+
+            # Content type based on post type
+            if post['type'] == 'long':
+                # For long posts, just show title/summary
+                SubElement(item, 'description').text = f"Read more at {base_url_clean}{post['url']}"
+            else:
+                # For short posts, include full content with absolute URLs
+                content_absolute = make_absolute_urls(post['content'])
+                SubElement(item, 'description').text = content_absolute
+
+        # Pretty print XML
+        xml_str = minidom.parseString(tostring(rss, encoding='utf-8')).toprettyxml(indent='  ', encoding='utf-8')
+
+        # Write to file
+        output_path = self.output_dir / RSS_FEED_PATH
+        output_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        with open(output_path, 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(xml_str)
+
+        print(f"✓ Generated {output_path}")
+
     def copy_assets(self):
         """Copy theme assets and images to output directory"""
         import shutil
@@ -290,6 +375,10 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
             if post['type'] in ['long', 'short', 'page']:
                 self.generate_post_page(post, all_posts=feed_posts)
 
+        # Generate RSS feed
+        if ENABLE_RSS_FEED:
+            self.generate_rss_feed(feed_posts)
+
         # Copy assets
         self.copy_assets()
 

theme/default/templates/meta.tmpl

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 <title>{{ title }}</title>
 <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/assets/favicon.ico">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/style.css">
+{% if rss_feed_enabled %}<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="{{ blog_title }} RSS Feed" href="/{{ rss_feed_path }}">{% endif %}