Made it so if an invalid user or post is loaded, a proper error message is

shown instead of just a nodeJS error message

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 node_modules
 package-lock.json
-posts.js
-comments.js
-users.js
+posts.json
+comments.json
+users.json
+config.json
+hitcount.txt
 *.swp
+webroot/

README.md

@@ -1,24 +1,51 @@
-This is a blogging site written in nodejs, all pages are served directly by the nodejs backend.<br/>
-Please don't use this yet, it's not finished<br/>
-In action on my website: [deadvey.com](https://deadvey.com)<br/>
+This software aims to provide a lot of power to the web admin who is running the blog site.<br/>
+Customisation is unlimited with a bit of knowledge of EJS and CSS, you can edit the entire formatting of the pages, making the site truly yours!<br/>
+This software also aims to be compatible with text based browsers and as a result contains no client side Javascript, if you're looking for a more<br/>
+beautiful and featureful blogging frontend, this isn't for you.<br/>
 
-# features
-* post creation via the web frontend (no need to remote to your server to make a post)
+> [!CAUTION]
+> This software is not finished yet, so it's very buggy and probably really insecure<br/>
+> use at your own risk!<br/>
+
+See the software in action: [deadvey.com](https://deadvey.com)<br/>
+
+# Installation and Running:
+Read the [installation guide](/docs/INSTALLATION.md)
+
+# Confiuration:
+Read the [configuation guide](docs/CONFIG.md) for configuration help (in config.json)
+
+# Features:
+* post creation, modification and deletion via frontend
+* user creation, modification and deletion via frontend
 * multi user
-* powerful customisation
-* rss
-* timeline, user page, post page and tag specific page
-* edit/delete posts
+* powerful customisation via EJS
+* site wide and user specific rss, atom
 * hitcount
 * Markdown syntax in posts
-* Commenting on posts
+* Commenting on posts and replying to other comments
+* site wide custom CSS
+* Page indexes
 
-# Bugs
+# Bugs:
 * probably scales like shit
 * probably insecure as hell
 
-# planned features
-* atom
-* federation
-* sign up
+# Planned features/todo list:
+* federation (looks tricky)
 * All strings (including in edit and post page) customisable
+    * formatable custom strings
+* inline comments and docs
+* clean up code a bit
+* /postID and /userID pages
+* site index
+* Make EJS modification more user friendly
+* API for returning posts, users, comments, tags other?...
+
+# Docs:
+See [docs/DOCUMENTATION.md](docs/DOCUMENTATION.md)
+
+# Customisation:
+Customisation of settings can be done via the config.json file (use example-config.json as an example) and see [the configuration guide](docs/CONFIG.md)<br/>
+Additionaly, more complex configuration of the precise template of the whole site, can be done via [EJS](https://ejs.co/) (in /views) (see [the list of things variables and functions available in EJS](docs/EJS.md) (you will need to understand EJS syntax and JavaScript, to customise this (why did I use EJS? well I originally had this weird system of format indicators with percent (%) signs and stuff (like in unix's date (`date`)) but then I was told EJS is better and it sure is, though it is a bit harder to understand but MUCH more powerful!))
+Also, if you want to change any of the strings on the website, please modify or create a new, customised locale in /locales

