Thanks. That sounds better. Unfortunately, I'm lost looking for more information about incorporating page folder indexes into a template or how I would use listings.
On Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 12:32:29 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 at 16:08, Mitch Berkson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Figured it out. > > > > In conf.py: > > import os > > GLOBAL_CONTEXT = { > > ... > > 'os': os,} > > > > In .tmpl file: > > {% set dir_path = 'path/to/directory' %} > > {% set filenames = os.listdir(dir_path) %} > > {% set file_list = [] %} > > > > <ul> > > {% for filename in filenames %} > > {% set file_path = os.path.join(dir_path, filename) %} > > > > {% if filename.endswith(".md") %} > > {% set f = open(file_path, 'r') %} > > {% set file_contents = f.read() %} > > <li><a href="{{ filename }}">{{ filename }}</a></li> > > {% endif %} > > {% endfor %} > > </ul> > > > > > > On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 8:39:57 PM UTC-4 Mitch Berkson wrote: > >> > >> I'm converting a web site from Hugo to Nikola. Hugo had some way of > accessing all the files in a directory. Then I was able to read their > metadata, etc. Is there a way to do this in a Nikola template file (using > Jinja2 perhaps)? > > While this code probably works now, it is not a good way to do things. > If you add a new file, the page will not be re-rendered, because > Nikola does not know that your page depends on these files. Manually > doing things with the filesystem is not recommended and not supported. > > If you want to get a list of posts, you might want one of those features: > > * blog indexes > * archives > * tags and categories > * the "post list" directive/shortcode (placed in a page) > > If you want to get a list of pages, you might want: > > * page folder indexes (PAGE_INDEX setting) > * the "post list" directive/shortcode (placed in a page) > > If you want to get a list of code files, the listings feature might be > useful. > > -- > Chris Warrick <https://chriswarrick.com/> > PGP: 5EAAEA16 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nikola-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nikola-discuss/a89a71c9-6370-4139-a048-0ff454321a25n%40googlegroups.com.
