WRITING NEWS ------------ make_website.py calls gen_site() with "news" and other arguments when news are to be created. A news item needs to be added in the file www.yml to 'newsposts' like so: - page: filename.html date: YYYY-MM-DD title: the title of the news abstract: content: abstract and content are filled by make_website.py in a way which works but needs further improvements, as you can't use jinja2 templating for urls (yet). The news are ordered via the yaml file right now, which means that new posts should get inserted at the top. The news is written in the file 'filename.html.j2' in the folder 'news'. This .html.j2 file must extend "common/news.j2". Since we already have a
which wraps the content of the filename.html.j2, we do not need further surrounding elements in the news itself. News previews are generated from the plaintext of the first

element with common html elements (not jinja2!) stripped out. Some but not all jinja2 elements are stripped as well. Small newspreviews (as used by taler.net) do not process the first

element but process the date, title, and pagename. The rss is generated in a similar fashion like the website, by processing a .xml.j2 file and generating a .xml page from it. Too much structure relies on the yaml file (www.yml). A news template could look like this: news/2022-09-01.html.j2: {% extends "common/news.j2" %} {% block body_content %}

2022-09-01: GNU Taler v0.7.0 released

We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v0.5.0. The main new feature is customer tipping, which allows merchants to pay small rewards directly into a customer's wallet. Technical improvements include numerous performance improvements and bug fixes, as well as a new, simpler to use API for merchants that also enables the implementation of GNU Taler wallets on platforms that do not support WebExtensions.

The Chrome and Chromium wallets are available for download via the App store. The exchange, merchant backend and bank components are on the GNU FTP mirrors.

{% endblock body_content %} www.yml: - page: 2022-09-01.html date: 2022-09-01 title: GNU Taler v0.7.0 released abstract: content: