hpr_generator/README.md

# hpr_generator
Static web page generator for the Hacker Public Radio website.

## Installation
* Clone or download this repository
* Create the sqlite3 database from the files in the _sql directory. The default name for the database file is "hpr.db" and should be located in the root of the project directory. The name and location can be set in the site.cfg file.
* Two sql helper scripts are available to generate an empty database or a database filled with test data.
  - For an empty database: `cat Create_Database_Empty.sql | sqlite3 hpr.db`
  - For a database with test data: `cat Create_Database_Test.sql | sqlite3 hpr.db`
* Install the needed Perl modules using preferred method (distribution packages, CPAN, etc.)
    * GetOpt
    * Pod::Usage
    * Config::Std
    * Template
    * Template::Plugin:File
    * DBI
    * Tie::DBI
    * Date::Calc

## Usage
Generate two specific pages:
`site-generator index about`		

Generate the whole site:
`site-generator ALL`	

Generate pages based on the same template:
`site-generator correspondent=1,3,5..10`

## Support
Please [submit an Issue](https://repo.anhonesthost.net/rho_n/hpr_generator/issues),
and add the label "**Help Request**" for help running or installing the site-generator.

For discussing HPR site generation in general, please [submit an Issue](https://repo.anhonesthost.net/rho_n/hpr_generator/issues) and add the label "**General Discussion**".

## Contributing
Happy to take any contributions or suggestions.

To contribute code or documentation, please create a fork of the project and [submit a pull request](https://repo.anhonesthost.net/rho_n/hpr_generator/pulls) or send a patch. If an issue exists that is related to your patch, please assign the issue to yourself, or if it is already assigned to someone else, please coordinate with them to minimize duplicated efforts.

If you have found an error in the code or the generated HTML, please [submit an Issue](https://repo.anhonesthost.net/rho_n/hpr_generator/issues),
and add the label "**Bug Found**".

To make a suggestion, please [submit an Issue](https://repo.anhonesthost.net/rho_n/hpr_generator/issues),
and add the label "**Feature Request**".

## Authors and acknowledgment
* Roan "Rho`n" Horning