Using the engine

The fastest way to start a new site using md-site-engine is downloading the seed application. It is worth to see the sources of the demonstration and the documentation sites.

Seed application

To get you started you can simply clone the md-site-seed repository and install the dependencies:

Prerequisites

You need git to clone the md-site-seed repository. You can get git from here.

You must have Node.js and its package manager (npm) installed. You can get them from here.

Clone md-site-seed

Clone the md-site-seed repository and set the origin alias to your repository:

git clone https://github.com/logikum/md-site-seed.git <your-project-name>
cd <your-project-name>
git remote rm origin
git remote add origin <url-of-your-repository>
git push -u origin master

Install Dependencies

The project has some kinds of dependencies and you can simply install it:

npm install

Run the Application

The simplest way to start the server is:

node server.js

Now browse to the application at localhost:3000.

 

Demonstration site

The demo application for md-site-engine shows the life and works of William Shakespeare in English and Hungarian. The site is online at md-web.logikum.hu. Its source is available at github.com/logikum/md-web-site.

Documentation site

This site is also driven by the md-site-engine. The source of this site is at github.com/logikum/md-doc-site.