Made tags case insensitive

write to a particular index or to a whole data type

.gitignore

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ posts.json
 comments.json
 users.json
 config.json
+data.json
 hitcount.txt
 *.swp
-webroot/
+data/
+images/*

README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ This software aims to provide a lot of power to the web admin who is running the
 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/>
+The AI robots.txt file is from [ai.robots.txt (MIT)](https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt)<br/>
 
 > [!CAUTION]
 > This software is not finished yet, so it's very buggy and probably really insecure<br/>
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ Read the [configuation guide](docs/CONFIG.md) for configuration help (in config.
 * hitcount
 * Markdown syntax in posts
 * Commenting on posts and replying to other comments
-* site wide custom CSS
+* site wide custom CSS and strings
+* Search functionality
 * Page indexes
 
 # Bugs:
@@ -33,14 +35,15 @@ Read the [configuation guide](docs/CONFIG.md) for configuration help (in config.
 
 # 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 (half done)
-* Make EJS modification more user friendly
 * API for returning posts, users, comments, tags other?...
+* Moderation tools including a keyword blacklist
+* Request account function? Not sure how this should be implemented.
+* optional SQL
+* initialisation has prompts for setup process.
 
 # Docs:
 See [docs/DOCUMENTATION.md](docs/DOCUMENTATION.md)

data/data.json

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"hitcount":8,"comment_counter":0}

docs/CONFIG.md

@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ All options show an example configuartion value and the variable type + an expla
 | 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.                                                              |
-
+| data_storage    | "json"                     | String        | JSON is currently the only supported format, but SQL is going to be added/is a work in progress |
+| cache_data      | true                       | Boolean       | Not caching data means you can edit the posts, users, comments etc, maunally and not have to restart the server, however, for large instances this is not reccomended as  it takes longer to load the required data. Note: config.json always needs a restart |
 ## 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)|
+|locale|"en-GB"|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.|
+|seperator|"\<hr/\>"|String|By default, 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_name|"Pete's Blogging Site!"|String|It's the name of your blog site, 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.|
 
@@ -35,13 +36,14 @@ 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|
+|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.
+* You can create a file called custom.css in the webroot and that will be loaded as a style onto every page.
 
 ## Custom Strings
-* You can edit all the strings on the site in /locales/<your-locale>.json
+* You can edit all the strings on the site in /locales/\<your-locale>.json

example-config.json

@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
     "site_url": "https://example.com",
     "language": "en-US",
     "port": 8080,
+    "cache_data": false,
     "allow_signup": true,
     "site_description": "Read my blogs!",
     "timeline_length": 20,
     "enable_hitcount": true,
     "charset": "UTF-8",
-    "root_path": "/path/to/webroot",
+    "root_path": "../webroot/",
     "edit_account_base_url": "/edit_account",
     "new_post_url": "/post",
     "signup_url": "/signup",
@@ -20,17 +21,5 @@
     "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": ""
 }

locales/en-GB.json

@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@
     "posts_tagged": "Posts Tagged",
     "home_page": "Home Page",
     "site_index": "Site Index",
+    "reply": "reply",
     "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

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "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.",
+    "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",
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@
     "posts_tagged": "Posts Tagged",
     "home_page": "Home Page",
     "site_index": "Site Index",
+    "reply": "reply",
     "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

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "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",
@@ -20,9 +21,11 @@
     "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",
@@ -35,5 +38,6 @@
     "posts_tagged": "Posts Tagged",
     "home_page": "Home Page",
     "site_index": "Site Index",
+    "reply": "reply",
     "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>"
 }

src/data.js

@@ -1,26 +1,86 @@
 import { createRequire } from "module";
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
+const func = require('./functions.js')
 const config = require("../config.json")
 const fs = require("fs")
 
