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Quickstart
##########
Reading through all the documentation is highly recommended, but for the truly
impatient, following are some quick steps to get started.
Installation
------------
Install Pelican (and optionally Markdown if you intend to use it) on Python
3.7+ by running the following command in your preferred terminal, prefixing
with ``sudo`` if permissions warrant::
python -m pip install "pelican[markdown]"
Create a project
----------------
First, choose a name for your project, create an appropriately-named directory
for your site, and switch to that directory::
mkdir -p ~/projects/yoursite
cd ~/projects/yoursite
Create a skeleton project via the ``pelican-quickstart`` command, which begins
by asking some questions about your site::
pelican-quickstart
For questions that have default values denoted in brackets, feel free to use
the Return key to accept those default values [#tzlocal_fn]_. When asked for
your URL prefix, enter your domain name as indicated (e.g.,
``https://example.com``).
Create an article
-----------------
You cannot run Pelican until you have created some content. Use your preferred
text editor to create your first article with the following content::
Title: My First Review
Date: 2010-12-03 10:20
Category: Review
Following is a review of my favorite mechanical keyboard.
Given that this example article is in Markdown format, save it as
``~/projects/yoursite/content/keyboard-review.md``.
Generate your site
------------------
From your project root directory, run the ``pelican`` command to generate your site::
pelican content
Your site has now been generated inside the ``output/`` directory. (You may see
a warning related to feeds, but that is normal when developing locally and can
be ignored for now.)
Preview your site
-----------------
Open a new terminal session, navigate to your project root directory, and
run the following command to launch Pelican's web server::
pelican --listen
Preview your site by navigating to http://localhost:8000/ in your browser.
Continue reading the other documentation sections for more detail, and check
out the Pelican wiki's Tutorials_ page for links to community-published
tutorials.
.. _Tutorials: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/wiki/Tutorials
Footnotes
---------
.. [#tzlocal_fn] You can help localize default fields by installing the
optional `tzlocal <https://pypi.org/project/tzlocal/>`_
module.
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