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+## scripts for a simple blog
+
+[example: https://wittamore.com](https://wittamore.com)
+
+> git clone https://git.wittamore.com/blog
+
+## bash scripts
+- **blogthis** creates a blog article
+- **blogrss** creates the rss.xml file
+- **blogsitemap** creates the sitemap.xml file
+- **blogsend x** scp's the files modified in the past x hours to the web server (by default 1)
+
+**blogthis** sets up the article html header and footer and opens the editor. Articles are written in html.
+
+For example:
+
+    <p>A paragraph</p>
+    <b>Bold text</b>
+    <h2>Header2</h2>
+    <img src="/images/blog/image.png">    
+
+Typical use is **blogthis** followed by **blogrss;blogsitemap;blogsend**
+
+You can then just use **blogsend** after updating an article
+
+I use the [micro text editor](https://micro-editor.github.io/), but you can alter **blogthis** to use your favorite editor.
+
+## php files
+- **index.php**, **sticky.php**, **search.php** are the files used to display the blog on the web server
+  
+These files list and search the html files in the web site's "articles" and "sticky" directories
+
+## The basic web directory 
+
+> /articles
+
+> /articles/2025
+
+> /sticky
+
+> /images
+
+> /images/blog