-export function getdata(data, key='', value='') {
+// Literally just +1 to the hitcount
+export function increment_hitcount(postID = -1) { // -1 Means it will increment the timeline hitcount
+    if (config.data_storage == 'json') {
+	if (postID == -1) {
+		let hitcount = getdata('hitcount');
+		hitcount += 1
+		writedata('hitcount', hitcount);
+	}
+	else {
+		let post = getdata('posts', postID);
+		if (typeof post.hitcount != 'undefined') {
+			post.hitcount += 1;
+			writedata('posts', post, postID)
+			return 0
+		}
+		return 1
+	}
+    }
+};
+
+export function searchdata(term, type) { // Searches users and posts for any matches
+	let search_results = {"posts": [], "users": []};
+	// Search users
+	if (type.includes('post')) {
+		let list = getdata('posts');
+		list.forEach((element,index) => {
+			if (typeof element.deleted == 'undefined' || element.deleted == false) {
+				if (element.content.includes(term)) {
+					search_results.posts.push(element)
+				}
+				else if (element.title.includes(term)) {
+					search_results.posts.push(element)
+				}
+				else if (element.tags.toString().includes(term)) {
+					search_results.posts.push(element)
+				};
+			};
+		});
+	}
+	if (type.includes('user')) {
+		let list = getdata('users');
+		list.forEach((element,index) => {
+			if (typeof element.deleted == 'undefined' || element.deleted == false) {
+				if (element.username.includes(term)) {
+					search_results.users.push(element)
+				}
+				else if (element.prettyname.includes(term)) {
+					search_results.users.push(element)
+				}
+				else if (element.description.includes(term)) {
+					search_results.users.push(element)
+				};
+			};
+		});
+	}
+	return search_results;
+};
+
+export function getdata(data, index=-1) {
 
 	if (config["data_storage"] == "json") {
 		if (data == "posts" || data == 'users' || data == 'comments') {
-			let result = require(`../data/${data}.json`)
+			let result = func.require_module(`../data/${data}.json`)
-			if (key != '') {
+			if (index != -1) {
-				result.forEach((object, index) => {
+			   if (index < result.length) {
-					if (object[key] == value) {
+				return result[index]
-						return object
+			   }
+			   else {
+				  return 1 // This index doesn't exist
 			   }
-				})
 			}
 			return result
 		}
 		else if (data == "hitcount") {
-			let result = fs.readFileSync("../data/hitcount.txt")
+			let result = func.require_module('../data/data.json') // This file is actually called data.json
-			return result
+			return result["hitcount"]
 		}
 		else {
 			console.log("Error, invalid requested")
@@ -28,6 +88,7 @@ export function getdata(data, key='', value='') {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// NOT YET WORKING!
 	if (config["data_storage"] == "mysql") {
 		const mysql = require('mysql');
 		let con = mysql.createConnection({
@@ -43,6 +104,7 @@ export function getdata(data, key='', value='') {
 			if (data == "posts" || data == 'users' || data == 'comments') {
 				con.query(`SELECT * FROM ${data}`, function (err, result, fields) {
 					if (err) throw err;
+					result = Object.values(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(result)))
 					console.log(result)
 					return result;
 				});
@@ -50,6 +112,7 @@ export function getdata(data, key='', value='') {
 			else if (data == 'hitcount') {
 				con.query(`SELECT paramValue FROM params WHERE paramName = '${data}'`, function (err, result, fields) {
 					if (err) throw err;
+					result = Object.values(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(result)))
 					console.log(result)
 					return result;
 				});
@@ -58,3 +121,30 @@ export function getdata(data, key='', value='') {
 		});
 	}
 }
+
+export function writedata(data, data_to_write, index=-1) {
+	if (config["data_storage"] == "json") {
+		if (data == "posts" || data == 'users' || data == 'comments') {
+			if (index == -1) {
+				fs.writeFileSync(`../data/${data}.json`, JSON.stringify(data_to_write), 'utf-8')
+				return 0
+			}
+			else if (index >= 0) {
+				let result = getdata(data);
+				result[index] = data_to_write;
+				fs.writeFileSync(`../data/${data}.json`, JSON.stringify(result), 'utf-8')
+				return 0
+			}
+			return 1
+		}
+		else if (data == "hitcount") {
+			let other_data = func.require_module('../data/data.json') // This file is actually called data.json
+			other_data.hitcount = data_to_write
+			fs.writeFileSync('../data/data.json', JSON.stringify(other_data), 'utf-8')
+		}
+		else {
+			console.log("Error, invalid requested")
+			return 1
+		}
+	}
+}

src/functions.js

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ const config = require("../config.json")
 const fs = require('fs')
 const locale = require(`../locales/${config.locale}.json`)
 
