Readme

README.md

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-This is a blogging site written in nodejs, all pages are served directly by the nodejs backend.<br/>
-And all data is stored in plaintext<br/>
-Please don't use this yet, it's not finished<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/>
+
+> [!CAUTION]
+> This software is not finished yet, so it's very buggy and probably really insecure
+> use at your own risk!
 See the software in action: [deadvey.com](https://deadvey.com)<br/>
 
+
 # Confiuration
 Read the [configuation guide](docs/CONFIG.md) for configuration help (in config.json)
 

src/server.js

@@ -69,31 +69,13 @@ app.get(config.rss_url, (req,res) => {
         })
 	}
 	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>${config.site_description}</description>
-        `
-		for (let i = posts.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
-		    rss_content += `
-			<item>
-			    <title>${posts[i]["title"]}</title>
-			    <link>${config.site_url}/post/${i}</link>
-			    <description><![CDATA[${converter.makeHtml(posts[i]["content"])}]]></description>
-			    <guid isPermaLink="true">${config.site_url}/post/${i}</guid>
-			    <pubDate>${func.unix_time_to_rss_date(posts[i]['pubdate'])}</pubDate>`
-			for (let j = 0; j < posts[i]['tags'].length; j++) {
-				rss_content += `<category><![CDATA[${posts[i]['tags'][j]}]]></category>`
-			};
-			rss_content += "</item>"
-		}
-		rss_content += `
-	    </channel>
-	</rss>`
 		res.setHeader('content-type', 'application/rss+xml');
-		res.send(rss_content)
+		res.render("syndication/rss", {
+            config,
+            posts,
+            converter,
+            func,
+        })
 	};
 });
 
@@ -119,6 +101,7 @@ app.get("/", (req,res) => {
             format,
             getUnixTime,
             func,
+            converter,
         })
 }); // /
 app.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
@@ -136,6 +119,7 @@ app.get("/user/:username", (req, res) => {
             format: format,
             getUnixTime: getUnixTime,
             func,
+            converter,
         })
 }); // /user/:username
 app.get("/post/:post_index", (req, res) => {
@@ -151,6 +135,7 @@ app.get("/post/:post_index", (req, res) => {
             format,
             getUnixTime,
             func,
+            converter,
         })
 }); // /post/:post_index
 app.get("/tag/:tag", (req,res) => {
@@ -166,6 +151,7 @@ app.get("/tag/:tag", (req,res) => {
             format: format,
             getUnixTime: getUnixTime,
             func,
+            converter,
         })
 }); // /tag/:tag
 

views/posts/post.ejs

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <h1>
     <%= post.title %>
 </h1>
-<%= post.content %><br/>
+<%- converter.makeHtml(post.content) %><br/>
 <i>
     By <a href="/user/<%= user.username %>"><%= user.username %></a><br/>
 </i>
-<br/>
 <%- func.hyperlink_tags(post.tags) %><br/>
 <a href="<%= config.edit_post_base_url %>/<%= postID %>">Edit</a><br/>
 <i>Published: <%= func.unix_time_to_date_format(post.pubdate) %></i><br/>

views/posts/tag.ejs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <h3>
     <%= post.title %>
 </h3>
-<%= post.content %><br/>
+<%- converter.makeHtml(post.content) %><br/>
 <a href="/post/<%- postID %>">Permalink</a><br/>
 <%- func.hyperlink_tags(post.tags) %>
 

views/posts/timeline.ejs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <h3>
     <%= post.title %>
 </h3>
-<%= post.content %><br/>
+<%- converter.makeHtml(post.content) %><br/>
 <a href="/post/<%- index %>">Permalink</a><br/>
 <i>
     By <a href="/user/<%= user.username %>"><%= user.username %></a><br/>

views/posts/user.ejs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <h3>
     <%= post.title %>
 </h3>
-<%= post.content %><br/>
+<%- converter.makeHtml(post.content) %><br/>
 <a href="/post/<%- index %>">Permalink</a><br/>
 
 <!-- Comment form -->

views/syndication/rss.ejs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?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--) { %>
+        <item>
+            <title><%= posts[postID]["title"] %></title>
+            <link><%= config.site_url %>/post/<%= postID %></link>
+            <description><![CDATA[<%= converter.makeHtml(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>