app.js

@@ -1,370 +0,0 @@
-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")
-
-let users
-let posts
-let comments
-let config
-
-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) {
-        console.log("Creating users file")
-        fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/users.js`, `export const users = []`)
-    }
-    try {
-        const posts = require("./posts.js");
-    }
-    catch (error) {
-        console.log("Creating posts file")
-        fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/posts.js`, `export const posts = []`)
-    }
-    try {
-        const users = require("./comments.js");
-    }
-    catch (error) {
-        console.log("Creating comments file")
-        fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/comments.js`, `export const comments = []\nexport const counter = 0`)
-    }
-    try {
-        const users = require("./config.js");
-    }
-    catch (error) {
-        console.log("Copying the example config to config.js")
-        console.log("!!! PLEASE MODIFY config.js TO YOUR NEEDS !!!")
-        fs.copyFile('example-config.js', 'config.js')
-    }
-    process.exit()
-}
-
-function get_userID(username) {
-	for (let i = 0; i < users.users.length; i++) {
-		if (users.users[i]['username'] == username) {
-			return i
-		}
-	}
-	return -1
-}
-
-function unix_time_to_date_format(unix_time) {
-	date = fromUnixTime(unix_time)
-	formatted_date = format(date, config.date_format)
-
-	return formatted_date
-}
-
-function unix_time_to_rss_date(unix_time) {
-	date = fromUnixTime(unix_time)
-	formatted_date = format(date, "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss")
-	return `${formatted_date} ${config.time_zone}`
-}
-
-function hyperlink_tags(tags) {
-	string = ""
-	for (let tag_index = 0; tag_index < tags.length; tag_index++) {
-		string += `<a href="/tag/${tags[tag_index]}">${tags[tag_index]}</a>`
-		if (tag_index < tags.length - 1) {
-			string += ", ";
-		}
-	}
-	return string
-}
-
-function replace_format_indicators(input_string, post_index=0, tag_name="tag") {
-	post_object = posts.posts[post_index]
-	output_string = input_string
-		.replaceAll("%%", "&#37;")
-		.replaceAll("%A", (post_object["tags"]))
-		.replaceAll("%B", (hyperlink_tags(post_object["tags"])))
-		.replaceAll("%C", converter.makeHtml(post_object["content"]))
-		.replaceAll("%D", unix_time_to_date_format(post_object["pubdate"]))
-		.replaceAll("%E", unix_time_to_date_format(post_object["editdate"]))
-		.replaceAll("%F", users.users[post_object["userID"]]['prettyname'])
-		.replaceAll("%G", tag_name)
-		.replaceAll("%I", users.users[post_object['userID']]['description'])
-		.replaceAll("%L", `/post/${post_index}`)
-        .replaceAll("%M", return_comments(post_index))
-		.replaceAll("%N", users.users[post_object["userID"]]['username'])
-		.replaceAll("%P", "/post")
-		.replaceAll("%O", `/edit/${post_index}`)
-		.replaceAll("%R", "/rss")
-		.replaceAll("%S", config.seperator)
-		.replaceAll("%T", post_object["title"])
-		.replaceAll("%U", `/user/${users.users[post_object["userID"]]['username']}`)
-        .replaceAll("%X", `<form method="POST" action="/submit_comment">
-                <input type="hidden" name="post_index" value="${post_index}">
-                <input placeholder="username" name="name"><br/>
-                <textarea placeholder="comment" name="content"></textarea><br/>
-                <button type="submit">Submit</button>
-            </form>`)
-		.replaceAll("%Y", config.site_name)
-		.replaceAll("%W", config.site_description)
-		.replaceAll("%Z", config.attribution)
-	if (config.enable_hitcount == true) {
-		output_string = output_string
-			.replaceAll("%H", fs.readFileSync('hitcount.txt'))
-	}
-
-	return output_string
-}
-
-function escape_input(input) {
-    let output = input
-        .replaceAll("<", "&lt;")
-        .replaceAll(">", "&gt;")
-        .replaceAll("\\", "&#92;")
-        .replaceAll('"', "&#34;")
-        .replaceAll("'", "&#39;")
-        .replaceAll("/", "&#47;")
-    return output
-}
-
-// TODO make the formatting customisable
-function return_comments(post_id) {
-    const post_comments = comments.comments[post_id]
-    let comment_content = ""
-    for (let comment_index = 0; comment_index < post_comments.length; comment_index++) {
-        let comment = {...post_comments[comment_index]};
-        comment['content'] = comment['content']
-            .replaceAll(/>> ([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='#$1'>>> $1</a>")
-            .replaceAll("\n", "<br/>")
-        comment_content += `<div id="${comment['id']}">${comment['name']} ${unix_time_to_date_format(comment['pubdate'])} No. ${comment['id']}<br/>${comment['content']}</div><br/>`
-    }
-    return comment_content
-}
-
-// RSS protocol gets
-app.get(config.rss_path, (req,res) => {
-	if (config.rss == false) {
-		res.send("Sorry, RSS is disabled!")
-	}
-	else {
-		let rss_content = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<rss version="2.0">
-    <channel>
-        <title>${config.site_name}</title>
-        <link>${config.site_url}</link>
-        <description>${config.site_description}</description>
-        `
-		for (let i = posts.posts.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
-		    rss_content += `
-			<item>
-			    <title>${posts.posts[i]["title"]}</title>
-			    <link>${config.site_url}/post/${i}</link>
-			    <description><![CDATA[${converter.makeHtml(posts.posts[i]["content"])}]]></description>
-			    <guid isPermaLink="true">${config.site_url}/post/${i}</guid>
-			    <pubDate>${unix_time_to_rss_date(posts.posts[i]['pubdate'])}</pubDate>`
-			for (let j = 0; j < posts.posts[i]['tags'].length; j++) {
-				rss_content += `<category><![CDATA[${posts.posts[i]['tags'][j]}]]></category>`
-			};
-			rss_content += "</item>"
-		}
-		rss_content += `
-	    </channel>
-	</rss>`
-		res.setHeader('content-type', 'application/rss+xml');
-		res.send(rss_content)
-	};
-});
-
-app.get("/", (req,res) => {
-	if (config.enable_hitcount) {
-		let hitcount = parseInt(fs.readFileSync('hitcount.txt'))
-		hitcount += 1
-		console.log(`/ Is loaded, hitcount: ${hitcount}`)
-		fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/hitcount.txt`, `${hitcount}`, 'utf-8');
-	}
-
-	header_div = config.timeline_header
-	header_div = replace_format_indicators(header_div);
-	posts_div = "";
-	counter = posts.posts.length - 1;
-	while ((counter >= 0) && (counter > (posts.posts.length - (config.timeline_length + 1))))
-	{
-		let post = config.timeline_post_format;
-		posts_div += replace_format_indicators(post, counter);
-		counter -= 1;
-	}
-	res.send(`<html><head><meta charset="${config.charset}"><style>${config.css}</style></head><body><div id="header">${header_div}</div><div id="posts">${posts_div}</div></body><footer>${footer_div}</footer></html>`);
-});
-app.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
-	header_div = config.user_page_header
-	header_div = replace_format_indicators(header_div)
-	posts_div = "";
-	for (let post_index = posts.posts.length-1; post_index >= 0; post_index--)	{
-		if (users.users[posts.posts[post_index]["userID"]]["username"] == req.params.username) {
-			let post = config.user_post_format;
-			posts_div += replace_format_indicators(post, post_index);
-		}
-	}
-	res.send(`<html><head><meta charset="${config.charset}"><style>${config.css}</style></head><body><div id="header">${header_div}</div><div id="posts">${posts_div}</div></body><footer>${footer_div}</footer></html>`);
-});
-app.get("/post/:post_index", (req, res) => {
-	post_div = "";
-	let post = config.post_page_format;
-	post_div += replace_format_indicators(post, req.params.post_index);
-	res.send(`<html><head><meta charset="${config.charset}"><style>${config.css}</style></head><body><div id="posts">${post_div}</div></body><footer>${footer_div}</footer></html>`);
-});
-app.get("/tag/:tag", (req,res) => {
-	const tag = req.params.tag
-	let header_div = config.tag_page_header
-	header_div = replace_format_indicators(header_div,0,tag)
-	let page_content = ""
-	for (let i = posts.posts.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
-		if (posts.posts[i]['tags'].includes(tag)) {
-			let post = config.tag_post_format;
-			page_content += replace_format_indicators(post, i);
-		};
-	};
-	res.send(`<html><style>${config.css}</style><body><div id="header">${header_div}</div><div id="posts">${page_content}</div></body><footer>${footer_div}</footer></html>`);
-});
-
-app.get("/post", (req,res) => {
-	res.send(`</html><head><meta charset="${config.charset}"><style>${config.css}</style></head><form action="/submit_post" method="POST">
-	<input placeholder="username" required name="username"><br/>
-	<input placeholder="password" type="password" required id="password" name="password"><br/>
-	<input placeholder="title" required name="title"><br/>
-	<textarea placeholder="post content*" required name="content"></textarea><br/>
-	<input placeholder="Tags (comma seperated)" name="tags"><br/>
-	<input type="submit" value="Submit"><br/>
-    <small>* Markdown supported</small>
-</form></html>`);
-});
-app.get("/edit/:post_id", (req,res) => {
-	const post_id = req.params.post_id
-	const post = posts.posts[post_id]
-	const user = users.users[post['userID']]
-	res.send(`</html><head><meta charset="${config.charset}"><style>${config.css}</style></head>
-	<form action="/submit_edit" method="POST" onsubmit="sha512password()">
-		<input name="userID" type="hidden" value="${post['userID']}">
-		<input name="postID" type="hidden" value="${post_id}">
-		<input placeholder="${user['prettyname']}'s password" type="password" required id="password" name="password"><br/>
-		<input placeholder="title" value="${post['title']}" required name="title"><br/>
-		<textarea placeholder="content" required name="content">${post['content']}</textarea><br/>
-		<input placeholder="tags (comma seperated)" value="${post['tags']}" name="tags"><br/>
-		<label>Delete forever (no undo): </label><input name="delete" type="checkbox"><br/>
-		<input type="submit" value="Submit"><br/>
-        <small>* Markdown supported</small>
-	</form></html>`);
-});
-
-app.post("/submit_comment", (req,res) => {
-	const unix_timestamp = getUnixTime(new Date())
-    let name = escape_input(req.body.name)
-    if (name == "") {
-        name = config.default_username
-    }
-    new_comment = {
-        "name": name,
-        "content": escape_input(req.body.content),
-        "id": comments.counter,
-        "pubdate": unix_timestamp
-    };
-    let counter = comments.counter+1;
-    comments.comments[req.body.post_index].push(new_comment);
-	fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/comments.js`, `export const comments = ${JSON.stringify(comments.comments)}\nexport const counter = ${counter}`, 'utf-8');
-
-    res.redirect(301,`/post/${req.body.post_index}`)
-});
-app.post("/submit_edit", (req,res) => {
-	const password = crypto.createHash('sha512').update(req.body.password).digest('hex');
-	const postID = req.body.postID
-	const userID = req.body.userID
-	const title = req.body.title
-	const content = req.body.content
-	const tags = req.body.tags.split(',');
-	const delete_bool = req.body.delete
-	const unix_timestamp = getUnixTime(new Date())
-	console.log(users.users[userID]['prettyname'], "is editting the post titled:", title);	
-
-	if (users.users[userID]['hash'] == password) { // password matches
-		let post = posts.posts[postID]
-		post['title'] = title
-		post['content'] = content
-		post['tags'] = tags
-		post['editdate'] = unix_timestamp
-		if (typeof delete_bool != "undefined") {
-			console.log("Deleting post!")
-			posts.posts.splice(postID,1)
-            comments.comments.splice(postID,1)
-		    fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/comments.js`, `export const comments = ${JSON.stringify(comments.comments)}\nexport const counter = ${comments.counter}`, 'utf-8');
-		}
-		fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/posts.js`, `export const posts = ${JSON.stringify(posts.posts)}`, 'utf-8');
-		res.redirect(302, "/");
-	}
-	else {
-		res.send(`Invalid Password for user`,users.users[userID]['prettyname']);
-	}
-});
-app.post("/submit_post", (req,res) => {
-	const password = crypto.createHash('sha512').update(req.body.password).digest('hex');
-	const username = escape_input(req.body.username)
-	const title = escape_input(req.body.title)
-	const content = escape_input(req.body.content)
-	const tags = escape_input(req.body.tags).split(',');
-	const unix_timestamp = getUnixTime(new Date())
-	console.log(username, "is submitting a post titled:", title);	
-
-	if (get_userID(username) == -1) {
-		res.send("User does not exist")	
-	}
-
-	else if (users.users[get_userID(username)]['hash'] == password) { // Password matches
-		posts.posts.push({
-			"userID": get_userID(username),
-			"title": title,
-			"content": content,
-			"pubdate": unix_timestamp,
-			"editdate": unix_timestamp,
-			"tags": tags,
-		})
-		fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/posts.js`, `export const posts = ${JSON.stringify(posts.posts)}`, 'utf-8');
-        comments.comments.push([])
-        fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/comments.js`, `export const comments = ${JSON.stringify(comments.comments)}\nexport const counter = ${comments.counter}`)
-		res.redirect(302, "/");
-	}
-	else {
-		res.send(`Invalid Password for user`,username);
-	}
-});
-
-app.listen(config.port, () => {
-	console.log(`Server is running at http://localhost:${config.port} in ${config.root_path}`);
-});

config.js

@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-export const seperator = "<hr/>"
-export const comment_indent = "| "
-export const site_name = "Deadvey's Blog"
-export const site_url = "https://deadvey.com"
-export const port = 8080
-export const site_description = "Films, tech, random shit"
-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 = "/var/www/deadvey.com/blog"
-
-// Default username if no username is inputted in comment submission
-export const default_username = "Anon"
-
-//export const federation = true
-//export const fediverse_url = "deadvey.com"
-export const rss = true
-export const rss_path = "/rss"
-
-// 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 = `
-@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
-	body {
-		background: #ebdbb2;
-		color: #282828;
-	}
-	code {
-		background: #bdae93;
-	}
-	a {
-                color: #076678;
-		text-decoration: none;
-        }
-	a:visited {
-                color: #8f3f71;
-        }
-	input,textarea,button {
-		background: #ebdbb2;
-		color: #282828;
-		border: 1px solid #282828;
-	}
-	table {
-		border: solid 1px #282828;
-	}
-}
-@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
-	body {
-		background: #282828;
-		color: #ebdbb2;
-	}
-	code {
-		background: #665c54;
-		box-decoration-break: clone;
-		display: block;
-		white-space: pre;
-		max-width: 50%;
-  		min-width: 100px;
-	}
-	a {
-                color: #83a598;
-		text-decoration: none;
-        }
-	a:visited {
-                color: #d3869b;
-        }
-	input,textarea,button {
-		background: #282828;
-		color: #ebdbb2;
-		border: 1px solid #ebdbb2;
-	}
-	table, td, th {
-		border: solid 1px #ebdbb2;
-	}
-}
-`
-
-// 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>"

docs/CLASSES_AND_IDS.md

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+Post:
+
+![images/post-css.png](An image showing the css id's assosciated with each part of a post)
+

