GiellaLT provides an infrastructure for rule-based language technology aimed at minority and indigenous languages, and streamlines building anything from keyboards to speech technology. Read more about Why. See also How to get started and our Privacy document.
Nikola is a static site generator written in Python 3.
Our Indigenous langtech site uses Nikola for generating the content of that site.
Installing Nikola makes it convenient to make new pages and posts and to have a look at the content of the site.
python3 -m pip install --user Nikola
python3 -m pip --user "Nikola[extras]"
To make Nikola work as forrest run, do
cd $GTHOME/xtdoc/indigenous-langtech
nikola auto
Open http://localhost:8000 and see the front page reveal itself in all it’s glory.
open pages/index.rst
Make sure you are in $GTHOME/xtdoc/indigenous-langtech
Run
nikola new_page
nikola tells you to fill in some basic information, then quits and tells where the page is found.
Open and edit the new page by running
open <path-to-new-file>
When done editing, remember to check it in.
Make sure you are in $GTHOME/xtdoc/indigenous-langtech
Run
nikola new_post
nikola tells you to fill in some basic information, then quits and tells where the page is found.
Open and edit the new page by running
open <path-to-new-file>
When done editing, remember to check it in.
The blog posting appears under the blog link.