+// This function requires a module without caching it
+// So the server doesn't need to be restarted, though this can slow it down a bit.
+// https://stackoverflow.com/a/16060619
+export function require_module(module) {
+    if (config.cache_data == false) {
+        delete require.cache[require.resolve(module)];
+        return require(module);
+    }
+    else {
+        return require(module);
+    }
+}
+
 // 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
@@ -68,23 +81,13 @@ export function get_userID(username) {
 	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("&", "&amp;") // This must be first
         .replaceAll("<", "&lt;")
         .replaceAll(">", "&gt;")
         .replaceAll("\\", "&#92;")
@@ -92,22 +95,25 @@ export function escape_input(input) {
         .replaceAll("'", "&#39;")
         .replaceAll("/", "&#47;")
         .replaceAll("%", "&#37;")
-        .replaceAll("&", "&amp;")
     return output
 }
 
 // Render comment content by replacing the >> int with a url link to that comment
+// Syntax: ">> postID-commentID"
 export function render_comment(comment_content) {
     return comment_content
-            .replaceAll(/>> ([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1'>>> $1</a>")
+            .replaceAll(/>> ([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1-$2'>>> $1-$2</a>")
-            .replaceAll(/>>([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1'>>>$1</a>")
+            .replaceAll(/>>([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1-$2'>>>$1-$2</a>")
-            .replaceAll(/&gt;&gt; ([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1'>>> $1</a>")
+            .replaceAll(/&gt;&gt; ([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1-$2'>>> $1-$2</a>")
-            .replaceAll(/&gt;&gt;([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1'>>>$1</a>")
+            .replaceAll(/&gt;&gt;([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)/g, "<a href='/comment/$1-$2'>>>$1-$2</a>")
             .replaceAll("\n", "<br/>")
+
 };
+
+// Renders a string into markdown using markdown-it library
 export function render_md(content) {
     const markdownit = require("markdown-it")
-    const md = markdownit({
+    const md = markdownit({ // this is just defining some options for markdown-it, should I add this to config.json?
         html: false,
         xhtmlOut: false,
         breaks: true,
@@ -118,12 +124,3 @@ export function render_md(content) {
     return md.render(content)
 };
 
-// Literally just +1 to the hitcount
-export function increment_hitcount() {
-    if (config.data_storage == 'json') {
-        let other_data = require('../data/data.json');
-        other_data.hitcount += 1
-        console.log(`/ Is loaded, hitcount: ${other_data.hitcount}`)
-        fs.writeFileSync(`../data/data.json`, `${JSON.stringify(other_data)}`, 'utf-8');
-    }
-};

src/initialise.js

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function initialise() {
     }
     catch (error) {
         console.log("Creating generic data file")
-        fs.writeFileSync(`../data/data.json`, `{"hitcount": 0, "comment_counter": 0}`)
+        fs.writeFileSync(`../data/data.json`, `{"hitcount": 0}`)
     }
     try {
         const config = require("../config.json");

src/routes/form_actions.js

@@ -16,18 +16,23 @@ const router = express.Router();
 ////////////////////// Form actions /////////////////////////
 router.post("/submit_comment", (req,res) => {
     const unix_timestamp = getUnixTime(new Date())
+    const postID = parseInt(req.body.post_index)
+    const content = func.escape_input(req.body.content)
     let name = func.escape_input(req.body.name)
     if (name == "") {
         name = config.default_commenter_username
     }
+
+    let comments = data.getdata('comments')
+
     new_comment = {
         "name": name,
-        "content": func.escape_input(req.body.content),
+        "content": content,
-         "id": comments.counter,
+         "id": comments[postID].length,
-         "pubdate": unix_timestamp
+         "pubdate": unix_timestamp,
+         "postID": postID,
     };
-    other_data.comment_counter += 1;
+    comments[postID].push(new_comment);
-    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}`)
@@ -195,4 +200,26 @@ router.post("/submit_edit_post", (req,res) => {
     }
 }); // /submit_edit
 