docs/CONFIG.md

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+# Configuration Documentation
+## Introduction
+The configuration file is stored in a file called config.json, for an example, copy example-config.json to config.json (`cp example-config.json config.json`) and modify from there.<br/>
+Currently all values in example-config.json are required, however I plan to add support for default values in the case of no value being set.<br/>
+All options show an example configuartion value and the variable type + an explaination below it.<br/>
+
+## Technical configuration
+| name            | example value              | variable type | explanation                                                                                                                                                |
+|-----------------|----------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| site_url        | "https://example.com"      | String        | This value defines the url of your site, this used for the RSS feed to link back to post.                                                                  |
+| port            | 8080                       | Integer       | This value defines the port that you run the blog on. Don't change this value if you don't know what that means.                                           |
+| allow_signup    | true                       | Boolean       | Defines weather new people should be allowed to signup.                                                                                                    |
+| timeline_length | 20                         | Integer       | How many posts will be shown on the timeline (home page).                                                                                                  |
+| enable_hitcount | true                       | Boolean       | Enabling the hitcount (a number that represents the amount of front page loads (stored in hitcount.txt)) can slightly slow down loading of the front page. |
+| charset         | "UTF-8"                    | String        | This is the value in the <meta charset=""> tag in the html of all pages, you should not change this unless you know why.                                   |
+| root_path       | "/path/to/root/of/website" | String        | Anything in this directory will be in the webroot, so put favicon.ico and anything else here.                                                              |
+
+## Basic Customisation
+| name            | example value              | variable type | explanation                                                                                                                                                |
+|-----------------|----------------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+|locale|"en"|String|Your locale, see [/locales](/locales) for a list of all locales (you can open a PR for a new translation too)|
+|seperator|"\<hr/\>"|String|This is what %S represents in the formatting, this will go inbetween posts and generally to seperate out content on pages.|
+|site_name|"My Blog"|String|This is what %Y represents; it's the name of your instance, a human readable string.|
+|site_description|"Read my blogs!"|String|This is what %W represents; it's the description of your instance, a human readable string.|
+|default_commenter_username|"Anon"|String|Default commenter username if no username is inputted in comment submission.|
+
+## Syndication
+| name | example value | variable type | explanation                   |
+|------|---------------|---------------|-------------------------------|
+| rss  | true          | Boolean       | Enable or Disable RSS feeds.  |
+| atom | true          | Boolean       | Enable or Disable ATOM feeds. |
+
+## Dates
+Read more at [date-fns](https://date-fns.org/v4.1.0/docs/format)<br/>
+| name | example value | variable type | explanation                   |
+|------|---------------|---------------|-------------------------------|
+|date_format|"yyyy-MM-dd"|String|The format of date's on the website.|
+|time_zone|"+0000"|String|\Your offset from UTC|
+
+## Advanced Customisation
+* /views/* files are EJS files (used for formatting HTML) and can be editted to your liking, you might want to read [the EJS docs](https://ejs.co/#docs) for help.
+* "css": "body { background: red; }"<br/>
+    String. Custom CSS to be applied to all pages, if you want more complex css, you can edit custom.css.<br/>
+    You can also edit the custom.css file in the webroot, as by default this is linked in the global header.
+
+## Custom Strings
+* You can edit all the strings on the site in /locales/<your-locale>.json

docs/CONTRIBUTING.md

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+Just open a PR or something, if it's good I'll pull

docs/DOCUMENTATION.md

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+All documentation is under construction as the program is also under construction and so is constantly changing and is also a mess and I'm shit at documentation
+- [EJS Variables and functions](EJS.md)
+- [configuring config.json](CONFIG.md)
+- [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md)

docs/EJS.md

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+This is not a guide on how EJS works, look at [EJS's website](https://ejs.co/) for that!<br/>
+This is just a list of functions and pieces of information provided to each EJS file.<br/>
+<br/>
+# syndication/global_rss:
+- All config.json data
+- All posts from posts.json
+- showdown.JS's converter functions
+- All functions in functions.js
+# syndication/user_rss:
+- All config.json data
+- All posts from posts.json
+- showdown.JS's converter functions
+- All functions in functions.js
+- the userID of the user in question (integer)
+# syndication/global_atom:
+- All config.json data
+- All posts from posts.json
+- showdown.JS's converter functions
+- All functions in functions.js
+- getUnixTime function from date-fns
+# syndication/user_atom:
+- All config.json data
+- All posts from posts.json
+- showdown.JS's converter functions
+- All functions in functions.js
+- the userID of the user in question (integer)
+- getUnixTime function from date-fns

docs/INSTALLATION.md

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+# Installation
+This program is currently just ran manually.<br/>
+All you need to do is clone the git repository:<br/>
+```git clone https://git.javalsai.tuxcord.net/deadvey/blogger-nodejs.git```<br/>
+Then navigate to /src:<br/>
+```cd src```<br/>
+Then run the initialisation function:<br/>
+```node server.js --first-time```<br/>
+Then you should modify config.json in / to suit your needs.<br/>
+# Running
+I would reccomend running the program in tmux so it does not stop running when you close the terminal window.<br/>
+• There is currently no init system support. I might add this later (or you could open a PR).

example-config.js

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-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>"

example-config.json

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+{
+    "site_admin": "your name",
+    "seperator": "<hr/>",
+    "site_name": "My Blog",
+    "site_url": "https://example.com",
+    "language": "en-US",
+    "port": 8080,
+    "allow_signup": true,
+    "site_description": "Read my blogs!",
+    "timeline_length": 20,
+    "enable_hitcount": true,
+    "charset": "UTF-8",
+    "root_path": "/path/to/webroot",
+    "edit_account_base_url": "/edit_account",
+    "new_post_url": "/post",
+    "signup_url": "/signup",
+    "edit_post_base_url": "/edit",
+    "default_comenter_username": "Anon",
+    "rss": true,
+    "atom": true,
+    "date_format": "yyyy-MM-dd",
+    "time_zone": "+0000",
+    "string": {
+        "signup_agreement": "I agree to not post illegal or hateful content",
+        "signups_unavailable": "Sorry, this server does not allow signups",
+        "user_exists": "Sorry, this user already exists, try a different username",
+        "user_doesnt_exist": "Sorry, this user does not exist",
+        "comment_doesnt_exist": "This comment doesn't exist, this could be because the post it was attached to was deleted",
+        "post_doesnt_exist": "This post doesn't exist or was deleted",
+        "delete_account_confirmation": "Delete my account - (I agree that my account and all of my posts will be permanently deleted instantly)",
+        "incorrect_password": "Incorrect Password",
+        "rss_disabled": "Sorry, RSS is disabled",
+        "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>"
+    },
+    "css": ""
+}

hitcount.txt

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-241

locales/en-GB.json

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+{
+    "quotes": "“”‘’",
+    "password": "Password",
+    "username": "Username",
+    "prettyname": "Prettyname",
+    "description": "Description (social links, what you write about etc), supports markdown",
+    "title": "Title",
+    "post_content": "Post Content, supports markdown",
+    "tags": "Tags (comma seperated)",
+    "delete_account_confirmation": "Delete my account - (I agree that my account and all of my posts will be permanently deleted instantly)",
+    "signup_agreement": "I agree to not post illegal or hateful content",
+    "comment": "Comment",
+    "submit": "Sumbit",
+
+    "site_ran_by": "Site is ran by",
+    "signups_unavailable": "Sorry, this server does not allow signups",
+    "user_exists": "Sorry, this user already exists, try a different username",
+    "user_doesnt_exist": "Sorry, this user does not exist",
+    "comment_doesnt_exist": "This comment doesn't exist, this could be because the post it was attached to was deleted",
+    "post_doesnt_exist": "This post doesn't exist or was deleted",
+    "incorrect_password": "Incorrect Password",
+    "rss_disabled": "Sorry, RSS is disabled",
+    "atom_disabled": "Sorry, ATOM is disabled",
+    "AI_consent": "The content on this website may not be copied, scraped, or used to train AI models or large language models (LLMs) without prior written consent.",
+
+    "rss_feed": "RSS Feed",
+    "atom_feed": "ATOM Feed",
+    "no_tags": "No Tags",
+    "new_post": "New Post",
+    "edit_post": "Edit Post",
+    "sign_up": "Sign Up",
+    "edit_account": "Edit Account",
+    "permalink": "Permalink",
+    "written_by": "Written by",
+    "published": "Published",
+    "last_modified": "Last Modified",
+    "hitcount": "Hitcount",
+    "posts_tagged": "Posts Tagged",
+    "home_page": "Home Page",
+    "site_index": "Site Index",
+    "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>"
+}

locales/en-US.json

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+{
+    "quotes": "“”‘’",
+    "password": "Password",
+    "username": "Username",
+    "prettyname": "Prettyname",
+    "description": "Description (social links, what you write about etc), supports markdown",
+    "title": "Title",
+    "post_content": "Post Content, supports markdown",
+    "tags": "Tags (comma seperated)",
+    "delete_account_confirmation": "Delete my account - (I agree that my account and all of my posts will be permanently deleted instantly)",
+    "signup_agreement": "I agree to not post illegal or hateful content",
+    "comment": "Comment",
+    "submit": "Sumbit",
+
+    "site_ran_by": "Site is ran by",
+    "signups_unavailable": "Sorry, this server does not allow signups",
+    "user_exists": "Sorry, this user already exists, try a different username",
+    "user_doesnt_exist": "Sorry, this user does not exist",
+    "comment_doesnt_exist": "This comment doesn't exist, this could be because the post it was attached to was deleted",
+    "post_doesnt_exist": "This post doesn't exist or was deleted",
+    "incorrect_password": "Incorrect Password",
+    "rss_disabled": "Sorry, RSS is disabled",
+    "atom_disabled": "Sorry, ATOM is disabled",
+    "AI_consent": "The·content·on·this·website·may·not·be·copied,·scraped,·or·used·to·train·AI·models·or·large·language·models·(LLMs)·without·prior·written·consent.",
+
+    "rss_feed": "RSS Feed",
+    "atom_feed": "ATOM Feed",
+    "no_tags": "No Tags",
+    "new_post": "New Post",
+    "edit_post": "Edit Post",
+    "sign_up": "Sign Up",
+    "edit_account": "Edit Account",
+    "permalink": "Permalink",
+    "written_by": "Written by",
+    "published": "Published",
+    "last_modified": "Last Modified",
+    "hitcount": "Hitcount",
+    "posts_tagged": "Posts Tagged",
+    "home_page": "Home Page",
+    "site_index": "Site Index",
+    "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>"
+}

