1 files changed, 69 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/README.nfo b/README.nfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42b5164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.nfo
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│  P H P - B L O G                           [ KRZ ]   krz.sh  │
+└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+
+WHAT
+  php-blog. database-free blogging app in php. articles in markdown,
+  metadata and comments in json.
+
+PHILOSOPHY
+  a blog should degrade gracefully over time. articles, metadata, and
+  comments live in the git repo, not a database.
+
+INSTALL
+      cd yourBlog.com
+      git clone <REPO_URL>
+
+  set the globals at the top of index.php:
+
+      $websiteProtocol = 'https://';
+      $shortDomain = 'yourBlog.com';
+
+  clear the sample data and posts:
+
+      cd _data/ && rm -rf *
+      touch comments.json && touch metadata.json
+      cd ../posts/ && rm -rf *
+      touch 001-your-first-post.md
+
+  add a metadata object in _data/metadata.json for every post. enable
+  FallbackResource in apache .conf or .htaccess:
+
+      FallbackResource /index.php
+
+STRUCTURE
+  index.php        fallback resource; routes requests, calls
+                   functions, fills the template
+  _classes/        Comment.php, