Tahchee 0.9.8 review
DownloadTahchee is both an extension and a build system for the Cheetah template system that allows to easily automatically build static web
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Tahchee is both an extension and a build system for the Cheetah template system that allows to easily automatically build static web sites.
It acts both as a build system (? la "make") as well as an extension to the Cheetah template that makes it really easy to build small to medium-sized sites. Tahchee is ideal for writing open source project or small company Web sites.
Tahchee is ideal for webdevelopers or webdesigners who wish to quickly create small to medium-sized sites that contain some automated parts, without requiring to rely on a dynamic pages.
Here are some key features of "Tahchee":
Create your website content
Whether XHTML, CSS, PHP, .htaccess, Tahchee can create your site files from templates that can be entirely scripted in Python.
Automatic text rendering
If you want to have your text rendered in a particular font, you can use a TrueType font and render it to an image. This requires the PIL to be instlalled.
Easy
You start with a project template that allow to get your first website up and running in minutes.
Change detection
Only the new or changed parts of your website are rebuilt, saving you time when working with medium and large-sized projects.
Linking system
Links between page templates can be made relatively to the site root and will be automatically managed by tahchee, converted to relative or absolute link when necessary.
Extensible
Tahchee API is completely open, and you can very easily add your own features.
Requirements:
Cheetah
Python 2.2
Python Imaging Library
What's New in This Release:
This release has date and signature-based change detection, an option to specify a "main" file that will be opened after each build, an embedded text-to-HTML markup processor, and an enhanced change detection system (including glob matching and template dependency tracking).
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