locales/template.json

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+{
+    "quotes": "“”‘’",
+    "password": "Password",
+    "username": "Username",
+    "prettyname": "Prettyname",
+    "description": "Description (social links, what you write about etc), supports markdown",
+    "title": "Title",
+    "post_content": "Post Content, supports markdown",
+    "tags": "Tags (comma seperated)",
+    "delete_account_confirmation": "Delete my account - (I agree that my account and all of my posts will be permanently deleted instantly)",
+    "signup_agreement": "I agree to not post illegal or hateful content",
+    "comment": "Comment",
+    "submit": "Sumbit",
+
+    "signups_unavailable": "Sorry, this server does not allow signups",
+    "user_exists": "Sorry, this user already exists, try a different username",
+    "user_doesnt_exist": "Sorry, this user does not exist",
+    "comment_doesnt_exist": "This comment doesn't exist, this could be because the post it was attached to was deleted",
+    "post_doesnt_exist": "This post doesn't exist or was deleted",
+    "incorrect_password": "Incorrect Password",
+    "rss_disabled": "Sorry, RSS is disabled",
+    "atom_disabled": "Sorry, ATOM is disabled",
+
+    "rss_feed": "RSS Feed",
+    "atom_feed": "ATOM Feed",
+    "new_post": "New Post",
+    "edit_post": "Edit Post",
+    "sign_up": "Sign Up",
+    "edit_account": "Edit Account",
+    "permalink": "Permalink",
+    "written_by": "Written by",
+    "published": "Published",
+    "last_modified": "Last Modified",
+    "hitcount": "Hitcount",
+    "posts_tagged": "Posts Tagged",
+    "home_page": "Home Page",
+    "site_index": "Site Index",
+    "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>"
+}

package.json

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 {
+  "name": "blogger-nodejs",
+  "version": "0.0.5",
+  "description": "Simple web logging backend",
+  "author": "DeaDvey",
+  "license": "WTFPL",
   "dependencies": {
-    "crypto": "^1.0.1",
     "date-fns": "^4.1.0",
+    "ejs": "^3.1.10",
     "express": "^5.1.0",
-    "showdown": "^2.1.0"
+    "markdown-it": "^14.1.0"
   }
 }

src/functions.js

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+import { createRequire } from 'module';
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+const config = require("../config.json")
+const locale = require(`../locales/${config.locale}.json`)
+
+// The configuration defines a date format using the date-fns (a datetime library) syntax 
+// eg "yyyy-MM-dd"
+// this converts unix time (an integer) into a string that is formatted according to config.js
+// uses date-fns's fromUnixTime() and format() functions
+// returns the formatted date (string)
+export function unix_time_to_date_format(unix_time) {
+    const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns") // A date utility library
+	let date = fromUnixTime(unix_time)
+	let formatted_date = format(date, config.date_format)
+	return formatted_date
+}
+// This is similar to the above function, however, instead of formatting to the users
+// configuration, it formats to RFC-822 which is the date format used by RSS feeds
+// eg "Mon, 23 May 2025 18:59:59 +0100"
+// accepts unix time (int)
+// returns the formatted date (string)
+export function unix_time_to_rss_date(unix_time) {
+    const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns") // A date utility library
+	let date = fromUnixTime(unix_time)
+	let formatted_date = format(date, "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss")
+	return `${formatted_date} ${config.time_zone}`
+}
+// And again with atom's date format
+export function unix_time_to_atom_date(unix_time) {
+    const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns") // A date utility library
+	let date = fromUnixTime(unix_time)
+	let formatted_date = format(date, "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'")
+	return `${formatted_date}`
+}
+// This function accepts a list of strings eg ["string1","string2,"string3"] (any length)
+// then returns a string of them each pointing to a seperate url
+// eg "<a href="/tag/string1">string1</a>, <a href="/tag/string2">string2</a>, <a href="/tag/string3">string3</a>"
+// this is so you can have a list of tags that each point to their individual tag page
+// returns: string
+export function render_tags(tags) {
+	let string = "" // Initialises the string
+    if (tags.length == 1 && tags[0] == "") {
+        string = locale.no_tags; // If there are no tags, output something
+    }
+    else {
+        for (let tag_index = 0; tag_index < tags.length; tag_index++) { // Loop over each tag
+            string += `<a href="/tag/${tags[tag_index]}">${tags[tag_index]}</a>` // Adds the tag to the string as a HTML href
+            if (tag_index < tags.length - 1) { // If there are more tags, then insert a comma
+                string += ", ";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+	return string
+}
+// The users are stored as a list of objects [ user_object, user_object, user_object ]
+// So you cannot easily find the userID (position in list) from the username
+// This function returns the username for a given userID by looping over every user
+// if the user is present, it returns the index of the user (integer)
+// if the user is not present it returns -1
+export function get_userID(username) {
+    const users = require("../data/users.json")
+	for (let i = 0; i < users.length; i++) { // Loop over every user
+		if (users[i]['username'] == username) {
+			return i // If the username matches then return the index of that user
+		}
+	}
+	return -1 // If user is not present, return -1
+}
+
+export function get_comment(commentID) { // TODO scales like shit
+    const comments = require("../data/comments.json")
+	for (let i = 0; i < comments.comments.length; i++) { // Loop over every post
+        for (let j = 0; j < comments.comments[i].length; j++) { // Then every comment in that post
+            if (comments.comments[i][j]["id"] == commentID) {
+                return comments.comments[i][j]
+            };
+        }
+	}
+	return -1 // If comment is not present, return -1
+}
+// This escapes some potentially dangerous HTML characters with their HTML entities
+// https://www.freeformatter.com/html-entities.html
+// accepts a string
+// returns a string with some character replaced by their entities
+export function escape_input(input) {
+    let output = input
+        .replaceAll("<", "&lt;")
+        .replaceAll(">", "&gt;")
+        .replaceAll("\\", "&#92;")
+        .replaceAll('"', "&#34;")
+        .replaceAll("'", "&#39;")
+        .replaceAll("/", "&#47;")
+        .replaceAll("%", "&#37;")
+        .replaceAll("&", "&amp;")
+    return output
+}
+
+// Render comment content by replacing the >> int with a url link to that comment
+export function render_comment(comment_content) {
+    return comment_content
+            .replaceAll(/>> ([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1'>>> $1</a>")
+            .replaceAll(/>>([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1'>>>$1</a>")
+            .replaceAll(/&gt;&gt; ([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1'>>> $1</a>")
+            .replaceAll(/&gt;&gt;([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1'>>>$1</a>")
+            .replaceAll("\n", "<br/>")
+};
+export function render_md(content) {
+    const markdownit = require("markdown-it")
+    const md = markdownit({
+        html: false,
+        xhtmlOut: false,
+        breaks: true,
+        linkify: false,
+        typographer: true,
+        quotes: locale.quotes,
+    })
+    return md.render(content)
+};

src/initialise.js

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+import { createRequire } from 'module';
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+// Initialise the program by creating users.js, comments.js, posts.js and config.js
+// All require default content in them to start off with
+// Then exit successfully
+// returns nothing
+export function initialise() {
+    const fs = require("fs");
+    try {
+        const users = require("../data/users.json");
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        console.log("Creating users file")
+        fs.writeFileSync(`../data/users.json`, `[]`)
+    }
+    try {
+        const posts = require("../data/posts.json");
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        console.log("Creating posts file")
+        fs.writeFileSync(`../data/posts.json`, `[]`)
+    }
+    try {
+        const comments = require("../data/comments.json");
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        console.log("Creating comments file")
+        fs.writeFileSync(`../data/comments.json`, `{\n"comments": [],\n"counter": 0}`)
+    }
+    try {
+        const config = require("../config.json");
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        console.log("Copying the example config to config.js")
+        console.log("!!! PLEASE MODIFY config.json TO YOUR NEEDS !!!")
+        fs.copyFile('../example-config.json', '../config.json', (err) => {
+            console.log("Error copying file")
+        })
+    }
+    try {
+        fs.readFileSync("../data/hitcount.txt")
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        console.log("Creating hitcount file")
+        fs.writeFileSync("../data/hitcount.txt", "0", (err) => {
+            console.log("Error creating hitcount.txt")
+        })
+    }
+    console.log("Successfully initialised")
+    process.exit(0)
+}