+router.get('/search', (req, res) => {
+	const search_term = func.escape_input(req.query.q); // 'q' is the parameter name
+	let search_type = req.query.type; // eg 'post', 'user'
+	if (typeof search_type == 'string') { // Make the search_term an array 
+		search_type = [ search_type ]
+	}
+	if (typeof search_type == 'undefined') { // Default to all of the types
+		search_type = ['user', 'post'];
+	}
+	console.log('searching for: ', search_term);
+	const search_results = data.searchdata(search_term, search_type); // data.searchdata returns an array of search results
+
+	res.render('partials/search', {
+		config,
+		locale,
+		search_results,
+		search_term,
+		search_type,
+	})
+
+}); // /search
+
 module.exports = router;

src/routes/forms.js

@@ -38,19 +38,19 @@ router.get(`${config.edit_account_base_url}/:user_id`, (req,res) => {
     res.render("forms/edit_account", {
         config,
         locale,
-        user: users[userID],
+        user: data.getdata('users', userID),
         userID
     });
 }); // /delete_account
 router.get(`${config.edit_post_base_url}/:post_id`, (req,res) => {
-    const post_id = req.params.post_id
+    const postID = req.params.post_id
-    const post = posts[post_id]
+    const post = data.getdata('posts', postID)
-    const user = users[post['userID']]
+    const user = data.getdata('users', post.userID)
     res.render("forms/edit_post", {
         config,
         locale,
         post,
-        post_id,
+        postID,
         user,
     });
 }); // /edit/:post_id

src/routes/indexes.js

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ const router = express.Router();
 router.get("/index/pages", (req,res) => {
     res.render("indexes/all_pages", {
         config,
-        posts,
+        posts: data.getdata('posts'),
-        users,
+        users: data.getdata('users'),
-        comments: comments.comments,
+        comments: data.getdata('comments'),
     });
 }); // /index/posts
 router.get("/index/posts", (req,res) => {

src/routes/standard_pages.js

@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns") // A date util
 const router = express.Router();
 
 ///////////////////// Standard Pages //////////////////////
+
+// Timeline
 router.get("/", (req,res) => {
     // Increment the hitcount
     if (config.enable_hitcount) {
-        func.increment_hitcount()
+        data.increment_hitcount()
     }
 
