nikola-event-kit

Just enough stuff to help you setup a small event, like a PyDay

How to get started (In Linux)

Create a virtualenv and activate it:

virtualenv venv
. venv/bin/activate

Install Nikola in it:

pip install nikola

If you run into trouble getting that in place, feel free to ask for help, this will only be difficult once, I swear.

From now on, whenever you need to use Nikola, always remember to activate the virtualenv first::

. venv/bin/activate

How to get your site built

cd site
nikola build

How to see the results

nikola serve
xdg-open http://localhost:8000

How to make it be your own site

Edit site/conf.py and change the obvious things::

BLOG_AUTHOR
BLOG_TITLE
SITE_URL
BLOG_EMAIL
BLOG_DESCRIPTION
DEFAULT_LANG
TRANSLATIONS
SIDEBAR_LINKS (maybe)

And now, edit the files inside stories to change the site's contents. Those files are written in reStructuredText

How to make it not look like a generic bootstrap site

Get a theme from http://themes.nikola.ralsina.com.ar or create your own

Rebuild and check as needed.

How to [other thing]

Ask at the Nikola discuss google group.