src/server.js

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+// Get the libraries
+const fs = require('fs'); // For modifying and reading files
+const express = require('express'); // For running a webserver in nodejs
+const crypto = require('crypto'); // For encrypting passwords, I use sha512
+// fromUnixTime(): Create a date from a Unix timestamp (in seconds). Decimal values will be discarded.
+// format(): Return the formatted date string in the given format. The result may vary by locale.
+// getUnixTime(): Get the seconds timestamp of the given date.
+// find out more at https://date-fns.org/ \or docs: https://date-fns.org/docs/Getting-Started
+const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns") // A date utility library
+const ejs = require("ejs")
+const func = require("./functions.js")
+const init = require("./initialise.js")
+
+// There's only one possible argument, so we can just check if the user passed that one
+// TODO I plan on adding more such as --help and --post so I should make this more robust at some point
+if (process.argv[2] == "--first-time") {
+    init.initialise() // Creates any files such users.js, posts.js, comments.js or config.js if they are not present
+}
+
+// Define the modules now so they are global
+let users // contains a list of users, each user is an object containing username,prettyname,hash and description
+let posts // contains a list of posts,
+let comments // contains a list of comments
+let config // contains a set of configuration for the site, see example-config.js for an example
+
+try {
+    // We're going to try and import the modules,
+    users = require('../data/users.json');
+    posts = require('../data/posts.json');
+    comments = require('../data/comments.json');
+    config = require('../config.json');
+}
+catch (error) {
+    // if they don't all import then 
+    // inform the user to pass --first-time and exit with an error code
+    console.log("A file is missing!")
+    console.log("Run with --first-time to initialise the program")
+    console.log(error)
+    process.exit(1)
+}
+
+// Import the locale
+try {
+    locale = require(`../locales/${config.locale}.json`);
+}
+catch (error) {
+    console.log("This locale doesn't exist, if you want to create it then you can create a PR")
+    console.log("Locale selected: ", config.locale)
+}
+
+// Define stuff to do with express (nodejs webserver)
+const app = express();
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
+app.use(express.json());
+app.use(express.static(config.root_path));
+// set the view engine to ejs
+app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
+app.set('views', '../views')
+
+////////////////////// SYNDICATION ////////////////////////
+// global RSS protocol gets
+app.get("/rss", (req,res) => {
+	if (config.rss == false) {
+		res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.rss_disabled,
+            config: config,
+        })
+	}
+	else {
+		res.setHeader('content-type', 'application/rss+xml');
+		res.render("syndication/global_rss", {
+            config,
+            posts,
+            func,
+        })
+	};
+});
+// user RSS protocol gets
+app.get("/user/:username/rss", (req,res) => {
+    const username = req.params.username;
+    const userID = func.get_userID(username);
+	if (config.rss == false) {
+		res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.rss_disabled,
+            config: config,
+        })
+	}
+	else {
+		res.setHeader('content-type', 'application/rss+xml');
+		res.render("syndication/user_rss", {
+            config,
+            posts,
+            func,
+            userID,
+        })
+	};
+});
+// global ATOM protocol gets
+app.get("/atom", (req,res) => {
+	if (config.atom == false) {
+		res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.atom_disabled,
+            config: config,
+        })
+	}
+	else {
+		res.setHeader('content-type', 'application/rss+xml');
+		res.render("syndication/global_atom", {
+            config,
+            posts,
+            func,
+            getUnixTime,
+        })
+	};
+});
+// user ATOM protocol gets
+app.get("/user/:username/atom", (req,res) => {
+    const username = req.params.username;
+    const userID = func.get_userID(username);
+	if (config.atom == false) {
+		res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.atom_disabled,
+            config: config,
+        })
+	}
+	else {
+		res.setHeader('content-type', 'application/rss+xml');
+		res.render("syndication/user_atom", {
+            config,
+            posts,
+            func,
+            userID,
+            getUnixTime,
+        })
+	};
+});
+
+///////////////////// Page index's ///////////////////////
+app.get("/index/pages", (req,res) => {
+    res.render("indexes/all_pages", {
+        config,
+        posts,
+        users,
+        comments: comments.comments,
+    });
+}); // /index/posts
+app.get("/index/posts", (req,res) => {
+    res.render("indexes/posts", {
+        config,
+        posts,
+    });
+}); // /index/posts
+app.get("/index/users", (req,res) => {
+    res.render("indexes/users", {
+        config,
+        users,
+    });
+}); // /index/posts
+app.get("/index/comments", (req,res) => {
+    res.render("indexes/comments", {
+        config,
+        comments: comments.comments,
+    });
+}); // /index/posts
+
+
+///////////////////// Standard Pages //////////////////////
+app.get("/", (req,res) => {
+    // Increment the hitcount
+	if (config.enable_hitcount) {
+		let hitcount = parseInt(fs.readFileSync('../data/hitcount.txt'))
+		hitcount += 1
+		console.log(`/ Is loaded, hitcount: ${hitcount}`)
+		fs.writeFileSync(`../data/hitcount.txt`, `${hitcount}`, 'utf-8');
+	}
+
+    res.render("pages/timeline",
+        {
+            config,
+            locale,
+            posts,
+            users,
+            comments: comments.comments,
+            hitcount: fs.readFileSync("../data/hitcount.txt"),
+            fromUnixTime,
+            format,
+            getUnixTime,
+            func,
+        })
+}); // /
+app.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
+    const userID = func.get_userID(req.params.username)
+    console.log(userID)
+    if (userID != -1) {
+	    res.render("pages/user",
+		{
+		    config,
+		    locale,
+		    posts,
+		    user: users[userID],
+		    userID: userID,
+		    comments: comments.comments,
+		    fromUnixTime: fromUnixTime,
+		    format: format,
+		    getUnixTime: getUnixTime,
+		    func,
+		})
+    }
+    else if (userID == -1) {
+	res.render("partials/message",
+		{
+			message: locale.user_doesnt_exist,
+			config,
+		})
+    }
+}); // /user/:username
+app.get("/post/:post_index", (req, res) => {
+    const postID = req.params.post_index
+    if (postID > posts.length-1 || posts[postID]["deleted"] == true) {
+        res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.post_doesnt_exist,
+            config,
+        })
+    }
+    else if (typeof posts[postID]["deleted"] == "undefined" || posts[postID]["deleted"] == false) {
+        res.render("pages/post",
+            {
+                config,
+                locale,
+                post: posts[postID],
+                postID: postID,
+                user: users[posts[postID].userID],
+                comments: comments.comments[postID],
+                fromUnixTime,
+                format,
+                getUnixTime,
+                func,
+            })
+    }
+    else {
+        console.log("Error loading page")
+        res.redirect(301,"/")
+    }
+}); // /post/:post_index
+app.get("/tag/:tag", (req,res) => {
+    const tag = req.params.tag
+    res.render("pages/tag",
+        {
+            config,
+            locale,
+            tag,
+            posts,
+            users,
+            comments: comments.comments,
+            fromUnixTime: fromUnixTime,
+            format: format,
+            getUnixTime: getUnixTime,
+            func,
+        })
+}); // /tag/:tag
+app.get("/comment/:commentID", (req,res) => {
+    const commentID = req.params.commentID;
+    const comment = func.get_comment(commentID)
+    if (comment == -1) {
+        res.render("partials/message", {
+            config,
+            message: locale.comment_doesnt_exist,
+        })
+    }
+    else {
+        res.render("pages/comment",
+            {
+                config: config,
+                locale,
+                post: posts[comment["id"]],
+                users,
+                comment,
+                fromUnixTime: fromUnixTime,
+                format: format,
+                getUnixTime: getUnixTime,
+                func,
+            })
+    }
+});
+
+
+///////////////////// Form pages ////////////////////////////
+app.get(config.new_post_url, (req,res) => {
+	res.render("forms/new_post", {
+        config,
+        locale,
+    });
+}); // /post
+app.get(config.signup_url, (req,res) => {
+    // if the server does allow signup
+    if (config.allow_signup == true) {
+        // Send the page for signing up to the server
+        res.render("forms/signup", {
+            config,
+            locale,
+        });
+    }
+    // if the server does not allow signup
+    else if (config.allow_signup == false) {
+        res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.signups_unavailable,
+            config,
+        })
+    }
+    // If allow_signup is undefined or not a boolean, error
+    else {
+        res.redirect(301,"/")
+        console.log("Error, invalid value for allow_signup (bool)")
+    }
+}); // /signup
+app.get(`${config.edit_account_base_url}/:user_id`, (req,res) => {
+    const userID = parseInt(req.params.user_id);
+    res.render("forms/edit_account", { 
+        config, 
+        locale,
+        user: users[userID], 
+        userID 
+    });
+}); // /delete_account
+app.get(`${config.edit_post_base_url}/:post_id`, (req,res) => {
+	const post_id = req.params.post_id
+	const post = posts[post_id]
+	const user = users[post['userID']]
+	res.render("forms/edit_post", {
+        config,
+        locale,
+        post,
+        post_id,
+        user,
+    });
+}); // /edit/:post_id
+
+
+////////////////////// Form actions /////////////////////////
+app.post("/submit_comment", (req,res) => {
+	const unix_timestamp = getUnixTime(new Date())
+    let name = func.escape_input(req.body.name)
+    if (name == "") {
+        name = config.default_commenter_username
+    }
+    new_comment = {
+        "name": name,
+        "content": func.escape_input(req.body.content),
+        "id": comments.counter,
+        "pubdate": unix_timestamp
+    };
+    comments.counter += 1;
+    comments.comments[req.body.post_index].push(new_comment);
+	fs.writeFileSync(`../data/comments.json`, `${JSON.stringify(comments)}`, 'utf-8');
+
+    res.redirect(301,`/post/${req.body.post_index}`)
+}); // /submit_comment
+app.post("/submit_post", (req,res) => {
+	const password = crypto.createHash('sha512').update(req.body.password).digest('hex');
+	const username = func.escape_input(req.body.username)
+	const title = func.escape_input(req.body.title)
+	const content = req.body.content
+	const tags = func.escape_input(req.body.tags).split(',');
+	const unix_timestamp = getUnixTime(new Date())
+
+	if (func.get_userID(username) == -1) {
+        res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.user_doesnt_exit,
+            config,
+        })
+	}
+
+	else if (users[func.get_userID(username)]['hash'] == password) { // Password matches
+	    console.log(username, "is submitting a post titled:", title);
+		posts.push({
+            "id": posts.length,
+			"userID": func.get_userID(username),
+			"title": title,
+			"content": content,
+			"pubdate": unix_timestamp,
+			"editdate": unix_timestamp,
+			"tags": tags,
+		})
+		fs.writeFileSync(`../data/posts.json`, `${JSON.stringify(posts)}`, 'utf-8');
+        comments.comments.push([])
+        fs.writeFileSync(`../data/comments.json`, `${JSON.stringify(comments)}`)
+		res.redirect(302, "/");
+	}
+	else {
+        res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.incorrect_password,
+            config,
+        })
+	}
+}); // /submit_post
+app.post("/submit_signup", (req,res) => {
+    const password =  crypto.createHash('sha512').update(req.body.password).digest('hex');
+    const username = func.escape_input(req.body.username)
+    const prettyname = func.escape_input(req.body.prettyname)
+    const description = req.body.description
+
+    // Check that signups are allowed
+    if (config.allow_signup == true) {
+        // func.get_userID will return -1 if the user does not exist
+        // so this checks that the user does not exist
+        if (func.get_userID(username) == -1) {
+            users.push({
+                "id": users.length,
+                "username": username,
+                "prettyname": prettyname,
+                "hash": password,
+                "description": description,
+            })
+            fs.writeFileSync(`../data/users.json`, `${JSON.stringify(users)}`, 'utf-8');
+            res.redirect(301, `/user/${username}`)
+        }
+        // if the user does exist then
+        else {
+            res.render("partials/message", {
+                message: locale.user_exists,
+                config,
+            })
+        }
+    }
+    else if (config.allow_signup == false) {
+        res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.signups_unavailable,
+            config,
+        })
+    }
+    // If allow_signup is undefined or not a boolean, error
+    else {
+        res.redirect(301,"/")
+        console.log("Error, invalid value for allow_signup (bool)")
+    }
+}); // /submit_signup
+app.post("/submit_edit_user", (req,res) => {
+    // Get the form info
+    const password = crypto.createHash("sha512").update(req.body.password).digest("hex");
+    const userID = func.escape_input(req.body.userID)
+    const description = req.body.description
+    const prettyname = func.escape_input(req.body.prettyname)
+    const delete_bool = req.body.delete
+
+    if (userID >= 0) { // The user exists
+        if (password == users[userID]['hash']) { // password matches
+            console.log(userID, " (userID) is modifying their account")
+            users[userID]["prettyname"] = prettyname;
+            users[userID]["description"] = description;
+
+            if (delete_bool == true) {
+                // Delete the user
+                users[userID] = {"id": userID,"deleted": true}
+                // Delete all their posts
+                for (let postid = 0; postid < posts.length; postid++) { // loop over all posts
+                    if (posts[postid]['userID'] == userID) { // if userID matches
+                        posts[postid] = {"id": postid, "deleted": true} // delete the post
+                        comments.comments[postid] = [] // the comments for this post should also be deleted
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+            // Write these changes
+            fs.writeFileSync(`../data/users.json`, `${JSON.stringify(users)}`, 'utf-8');
+		    fs.writeFileSync(`../data/posts.json`, `${JSON.stringify(posts)}`, 'utf-8'); 
+	        fs.writeFileSync(`../data/comments.json`, `${JSON.stringify(comments)}`, 'utf-8');
+            res.redirect(301,`/user/${users[userID]["username"]}`)
+        }
+        else { // password does not match
+            res.render("partials/message", {
+                    message: locale.incorrect_password,
+                    config
+                }
+            )
+        };
+    }
+    else {
+        res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.user_doesnt_exist,
+            config,
+        })
+    }
+}); // /submit_delete_account
+app.post("/submit_edit_post", (req,res) => {
+    const password = crypto.createHash('sha512').update(req.body.password).digest('hex');
+    const postID = req.body.postID
+    const userID = req.body.userID
+    const title = func.escape_input(req.body.title)
+    const content = req.body.content
+    const tags = func.escape_input(req.body.tags).split(",")
+    const delete_bool = req.body.delete
+    const unix_timestamp = getUnixTime(new Date())
+    console.log(users[userID]['prettyname'], "is editting the post titled:", title);
+
+	if (users[userID]['hash'] == password) { // password matches
+		let post = posts[postID]
+		post['title'] = title
+		post['content'] = content
+		post['tags'] = tags
+		post['editdate'] = unix_timestamp
+		if (typeof delete_bool != "undefined") {
+			console.log("Deleting post!")
+			posts[postID] = {"id": post["id"], "deleted": true}
+            comments.comments[postID] = []; 
+		    fs.writeFileSync(`../data/comments.json`, `${JSON.stringify(comments)}`, 'utf-8');
+		}
+		fs.writeFileSync(`../data/posts.json`, `${JSON.stringify(posts)}`, 'utf-8');
+		res.redirect(302, "/");
+	}
+	else {
+        res.render("partials/message", {
+            message: locale.incorrect_password,
+            config,
+        })
+	}
+}); // /submit_edit
+
+app.listen(config.port, () => {
+	console.log(`Server is running at http://localhost:${config.port} webroot: ${config.root_path}`);
+    console.log("Running in: ", __dirname)
+});