     res.render("pages/timeline",
@@ -27,16 +29,18 @@ router.get("/", (req,res) => {
                    func,
                })
 }); // /
+
+// Users
 router.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
     const userID = func.get_userID(req.params.username)
-    console.log(data.getdata('users', 'id', userID)[0])
+    let user = data.getdata('users', userID)
     if (userID != -1) {
         res.render("pages/user",
                    {
                        config,
                        locale,
                        posts: data.getdata('posts'),
-                       user: data.getdata('users', 'id', userID),
+                       user,
                        userID: userID,
                        comments: data.getdata('comments'),
                        fromUnixTime,
@@ -53,23 +57,29 @@ router.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
                    })
     }
 }); // /user/:username
+
+// Posts
 router.get("/post/:post_index", (req, res) => {
-    const postID = req.params.post_index
+    const postID = parseInt(req.params.post_index)
-    if (postID > posts.length-1 || posts[postID]["deleted"] == true) {
+    let post = data.getdata('posts', postID)
+    if (config.enable_hitcount) {
+	data.increment_hitcount(postID)
+    }
+    if (post == 1) { // data.getdata returns error code 1 if nothing is available
         res.render("partials/message", {
             message: locale.post_doesnt_exist,
             config,
         })
     }
-    else if (typeof posts[postID]["deleted"] == "undefined" || posts[postID]["deleted"] == false) {
+    else if (typeof post["deleted"] == "undefined" || post["deleted"] == false) {
         res.render("pages/post",
                    {
                        config,
                        locale,
-                       post: posts[postID],
+                       post,
-                       postID: postID,
+                       postID,
-                       user: users[posts[postID].userID],
+                       user: data.getdata('users', post.userID),
-                       comments: comments.comments[postID],
+                       comments: data.getdata('comments', postID),
                        fromUnixTime,
                        format,
                         getUnixTime,
@@ -81,6 +91,9 @@ router.get("/post/:post_index", (req, res) => {
         res.redirect(301,"/")
     }
 }); // /post/:post_index
+
+
+// Tags
 router.get("/tag/:tag", (req,res) => {
     const tag = req.params.tag
     res.render("pages/tag",
@@ -88,19 +101,32 @@ router.get("/tag/:tag", (req,res) => {
                    config,
                    locale,
                    tag,
-                   posts,
+                   posts: data.getdata('posts'),
-                   users,
+                   users: data.getdata('users'),
-                   comments: comments.comments,
+                   comments: data.getdata('comments'),
-                   fromUnixTime: fromUnixTime,
+                   fromUnixTime,
-                   format: format,
+                   format,
-                       getUnixTime: getUnixTime,
+                    getUnixTime,
                     func,
                })
 }); // /tag/:tag
-router.get("/comment/:commentID", (req,res) => {
+
-    const commentID = req.params.commentID;
+
-    const comment = func.get_comment(commentID)
+// Comments
-    if (comment == -1) {
+router.get("/comment/:postID-:commentID", (req,res) => {
+    const commentID = parseInt(req.params.commentID);
+    const postID = parseInt(req.params.postID);
+
+    let posts_comments = data.getdata('comments', postID)
+    let comment = 1
+    // For loop to find the comment with matching ID
+    posts_comments.forEach((current_comment, index) => {
+        if (current_comment.id == commentID) {
+            comment = posts_comments[index]
+        }
+    })
+    // If comment doesn't exist, show error
+    if (comment == 1 || posts_comments == 1) { // Comment of this ID was not found
         res.render("partials/message", {
             config,
             message: locale.comment_doesnt_exist,
@@ -109,14 +135,14 @@ router.get("/comment/:commentID", (req,res) => {
     else {
         res.render("pages/comment",
                    {
-                       config: config,
+                       config,
                        locale,
-                       post: posts[comment["id"]],
-                       users,
                        comment,
-                       fromUnixTime: fromUnixTime,
+                       postID,
-                       format: format,
+                       commentID,
-                           getUnixTime: getUnixTime,
+                       fromUnixTime,
+                       format,
+                        getUnixTime,
                         func,
                    })
     }

src/routes/syndication.js

@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ const config = require('../../config')
 const data = require('../data')
 const func = require('../functions')
 
-let users = require('../../data/users.json');
+const { fromUnixTime, format, getUnixTime } = require("date-fns") // A date utility library
-let posts = require('../../data/posts.json');
-let comments = require('../../data/comments.json');
 
 const router = express.Router();
 

views/forms/edit_post.ejs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <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 %>">
+            <input name="postID" type="hidden" value="<%= postID %>">
 
             <label><%= locale.password %>:</label><br/>
             <input type="password" required id="password" name="password"><br/><br/>

