Add RSS feed.

4 files changed, 47 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/_config.yml.example b/_config.yml.example
index 75621c6..51fcf2e 100644
--- a/_config.yml.example
+++ b/_config.yml.example
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # SITE CONFIG
 # ***************************
 
+# Full url for the site minus the ending forward slash. 
+url:
+
 # Appears in the <title> and <header> elements within the site.
 title:
 
@@ -10,12 +13,16 @@ title:
 
 # Used in various places where the author of the site needs to appear. 
 # For example, the copyright notice.
+# Also appears in the RSS feed.
 author:
 
+# Used in the meta description tag of the site and the description element of the RSS feed.
+description:
+
 # Optional information that appears in the 'Contact' sidebar.
 # Mainly used to generate URLs to various social sites.
 
-# email address of the site author.
+# email address of the site author. Also appears in the RSS feed if specified.
 #email:
 
 # Twitter name minus the @ character. 
@@ -24,9 +31,12 @@ author:
 # Git hub name.
 #github:
 
-# Controls the number of recent posts shown on the main index page.
+# Controls the number of recent posts shown on the main index page and in the RSS feed.
 max_recent_posts: 10
 
+# Used in the footer of the site and RSS feed. 
+copyright_year:
+
 # Optional Google analytics.
 #google_ua:
 
diff --git a/_site_build/_includes/footer.html b/_site_build/_includes/footer.html
index 70bd3c5..b165e1d 100644
--- a/_site_build/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_site_build/_includes/footer.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <footer>
   <p>
-    <small>Copyright &copy; 2011 by {{ site.author }}. All Rights Reserved.</small>
+    <small>Copyright &copy; {{ site.copyright_year }} by {{ site.author }}. All Rights Reserved.</small>
   </p>
 </footer>
diff --git a/_site_build/_includes/head.html b/_site_build/_includes/head.html
index 54d16d0..d83eb39 100644
--- a/_site_build/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_site_build/_includes/head.html
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 <title>{{ page.title }} - {{ site.title }}</title>
+<meta name="description" content="{{ site.description }}">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css?v=1">
+<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="{{ site.url }}/rss.xml" title="{{ site.title }}">
 <script src="/js/modernizr-2.0.6.min.js"></script>
diff --git a/_site_build/rss.xml b/_site_build/rss.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5ef11f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_site_build/rss.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+layout: nil
+---
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <channel>
+    <title>{{ site.title }}</title>
+    <link>{{ site.url }}</link>
+    <atom:link href="{{ site.url }}/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
+    <description>{{ site.description }}</description>
+    <copyright>Copyright {{ site.copyright_year }} by {{ site.author }}. All Rights Reserved.</copyright>
+    {% if site.email %}
+    <managingEditor>{{ site.email }} ({{ site.author }})</managingEditor>
+    <webMaster>{{ site.email }} ({{ site.author }})</webMaster>
+    {% endif %}
+    <pubDate>{{ site.time | date: "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z"}}</pubDate>
+    <lastBuildDate>{{ site.time | date: "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z" }}</lastBuildDate>
+    <ttl>1440</ttl>
+    {% for post in site.posts limit:site.max_recent_posts %}
+    <item>
+      <title>{{ post.title }}</title>
+      <link>{{ site.url }}{{ post.url }}</link>
+      <guid isPermaLink="true">{{ site.url}}{{ post.url}}</guid>
+      <pubDate>{{ post.date | date: "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z" }}</pubDate>
+      {% if site.email %}
+      <author>{{ site.email }} ({{ site.author }})</author>
+      {% endif %}
+      <description>{{ post.content | text_excerpt | xml_escape }}</description>
+    </item>
+    {% endfor %}
+  </channel>
+</rss>