views/forms/edit_account.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="<%= config.language %>
+    <head>
+        <%- include("../partials/head") %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <form action="/submit_edit_user" method="POST">
+            <input name="userID" type="hidden" value="<%= userID %>">
+            <label><%= locale.password %>:</label><br/>
+            <input type="password" required id="password" name="password"><br/><br/>
+
+            <label><%= locale.prettyname %>:</label><br/>
+            <input name="prettyname" value="<%= user.prettyname %>"><br/><br/>
+
+            <label><%= locale.description  %>:</label><br/>
+            <textarea name="description"><%= user.description %></textarea><br/><br/>
+
+            <label><%- locale.delete_account_confirmation %>: </label><input type="checkbox" name="agreement"><br/>
+            <input type="submit" value="Submit"><br/>
+        </form>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/forms/edit_post.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="<%= config.language %>">
+    <head>
+        <%- include("../partials/head") %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <form action="/submit_edit_post" method="POST" onsubmit="sha512password()">
+            <input name="userID" type="hidden" value="<%= post['userID'] %>">
+            <input name="postID" type="hidden" value="<%= post_id %>">
+
+            <label><%= locale.password %>:</label><br/>
+            <input type="password" required id="password" name="password"><br/><br/>
+
+            <label><%= locale.title %>:</label><br/>
+            <input value="<%=post['title'] %>" required name="title"><br/><br/>
+
+            <label><%= locale.post_content %>:</label><br/>
+            <textarea required name="content"><%= post['content'] %></textarea><br/><br/>
+
+            <label><%= locale.tags %>:</label><br/>
+            <input value="<%= post['tags'] %>" name="tags"><br/><br/>
+
+            <label>Delete forever (no undo): </label><input name="delete" type="checkbox"><br/>
+            <input type="submit" value="Submit"><br/>
+        </form>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/forms/new_post.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+</html>
+    <head>
+        <%- include('../partials/head.ejs') %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+    <form action="/submit_post" method="POST">
+        <label><%= locale.username %>:</label><br/>
+        <input required name="username"><br/><br/>
+
+        <label><%= locale.password %>:</label><br/>
+        <input type="password" required id="password" name="password"><br/><br/>
+
+        <label><%= locale.title %>:</label><br/>
+        <input required name="title"><br/><br/>
+
+        <label><%= locale.post_content %>:</label><br/>
+        <textarea required name="content"></textarea><br/><br/>
+
+        <label><%= locale.tags %>:</label><br/>
+        <input name="tags"><br/><br/>
+
+        <input type="submit" value="Submit"><br/>
+    </body>
+</form></html>

views/forms/signup.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+</html lang="<%= config.language %>">
+    <head>
+        <%- include("../partials/head") %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <form action="/submit_signup" method="POST">
+            <label><%= locale.username %></label><br/>
+            <input required name="username"><br/><br/>
+
+            <label><%= locale.prettyname %></label><br/>
+            <input required name="prettyname"><br/><br/>
+
+            <label><%= locale.password %></label><br/>
+            <input type="password" required id="password" name="password"><br/><br/>
+
+            <label><%= locale.description %></label><br/>
+            <textarea id="description" name="description"></textarea><br/><br/>
+
+            <label><%- locale.signup_agreement %>: </label><input type="checkbox" name="agreement" required><br/>
+            <input type="submit" value="Submit"><br/>
+        </form>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/headers/site_wide.ejs