views/headers/site_wide.ejs

@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
-<a href="/"><%= locale.home_page %></a> 
+<a id='home-page-link' href="/"><%= locale.home_page %></a>
-<a href="/index/pages"><%= locale.site_index %></a> 
+/
-<a href="<%= config.new_post_url %>"><%= locale.new_post %></a>
+<% if (config.rss == true) { %>
+    <a id='global-rss-link' href="/rss"><%= locale.rss_feed %></a>
+<% } %>
+/
+<% if (config.atom == true) { %>
+    <a id='global-atom-link' href="/atom"><%= locale.atom_feed %></a>
+<% } %>
+/
+<a id='new-post-link' href="<%= config.new_post_url %>"><%= locale.new_post %></a>
+/
+<% if (config.allow_signup == true) { %>
+    <a id='signup-link' href="<%= config.signup_url %>"><%= locale.sign_up %></a>
+<% } %>
+/
+<form id='search-form' method="GET" action="/search" style="display: inline">
+	<input type="text" placeholder="🔍" name="q"><input type="submit" value="Search">
+</form>
 <br/>
+<div id='site-name'>
+	<h1><%- config.site_name %></h2>
+</div>
+<div id='site-description'>
+	<h2><%- config.site_description %></h2>
+</div>
 <%- config.seperator %>

views/headers/tag.ejs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+<div id='tag-page-title'>
 	<h1>
 	    <%= locale.posts_tagged %>: "<%- tag %>"
 	</h1>
+</div>
 <%- config.seperator %>

views/headers/timeline.ejs

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<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

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+<div id='user-page-title'>
 	<h1>
 	    <%= user.prettyname %>
 	</h1>
-<p><%# func.render_md(user.description) %></p>
+</div>
-<a href="<%= config.edit_account_base_url %>/<%= userID %>"><%= locale.edit_account %></a><br/>
+<p><%- func.render_md(user.description) %></p>
-<a href="/user/<%= user.username %>/rss"><%= locale.rss_feed %></a><br/>
+<a id='edit-account-link' href="<%= config.edit_account_base_url %>/<%= userID %>"><%= locale.edit_account %></a><br/>
-<a href="/user/<%= user.username %>/atom"><%= locale.atom_feed %></a>
+<a id='rss-link' href="/user/<%= user.username %>/rss"><%= locale.rss_feed %></a><br/>
+<a id='atom-link' href="/user/<%= user.username %>/atom"><%= locale.atom_feed %></a>
 <%- config.seperator %>

views/indexes/all_pages.ejs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         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/>
+        <a href="/comment/<%= postID %>-<%= comment_index %>"><%= postID %>-<%= comment_index %></a><br/>
         <% }; %>
         <% }; %>
         Users:<br/>
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
         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/>
+        <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/>
+        <a href="<%= config.edit_account_base_url %>/<%= users[userID]["username"] %>">Edit <%= users[userID]["username"] %></a><br/>
         <% }; %>
         <% }; %>
         <!-- TODO add tags -->

views/indexes/comments.ejs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <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/>
+        <a href="/comment/<%= postID %>-<%= comment_index %>"><%= postID %>-<%= comment_index %></a><br/>
         <% }; %>
         <% }; %>
     </body>

views/pages/comment.ejs

@@ -10,5 +10,17 @@
         <div id="comment">
             <%- include("../partials/comment"); %>
         </div>
+        <%- config.seperator %>
+        <b><%= locale.reply %>:</b>
+        <div id="post-commentform">
+            <!-- Comment form -->
+            <form method="POST" action="/submit_comment">
+                <input type="hidden" name="post_index" value="<%= postID %>">
+                <label><%= locale.username %>:</label><br/><input name="name"><br/><br/>
+                <label><%= locale.comment %>:</label><br/><textarea name="content">>> <%- postID %>-<%- commentID %>
+</textarea><br/>
+                <button type="submit"><%= locale.submit %></button>
+            </form>
+        </div>
     </body>
 </html>

views/pages/tag.ejs

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
             <% 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) { %>
+                        <% if (current_tag.toLowerCase() == tag.toLowerCase()) { %>
-                            <%- include('../posts/tag', {post: posts[index], user: users[posts[index].userID], comments: comments[index]}); %>
+                            <%- include('../posts/tag', {post: posts[index], postID: index, user: users[posts[index].userID], comments: comments[index]}); %>
                         <% } %>
                     <% }) %>
                 <% } %>

