From 54f8469b7d6b6d580e34a9ace7aff6a354b6e1d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brandon Mathis Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:44:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] updated launch post --- .../2011-07-22-octopress-20-surfaces.markdown | 31 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/_posts/2011-07-22-octopress-20-surfaces.markdown b/source/_posts/2011-07-22-octopress-20-surfaces.markdown index 116033b..402d210 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2011-07-22-octopress-20-surfaces.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2011-07-22-octopress-20-surfaces.markdown @@ -1,15 +1,36 @@ --- layout: post title: "Octopress 2.0 Surfaces" -date: 2011-07-22 14:44 +date: 2011-07-23 18:05 comments: true categories: release --- -Octopress is a framework designed for Jekyll, the static blogging engine powering Github Pages. So what is Jekyll? +Octopress is a framework designed by [Brandon Mathis](http://brandonmathis.com) for Jekyll, the static blogging engine powering Github Pages. -{% blockquote Jekyll Wiki https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/wiki/Usage %} -Jekyll at its core is a text transformation engine. The concept behind the system is this: you give it text written in your favorite markup language, be that Markdown, Textile, or just plain HTML, and it churns that through a layout or series of layout files. Throughout that process you can tweak how you want the site URLs to look, what data gets displayed on the layout and more. -{% endblockquote %} +## What's new in 2.0? +Short answer: Everything. Octopress is now based on [mojombo/jekyll](http://github.com/mojombo/jekyll) has been completely rewritten from the ground up with a mountain of goodies. +Be sure to check out the [documentation](/docs) to get the full scoop. +### The highlights + +**Plugins FTW.** Here are some cool plugins included with Octopress. + +- [HTML5 Video Tag](/docs/plugins/video-tag) - *easily post images with class names and titles* +- [Code Block](/docs/plugins/codeblock) - *for easy inline code sharing* +- [Include Code](/docs/plugins/include-code) - *embed code from your filesystem* +- [Gist Tag](/docs/plugins/gist-tag) - *automatically downloads and embeds Github gists* +- [Image Tag](/docs/plugins/image-tag) - *easily post images with class names and titles* +- [Render Partial](/docs/plugins/render-partial) - *insert any file into another post or page* +- [Blockquote](/docs/plugins/blockquote) - *generate beautiful, semantic block quotes* +- [Pullquote](/docs/plugins/pullquote) - *generate CSS only pull quotes — no duplicate data, no javascript* +- [Category Generator](/docs/plugins/category-generator) - *generates archive pages for each blog category* + +For more plugins check out the [plugin list](/docs/plugins) + +## Ready to Get Started? + +Octopress is really easy to set up and deploy, [start here](/docs/setup) + +For now that's it. Check out the [docs](/docs), [kick the tires](http://github.com/imathis/octopress), post [issues](http://github.com/imathis/octopress/issues) send me [support requests](http://convore.com/octopress/support) and tell all your friends.