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+<a href="/"><%= locale.home_page %></a> 
+<a href="/index/pages"><%= locale.site_index %></a> 
+<a href="<%= config.new_post_url %>"><%= locale.new_post %></a>
+<br/>
+<%- config.seperator %>

views/headers/tag.ejs

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+<h1>
+    <%= locale.posts_tagged %>: "<%- tag %>"
+</h1>
+<%- config.seperator %>

views/headers/timeline.ejs

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+<h1>
+    <%- config.site_name %>
+</h1>
+<h2>
+    <%- config.site_description %>
+</h2>
+<% if (config.rss == true) { %>
+    <a href="/rss"><%= locale.rss_feed %></a><br/>
+<% } %>
+<% if (config.atom == true) { %>
+    <a href="/atom"><%= locale.atom_feed %></a><br/>
+<% } %>
+<a href="<%= config.new_post_url %>"><%= locale.new_post %></a><br/>
+<% if (config.allow_signup == true) { %>
+    <a href="<%= config.signup_url %>"><%= locale.sign_up %></a><br/>
+<% } %>
+<% if (config.enable_hitcount == true) { %>
+<%= locale.hitcount %>: <%= hitcount %>
+<% } %>
+<%- config.seperator %>

views/headers/user.ejs

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+<h1>
+    <%= user.prettyname %>
+</h1>
+<p><%- func.render_md(user.description) %></p>
+<a href="<%= config.edit_account_base_url %>/<%= userID %>"><%= locale.edit_account %></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/<%= user.username %>/rss"><%= locale.rss_feed %></a><br/>
+<a href="/user/<%= user.username %>/atom"><%= locale.atom_feed %></a>
+<%- config.seperator %>

views/indexes/all_pages.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="<%= config.charset %>">
+    <head>
+        <%- include("../partials/head") %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        Misc:<br/>
+        <a href="/">Home Page</a><br/>
+        <a href="<%= config.new_post_url %>">New Post Form</a><br/>
+        <a href="<%= config.signup_url %>">Signup Form</a><br/>
+        Indexes:<br/>
+        <a href="/index/posts">Posts Index</a><br/>
+        <a href="/index/users">Users Index</a><br/>
+        <a href="/index/comments">Comments Index</a><br/>
+        Posts:<br/>
+        <% for (let postID = 0; postID < posts.length; postID++) { %>
+        <% if (posts[postID]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+        <a href="/post/<%= postID %>"><%= posts[postID]["title"] %></a><br/>
+        <% }; %>
+        <% }; %>
+        Comments:<br/>
+        <% for (let postID = 0; postID < comments.length; postID++) { %>
+        <% for (let comment_index = 0; comment_index < comments[postID].length; comment_index++) { %>
+        <a href="/comment/<%= comments[postID][comment_index]["id"] %>"><%= comments[postID][comment_index]["id"] %></a><br/>
+        <% }; %>
+        <% }; %>
+        Users:<br/>
+        <% for (let userID = 0; userID < users.length; userID++) { %>
+        <% if (users[userID]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+        <a href="/user/<%= users[userID]["username"] %>"><%= users[userID]["username"] %></a><br/>
+        <% }; %>
+        <% }; %>
+        Edit Posts:<br/>
+        <% for (let postID = 0; postID < posts.length; postID++) { %>
+        <% if (posts[postID]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+        <a href="/<%= config.edit_post_base_url %>/<%= postID %>">Edit <%= posts[postID]["title"] %></a><br/>
+        <% }; %>
+        <% }; %>
+        Edit Users:<br/>
+        <% for (let userID = 0; userID < users.length; userID++) { %>
+        <% if (users[userID]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+        <a href="/<%= config.edit_account_base_url %>/<%= users[userID]["username"] %>">Edit <%= users[userID]["username"] %></a><br/>
+        <% }; %>
+        <% }; %>
+        <!-- TODO add tags -->
+    </body>
+</html>

views/indexes/comments.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="<%= config.charset %>">
+    <head>
+        <%- include("../partials/head") %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <% for (let postID = 0; postID < comments.length; postID++) { %>
+        <% for (let comment_index = 0; comment_index < comments[postID].length; comment_index++) { %>
+        <a href="/comment/<%= comments[postID][comment_index]["id"] %>"><%= comments[postID][comment_index]["id"] %></a><br/>
+        <% }; %>
+        <% }; %>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/indexes/posts.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="<%= config.charset %>">
+    <head>
+        <%- include("../partials/head") %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <% for (let postID = 0; postID < posts.length; postID++) { %>
+        <% if (posts[postID]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+        <a href="/post/<%= postID %>"><%= posts[postID]["title"] %></a><br/>
+        <% }; %>
+        <% }; %>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/indexes/users.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="<%= config.charset %>">
+    <head>
+        <%- include("../partials/head") %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <% for (let userID = 0; userID < users.length; userID++) { %>
+        <% if (users[userID]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+        <a href="/user/<%= users[userID]["username"] %>"><%= users[userID]["username"] %></a><br/>
+        <% }; %>
+        <% }; %>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/pages/comment.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <%- include('../partials/head'); %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <div id="header">
+            <%- include("../headers/site_wide") %>
+        </div>
+        <div id="comment">
+            <%- include("../partials/comment"); %>
+        </div>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/pages/post.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <%- include('../partials/head'); %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <div id="header">
+            <%- include("../headers/site_wide") %>
+        </div>
+        <div id="posts">
+            <%- include('../posts/post'); %>
+        </div>
+        <footer>
+            <%- include('../partials/footer'); %>
+        </footer>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/pages/tag.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <%- include('../partials/head'); %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <div id="header">
+            <%- include('../headers/site_wide'); %>
+            <%- include('../headers/tag'); %>
+        </div>
+        <div id="posts">
+            <% for (let index = posts.length - 1; index >= 0; index--) { %>
+                <% if ( posts[index].deleted != true) { %>
+                    <% posts[index].tags.forEach((current_tag, tag_index) => { %> 
+                        <% if (current_tag == tag) { %>
+                            <%- include('../posts/tag', {post: posts[index], user: users[posts[index].userID], comments: comments[index]}); %>
+                        <% } %>
+                    <% }) %>
+                <% } %>
+            <% } %>
+        </div>
+        <footer>
+            <%- include('../partials/footer'); %>
+        </footer>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/pages/timeline.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <%- include('../partials/head'); %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <div id="header">
+            <%- include("../headers/site_wide") %> 
+            <%- include('../headers/timeline'); %>
+        </div>
+        <form method="POST" action="/submit_nothing" style="display:none">
+            <!-- Form is used to help mitigate spam as it is the first form on the front page -->
+            <input type="hidden" name="post_index" value="0">
+            <input placeholder="username" name="name"><br/>
+            <textarea placeholder="comment" name="content"></textarea><br/>
+            <button type="submit">Submit</button>
+        </form>
+        <div id="posts">
+            <% for (let index = posts.length - 1; index >= 0; index--) { %>
+            <% if (posts[index]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+                    <%- include('../posts/timeline', {post: posts[index], postID: index, user: users[posts[index].userID], comments: comments[index]}); %>
+                <% } %>
+            <% } %>
+        </div>
+        <footer>
+            <%- include('../partials/footer'); %>
+        </footer>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/pages/user.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <%- include('../partials/head'); %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <div id="header">
+            <%- include("../headers/site_wide") %>
+            <%- include('../headers/user'); %>
+        </div>
+        <div id="posts">
+            <% for (let index = posts.length - 1; index >= 0; index--) { %>
+                <% if (posts[index].userID == userID) { %>
+                    <%- include('../posts/user', {post: posts[index], postID: index, user: user, comments: comments[index]}); %>
+                    <% } %>
+            <% } %>
+        </div>
+        <footer>
+            <%- include('../partials/footer'); %>
+        </footer>
+    </body>
+</html>

views/partials/comment.ejs

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+<b><%= comment.name %></b> <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(comment.pubdate) %> <i>No. <%= comment.id %></i>:<br/>
+<%- func.render_comment(comment.content) %>
+<br/>

views/partials/footer.ejs

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+<%= locale.site_ran_by %> <%= config.site_admin %><br/>
+<%- locale.attribution %><br/>
+<%= locale.AI_consent %> <!-- remove consent for AI scrapers -->

views/partials/head.ejs

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+<meta charset="<%- config.charset %>">
+<title><%= config.site_name %></title>
+
+<style>
+
+</style>
+
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/custom.css">

views/partials/message.ejs

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="<%= config.language %>">
+    <head>
+        <%- include('head') %>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <div id="header">
+            <%- include("../headers/site_wide") %>
+        </div>
+        <%- message %>
+    </body>
+</html>
+

views/posts/post.ejs

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+<div id="post-header">
+    <h1>
+        <%= post.title %>
+    </h1>
+</div>
+<div id="post-content">
+    <p>
+        <%- func.render_md(post.content) %><br/>
+    </p>
+</div>
+<div id="post-details">
+    <div id="post-author">
+        <i><%= locale.written_by %> <a href="/user/<%= user.username %>"><%= user.username %></a><br/></i>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-tags">
+        <%- func.render_tags(post.tags) %><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-edit">
+        <a href="<%= config.edit_post_base_url %>/<%= post["id"] %>"><%= locale.edit_post %></a><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-pubdate">
+        <i><%= locale.published %>: <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(post.pubdate) %></i><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-editdate">
+        <i><%= locale.last_modified %>: <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(post.pubdate) %></i><br/>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+<div id="post-commentform">
+    <!-- Comment form -->
+    <form method="POST" action="/submit_comment">
+        <input type="hidden" name="post_index" value="<%= post["id"] %>">
+        <label><%= locale.username %>:</label><br/><input name="name"><br/><br/>
+        <label><%= locale.comment %>:</label><br/><textarea name="content"></textarea><br/>
+        <button type="submit"><%= locale.submit %></button>
+    </form>
+</div>
+
+<div id="post-comments">
+    <% comments.forEach((comment, index) => { %>
+        <div id="comment-no<%= comment.id %>" class="post-comment-<%= index %>">
+            <%- include('../partials/comment', {comment: comment}) %>
+        </div>
+    <% }) %>
+</div>
+
+<%- config.seperator %>
+

