h1. Create yet another publishing tool - Jan 2015

A January 2015 project.
Simple blog or note-taking web app.
Uses:

* Nginx for the web server
* Node.js for the "client" code on the server
* API-based
** possibly create the initial API code in Perl
** then create the API code in Node.js
* use the Express framework for Node.js
* use Handlebars for templating
* use CouchDB for the data store
* use Redis as the caching server

This will be a simpler app than Grebe.

* account creation and the login procedure will not use a password
* use only Markdown as the formatting markup (node.js showdown)
* two types of posts: articles and notes
* notes will function like in the Grebe app with no char limits
** if no title, then a note. with title, then article.
* the home page will look like the stream view when logged into the Junco app with notes and articles displayed
* only the first 200 to 300 chars for notes and articles will be displayed in the stream view
* little text area box displayed at the top of the stream view when logged in, which can be used for either notes or articles
* click post link for a larger textarea box that can also used for both notes and articles
* no fancy blog-like display options for articles like in Junco with the blog_username tag and like with the default view for Grebe
* simplify CSS
** no homepage banner image
** borrow header and nav ideas from Grebe
* **ability to display articles/notes/entire stream for a user??**
* it will be multi-user
* do not put the delete/undelete functions on the stream display for logged-in users
** move delete/undelete to the article page
* will have a search function
* Do NOT include the following features:
** related articles 
** view article source
** hashtags auto-linked and counts stored in separate view



h2. Content Description

Are multiple types offered? article, draft, note. With the way Grebe works, a note is a draft, since both are not displayed on the front page. The only diffs are the draft has an official title line and the draft=yes command while a note has neither. So an article could be a "draft" by simply remaining as a post with no official title line, which is created with either the Markdown down single pound sign or the Textile h1. command.


*_id* : either a generated five-character alpha ID or the slug/URI tit

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