better first time xp

app.js

@@ -1,23 +1,73 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+if (process.argv[0] == "--first-time") {
+    initialise()
+}
+
 const express = require('express');
 const showdown  = require('showdown')
 const crypto = require('crypto'); // For encrypting passwords
 const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns")
-const fs = require('fs');
 
-const users = require('./users.js');
+let users
-const posts = require('./posts.js');
+let posts
-const comments = require('./comments.js');
+let comments
-const config = require('./config.js');
+let config
-let converter = new showdown.Converter({simpleLineBreaks: true, tables: true, strikethrough: true, tasklists: true, encodeEmails: true})
+
+try {
+    users = require('./users.js');
+    posts = require('./posts.js');
+    comments = require('./comments.js');
+    config = require('./config.js');
+}
+catch (error) {
+    console.log("A file is missing!")
+    console.log("Run with --first-time to initialise the program")
+    console.log("Error output:\n", error)
+    process.exit(1)
+}
+let converter = new showdown.Converter({
+    simpleLineBreaks: true, 
+    tables: true, 
+    strikethrough: true, 
+    tasklists: true, 
+    encodeEmails: true
+})
 const app = express();
+
 let footer_div = config.site_wide_footer
 footer_div = replace_format_indicators(footer_div)
 
-
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
 app.use(express.json());
 app.use(express.static(config.root_path));
 
+function initialise() {
+    try {
+        const users = require("./users.js");
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/users.js`, `export const users = []`)
+    }
+    try {
+        const posts = require("./posts.js");
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/posts.js`, `export const posts = []`)
+    }
+    try {
+        const users = require("./comments.js");
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/comments.js`, `export const comments = []\nexport const counter = 0`)
+    }
+    try {
+        const users = require("./config.js");
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        fs.copyFile('example-config.js', 'config.js')
+    }
+}
+
 function get_userID(username) {
 	for (let i = 0; i < users.users.length; i++) {
 		if (users.users[i]['username'] == username) {

config.js

@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ export const time_zone = "+0000"
 // %S - post seperator as defined by post_seperator
 // %T - Title
 // %U - URL the the user (poster)
+// %W - Site Description as defined by site_description
 // %X - Comment submission box
 // %Y - Site Name as defined by site_name
-// %W - Site Description as defined by site_description
 // %Z - Attribution (to me) and source code link and license
 
 export const timeline_header = `<h1>%Y</h1>
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export const user_post_format = `<h2>%T</h2>
 <p>%C</p>
 <i>%B</i><br/>
 <a href="%L">Permalink</a><br/>
+%X
+%M
 %S`
 export const post_page_format = `<h1>%T</h1>
 <p>%C</p>
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ export const timeline_post_format = `<h3>%T</h3>
 <p>%C</p>
 <a href="%L">Permalink</a><br/>
 <i>By <a href="%U">%N</a></i>
+%X
+%M
 %S`
 export const tag_post_format = `<h3>%T</h3>
 <p>%C</p>

example-config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+export const seperator = "<hr/>"
+export const site_name = "My Blog"
+export const site_url = "https://example.com"
+export const port = 8080
+export const site_description = "Read my blogs!"
+export const timeline_length = 20
+export const enable_hitcount = true // Can slow down page loading a bit
+export const charset = "UTF-8" // Don't change unless you know why
+
+// Anything in this directory will be in the webroot, so put favicon.ico and anything else here.
+export const root_path = "/path/to/root/of/website"
+
+// Default username if no username is inputted in comment submission
+export const default_username = "Anon"
+
+// RSS feeds
+export const rss = true
+export const rss_path = "/rss"
+
+// Dates
+// https://date-fns.org/v4.1.0/docs/format
+export const date_format = "yyyy-MM-dd"
+export const time_zone = "+0000"
+
+//// Format  /////
+// The syntax for this is pretty simple
+// %% - A literal %
+// %A - List of tags
+// %B - List of tags, each one with a hyperlink to that tag page
+// %C - Post content
+// %D - Published date in the format specified by date_format
+// %E - Edited date in the format specified by date_format
+// %F - Pretty name
+// %G - Tag name (used for the tag page only)
+// %H - Frontpage hit count
+// %I - User description
+// %L - URL Permanent link to the post
+// %M - comments
+// %N - the username of the user (poster)
+// %P - URL to create a new post
+// %O - URL to edit this post
+// %R - Site wide RSS feed
+// %S - post seperator as defined by post_seperator
+// %T - Title
+// %U - URL the the user (poster)
+// %W - Site Description as defined by site_description
+// %X - Comment submission box
+// %Y - Site Name as defined by site_name
+// %Z - Attribution (to me) and source code link and license
+
+export const timeline_header = `<h1>%Y</h1>
+<h2>%W</h2>
+<a href="%P">Create Post</a><br/>
+<a href="%R">RSS Feed</a><br/>
+Hit count: %H
+%S`
+export const user_page_header = `<h1>%F's posts:</h1>
+%I
+%S`
+export const tag_page_header = `<h1>Posts tagged: %G</h1>%S`
+// ---------------------------------------------
+export const user_post_format = `<h2>%T</h2>
+<p>%C</p>
+<i>%B</i><br/>
+<a href="%L">Permalink</a><br/>
+%X
+%M
+%S`
+export const post_page_format = `<h1>%T</h1>
+<p>%C</p>
+<i>%B</i><br/>
+<i>By <a href="%U">%N</a></i><br/>
+<a href="%O">Edit Post</a><br/>
+<i>Posted: %D</i><br/>
+<i>Edited: %E</i>
+%S
+%X
+%M
+%S`
+export const timeline_post_format = `<h3>%T</h3>
+<p>%C</p>
+<a href="%L">Permalink</a><br/>
+<i>By <a href="%U">%N</a></i>
+%X
+%M
+%S`
+export const tag_post_format = `<h3>%T</h3>
+<p>%C</p>
+<i>%B</i><br/>
+<a href="%L">Permalink</a><br/>
+<i>By <a href="%U">%N</a></i>
+%S`
+// -------------------------------------
+export const site_wide_footer = `Site is ran by DeaDvey<br/>
+%Z`
+
+
+/// Custom CSS to be applied to every page
+export const css = `
+/* Put you custom CSS here,
+Read about existing classes and ID's in the docs (coming soon)*\
+`
+
+// pretty please don't change this
+export const attribution = "Powered by blogger-nodejs: <a href='https://git.javalsai.tuxcord.net/deadvey/blogger-nodejs'>Source Code</a>, <a href='https://git.javalsai.tuxcord.net/deadvey/blogger-nodejs/raw/branch/master/LICENSE'>license (WTFPL)</a>"

hitcount.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-228
+240