views/posts/tag.ejs

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+<div id="post-header">
+    <h1>
+        <%= post.title %>
+    </h1>
+</div>
+<div id="post-content">
+    <p>
+        <%- func.render_md(post.content) %><br/>
+    </p>
+</div>
+<div id="post-details">
+    <div id="post-author">
+        <i><%= locale.written_by %> <a href="/user/<%= user.username %>"><%= user.username %></a><br/></i>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-permalink">
+        <a href="/post/<%= post["id"] %>"><%= locale.permalink %><a/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-tags">
+        <%- func.render_tags(post.tags) %><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-edit">
+        <a href="<%= config.edit_post_base_url %>/<%= post["id"] %>"><%= locale.edit_post %></a><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-pubdate">
+        <i><%= locale.published %>: <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(post.pubdate) %></i><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-editdate">
+        <i><%= locale.last_modified %>: <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(post.pubdate) %></i><br/>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+<div id="post-commentform">
+    <!-- Comment form -->
+    <form method="POST" action="/submit_comment">
+        <input type="hidden" name="post_index" value="<%= post["id"] %>">
+        <label><%= locale.username %>:</label><br/><input name="name"><br/><br/>
+        <label><%= locale.comment %>:</label><br/><textarea name="content"></textarea><br/>
+        <button type="submit"><%= locale.submit %></button>
+    </form>
+</div>
+
+<div id="post-comments">
+    <% comments.forEach((comment, index) => { %>
+        <div id="comment-no<%= comment.id %>" class="post-comment-<%= index %>">
+            <%- include('../partials/comment', {comment: comment}) %>
+        </div>
+    <% }) %>
+</div>
+
+<%- config.seperator %>
+

views/posts/timeline.ejs

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+<div id="post-header">
+    <h1>
+        <%= post.title %>
+    </h1>
+</div>
+<div id="post-content">
+    <p>
+        <%- func.render_md(post.content) %><br/>
+    </p>
+</div>
+<div id="post-details">
+    <div id="post-author">
+        <i><%= locale.written_by %> <a href="/user/<%= user.username %>"><%= user.username %></a><br/></i>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-permalink">
+        <a href="/post/<%= post["id"] %>"><%= locale.permalink %><a/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-tags">
+        <%- func.render_tags(post.tags) %><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-edit">
+        <a href="<%= config.edit_post_base_url %>/<%= post["id"] %>"><%= locale.edit_post %></a><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-pubdate">
+        <i><%= locale.published %>: <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(post.pubdate) %></i><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-editdate">
+        <i><%= locale.last_modified %>: <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(post.pubdate) %></i><br/>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+<div id="post-commentform">
+    <!-- Comment form -->
+    <form method="POST" action="/submit_comment">
+        <input type="hidden" name="post_index" value="<%= post["id"] %>">
+        <label><%= locale.username %>:</label><br/><input name="name"><br/><br/>
+        <label><%= locale.comment %>:</label><br/><textarea name="content"></textarea><br/>
+        <button type="submit"><%= locale.submit %></button>
+    </form>
+</div>
+
+<div id="post-comments">
+    <% comments.forEach((comment, index) => { %>
+        <div id="comment-no<%= comment.id %>" class="post-comment-<%= index %>">
+            <%- include('../partials/comment', {comment: comment}) %>
+        </div>
+    <% }) %>
+</div>
+
+<%- config.seperator %>
+

views/posts/user.ejs

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+<div id="post-header">
+    <h1>
+        <%= post.title %>
+    </h1>
+</div>
+<div id="post-content">
+    <p>
+        <%- func.render_md(post.content) %><br/>
+    </p>
+</div>
+<div id="post-details">
+    <div id="post-permalink">
+        <a href="/post/<%= post["id"] %>"><%= locale.permalink %><a/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-tags">
+        <%- func.render_tags(post.tags) %><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-edit">
+        <a href="<%= config.edit_post_base_url %>/<%= post["id"] %>"><%= locale.edit_post %></a><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-pubdate">
+        <i><%= locale.published %>: <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(post.pubdate) %></i><br/>
+    </div>
+    <div id="post-editdate">
+        <i><%= locale.last_modified %>: <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(post.pubdate) %></i><br/>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+<div id="post-commentform">
+    <!-- Comment form -->
+    <form method="POST" action="/submit_comment">
+        <input type="hidden" name="post_index" value="<%= post["id"] %>">
+        <label><%= locale.username %>:</label><br/><input name="name"><br/><br/>
+        <label><%= locale.comment %>:</label><br/><textarea name="content"></textarea><br/>
+        <button type="submit"><%= locale.submit %></button>
+    </form>
+</div>
+
+<div id="post-comments">
+    <% comments.forEach((comment, index) => { %>
+        <div id="comment-no<%= comment.id %>" class="post-comment-<%= index %>">
+            <%- include('../partials/comment', {comment: comment}) %>
+        </div>
+    <% }) %>
+</div>
+
+<%- config.seperator %>
+

views/syndication/global_atom.ejs

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="<%= config.charset %>" ?>
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+    <title><%= config.site_name %></title>
+    <link><%= config.site_url %></title>
+    <description><%= config.site_description %></description>
+    <updated><%= func.unix_time_to_atom_date(getUnixTime(new Date())) %></updated>
+    <id><%= config.site_url %></id>
+    <% for (let postID = posts.length-1; postID >= 0; postID--) { %>
+    <% if (posts[postID]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+    <entry>
+        <title><%= posts[postID]["title"] %></title>
+        <link><%= config.site_url %>/post/<%= postID %></link>
+        <summary><![CDATA[<%- func.render_md(posts[postID]["content"]) %>]]></summary>
+        <guid isPermaLink="true"><%= config.site_url %>/post/<%= postID %></guid>
+        <pubDate><%# func.unix_time_to_atom_date(posts[postID]['pubdate']) %></pubDate>
+        <% for (let tag_index = 0; tag_index < posts[postID]['tags'].length; tag_index++) { %>
+        <category><![CDATA[<%= posts[postID]['tags'][tag_index] %>]]></category>
+        <% } %>
+    </entry>
+    <% } %>
+    <% } %>
+</feed>

views/syndication/global_rss.ejs

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="<%= config.charset %>" ?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+    <channel>
+        <title><%= config.site_name %></title>
+        <link><%= config.site_url %></title>
+        <description><%= config.site_description %></description>
+        <% for (let postID = posts.length-1; postID >= 0; postID--) { %>
+        <% if (posts[postID]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+        <item>
+            <title><%= posts[postID]["title"] %></title>
+            <link><%= config.site_url %>/post/<%= postID %></link>
+            <description><![CDATA[<%- func.render_md(posts[postID]["content"]) %>]]></description>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true"><%= config.site_url %>/post/<%= postID %></guid>
+            <pubDate><%= func.unix_time_to_rss_date(posts[postID]['pubdate']) %></pubDate>
+            <% for (let tag_index = 0; tag_index < posts[postID]['tags'].length; tag_index++) { %>
+            <category><![CDATA[<%= posts[postID]['tags'][tag_index] %>]]></category>
+            <% } %>
+        </item>
+        <% } %>
+        <% } %>
+    </channel>
+</rss>

views/syndication/user_atom.ejs

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="<%= config.charset %>" ?>
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+    <title><%= config.site_name %></title>
+    <link><%= config.site_url %></title>
+    <description><%= config.site_description %></description>
+    <updated><%= func.unix_time_to_atom_date(getUnixTime(new Date())) %></updated>
+    <id><%= config.site_url %></id>
+    <% for (let postID = posts.length-1; postID >= 0; postID--) { %>
+    <% if (posts[postID]["userID"] == userID) { %>
+    <% if (posts[postID]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+    <entry>
+        <title><%= posts[postID]["title"] %></title>
+        <link><%= config.site_url %>/post/<%= postID %></link>
+        <summary><![CDATA[<%- func.render_md(posts[postID]["content"]) %>]]></summary>
+        <guid isPermaLink="true"><%= config.site_url %>/post/<%= postID %></guid>
+        <pubDate><%# func.unix_time_to_atom_date(posts[postID]['pubdate']) %></pubDate>
+        <% for (let tag_index = 0; tag_index < posts[postID]['tags'].length; tag_index++) { %>
+        <category><![CDATA[<%= posts[postID]['tags'][tag_index] %>]]></category>
+        <% } %>
+    </entry>
+    <% } %>
+    <% } %>
+    <% } %>
+</feed>

views/syndication/user_rss.ejs

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="<%= config.charset %>" ?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+    <channel>
+        <title><%= config.site_name %></title>
+        <link><%= config.site_url %></title>
+        <description><%= config.site_description %></description>
+        <% for (let postID = posts.length-1; postID >= 0; postID--) { %>
+        <% if (posts[postID]["userID"] == userID) { %>
+        <% if (posts[postID]["deleted"] != true) { %>
+        <item>
+            <title><%= posts[postID]["title"] %></title>
+            <link><%= config.site_url %>/post/<%= postID %></link>
+	    <description><![CDATA[<%- func.render_md(posts[postID]["content"]) %>]]></description>
+            <guid isPermaLink="true"><%= config.site_url %>/post/<%= postID %></guid>
+            <pubDate><%= func.unix_time_to_rss_date(posts[postID]['pubdate']) %></pubDate>
+            <% for (let tag_index = 0; tag_index < posts[postID]['tags'].length; tag_index++) { %>
+            <category><![CDATA[<%= posts[postID]['tags'][tag_index] %>]]></category>
+            <% } %>
+        </item>
+        <% } %>
+        <% } %>
+        <% } %>
+    </channel>
+</rss>