views/pages/timeline.ejs

@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
                 <% } %>
             <% } %>
         </div>
+        <form method="POST" action="/submit_nothing" style="display:none">
+            <!-- Form is used to help mitigate spam as it is the last 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>
         <footer>
             <%- include('../partials/footer'); %>
         </footer>

views/partials/comment.ejs

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
-<b><%= comment.name %></b> <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(comment.pubdate) %> <i>No. <%= comment.id %></i>:<br/>
+<span id='comment-name'>
+	<b><%= comment.name %></b>
+</span>
+<span id='comment-date' class='date'>
+	<%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(comment.pubdate) %>
+</span>
+<span id='comment-id' style='display: inline'>
+	<a href='/comment/<%= postID %>-<%= comment.id %>'>No. <%= postID %>-<%= comment.id %></a>:<br/>
+</span>
+<span id='comment-content'>
 	<%- func.render_comment(comment.content) %>
+</span>
 <br/>

views/partials/footer.ejs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<a id='site-index-link' href="/index/pages"><%= locale.site_index %></a><br/>
 <%= locale.site_ran_by %> <%= config.site_admin %><br/>
 <%- locale.attribution %><br/>
 <%= locale.AI_consent %> <!-- remove consent for AI scrapers -->

views/partials/search.ejs

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang='<%- config.locale %>'>
+	<head>
+		<%- include('../partials/head'); %>
+	</head>
+	<body>
+		<div id='header'>
+			<%- include('../headers/site_wide'); %>
+		</div>
+
+		<div id='advanced-search'>
+			<form method="GET" action="/search">
+				<label>Search Term:</label>
+				<input type='text' placeholder='🔍' name='q' value='<%- search_term %>'><br/>
+
+				<label>Search for:</label><br/>
+				<label>Post:</label>
+				<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="post" <% if (search_type.includes('post')) {%>checked<% } %>><br/>
+				<label>User:</label>
+				<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="user" <% if (search_type.includes('user')) {%>checked<% } %>><br/>
+
+				<input type="submit" value="Submit">
+			</form>
+		</div>
+
+		<%- config.seperator %>
+		
+		<div id='results'>
+			<% search_results.posts.forEach((result, index) => { %>
+			<a href="/post/<%- result.id %>"><%- result.title %></a><br/>
+			<% }); %>
+			<% search_results.users.forEach((result, index) => { %>
+			<a href="/user/<%- result.username %>"><%- result.prettyname %></a><br/>
+			<% }); %>
+		</div>
+	</body>
+</html>

views/posts/post.ejs

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
     <div id="post-editdate">
         <i><%= locale.last_modified %>: <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(post.pubdate) %></i><br/>
     </div>
+    <% if (config.enable_hitcount == true) { %>
+    <div id='post-hitcount'>
+	Hitcount: <%- post.hitcount %>
+    </div>
+    <% } %>
 </div>
 
 <div id="post-commentform">
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@
 
 <div id="post-comments">
     <% comments.forEach((comment, index) => { %>
-        <div id="comment-no<%= comment.id %>" class="post-comment-<%= index %>">
+        <div id="comment-no-<%= post.id %>-<%= comment.id %>" class="comment post-comment-<%= index %>">
             <%- include('../partials/comment', {comment: comment}) %>
         </div>
     <% }) %>

views/posts/tag.ejs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 <div id="post-comments">
     <% comments.forEach((comment, index) => { %>
-        <div id="comment-no<%= comment.id %>" class="post-comment-<%= index %>">
+        <div id="comment-no-<%= post.id %>-<%= comment.id %>" class="comment post-comment-<%= index %>">
             <%- include('../partials/comment', {comment: comment}) %>
         </div>
     <% }) %>

