Sculpin is a static site generator written in PHP. It converts files like Markdown, Twig templates, and HTML into static HTML sites that can be easily deployed. Sculpin turns a collection of static files into a dynamically generated site using tools like Symfony, Composer, React, and Twig. The generator allows content to be added as Markdown or HTML files along with Twig templates to define the site structure and generate the static output.

1. Sculpin
Chris Tankersley
NomadPHP November 2014

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Who Am I?
● A PHP Developer for 10 Years
● Lots of projects no one uses, and a
few some do
● https://github.com/dragonmantank

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What is Sculpin?

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Static Site Generator
Sculpin is a static site generator written in
PHP. It converts Markdown files, Twig
templates or standard HTML into a static
HTML site that can be easily deployed.
@beausimensen

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In Short...
Turns a collection of static files into a
dynamically generated site

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Other systems
● Jekyll
● Octopress
● Pelican
● Phrozen
● PieCrust

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Why?
● Not everything requires PHP
● Static sites are quick
● Lets you use existing tools

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The Guts
● A bit of symfony
● Embedded Composer
● React
● Twig

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What's it look like?

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index.md

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Generate and check

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Let's throw in some templates

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Create a Twig template

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Tell our index.md about it

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Generate the site!

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Add some posts

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Tell Sculpin about the posts

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Tell our index.md about them

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Create a post

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Generate the site

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Deployment
● Copy everything in output_(dev|
prod) to your live environment
– FTP, rsync, whatever

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More Info
● https://sculpin.io/
● https://github.com/sculpin/sculpin
● @getsculpin

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Thanks!
● https://joind.in/128006
● @dragonmantank
● chris@ctankersley.com