middleman-blog-drafts

middleman-blog-drafts is an addon for middleman-blog that simplifies draft posts creation and publishing.

Install

If you're just getting started, install the required gems and generate a new blog project:

gem install middleman middleman-blog-drafts
middleman init MY_BLOG_PROJECT --template=blog

Then add middleman-blog-drafts to your Gemfile and activate the extension in your config.rb:

activate :drafts

Generating drafts

middleman draft 'My awesome new blog post'

Publishing drafts

middleman publish source/drafts/my-awesome-new-blog-post.markdown

Listing drafts on a page

<% if settings[:environment] == :development %>
  <ul>
    <% drafts.each do |draft| %>
      <li><%= link_to draft.title, draft.path %></li>
    <% end %>
  </ul>
<% end %>

Learn More

See the blog extension guide for detailed information on configuring and using the blog extension.

Credits

Most of the code was based on the middleman-blog gem itself, so many thanks to everyone that helped out with it.

Contributing

Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request