views/posts/timeline.ejs

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <div id="post-header">
     <h1>
-        <%= post.title %>
+        <a href='/post/<%= post['id'] %>'><%= post.title %></a>
     </h1>
 </div>
 <div id="post-content">
     <p>
-        <%- func.render_md(post.content) %><br/>
+        <%- func.render_md(post.content) %>
     </p>
 </div>
 <div id="post-details">
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 <div id="post-comments">
     <% comments.forEach((comment, index) => { %>
-        <div id="comment-no<%= comment.id %>" class="post-comment-<%= index %>">
+        <div id="comment-no-<%= post.id %>-<%= comment.id %>" class="comment post-comment-<%= index %>">
             <%- include('../partials/comment', {comment: comment}) %>
         </div>
     <% }) %>

views/posts/user.ejs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 <div id="post-comments">
     <% comments.forEach((comment, index) => { %>
-        <div id="comment-no<%= comment.id %>" class="post-comment-<%= index %>">
+        <div id="comment-no-<%= post.id %>-<%= comment.id %>" class="comment post-comment-<%= index %>">
             <%- include('../partials/comment', {comment: comment}) %>
         </div>
     <% }) %>

webroot/custom.css

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* Put any CSS you want in here, it will be applied to the whole website */
+* {
+	font-family: sans-serif;
+}

webroot/robots.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+User-agent: AddSearchBot
+User-agent: AI2Bot
+User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
+User-agent: aiHitBot
+User-agent: Amazonbot
+User-agent: Andibot
+User-agent: anthropic-ai
+User-agent: Applebot
+User-agent: Applebot-Extended
+User-agent: Awario
+User-agent: bedrockbot
+User-agent: bigsur.ai
+User-agent: Brightbot 1.0
+User-agent: Bytespider
+User-agent: CCBot
+User-agent: ChatGPT Agent
+User-agent: ChatGPT-User
+User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
+User-agent: Claude-User
+User-agent: Claude-Web
+User-agent: ClaudeBot
+User-agent: CloudVertexBot
+User-agent: cohere-ai
+User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
+User-agent: Cotoyogi
+User-agent: Crawlspace
+User-agent: Datenbank Crawler
+User-agent: DeepSeekBot
+User-agent: Devin
+User-agent: Diffbot
+User-agent: DuckAssistBot
+User-agent: Echobot Bot
+User-agent: EchoboxBot
+User-agent: FacebookBot
+User-agent: facebookexternalhit
+User-agent: Factset_spyderbot
+User-agent: FirecrawlAgent
+User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
+User-agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
+User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
+User-agent: Google-Extended
+User-agent: Google-Firebase
+User-agent: GoogleAgent-Mariner
+User-agent: GoogleOther
+User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
+User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
+User-agent: GPTBot
+User-agent: iaskspider/2.0
+User-agent: ICC-Crawler
+User-agent: ImagesiftBot
+User-agent: img2dataset
+User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler
+User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
+User-agent: LinerBot
+User-agent: meta-externalagent
+User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
+User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
+User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
+User-agent: meta-webindexer
+User-agent: MistralAI-User
+User-agent: MistralAI-User/1.0
+User-agent: MyCentralAIScraperBot
+User-agent: netEstate Imprint Crawler
+User-agent: NovaAct
+User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
+User-agent: omgili
+User-agent: omgilibot
+User-agent: OpenAI
+User-agent: Operator
+User-agent: PanguBot
+User-agent: Panscient
+User-agent: panscient.com
+User-agent: Perplexity-User
+User-agent: PerplexityBot
+User-agent: PetalBot
+User-agent: PhindBot
+User-agent: Poseidon Research Crawler
+User-agent: QualifiedBot
+User-agent: QuillBot
+User-agent: quillbot.com
+User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot
+User-agent: Scrapy
+User-agent: SemrushBot-OCOB
+User-agent: SemrushBot-SWA
+User-agent: ShapBot
+User-agent: Sidetrade indexer bot
+User-agent: TerraCotta
+User-agent: Thinkbot
+User-agent: TikTokSpider
+User-agent: Timpibot
+User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
+User-agent: WARDBot
+User-agent: Webzio-Extended
+User-agent: wpbot
+User-agent: YaK
+User-agent: YandexAdditional
+User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot
+User-agent: YouBot
+Disallow: /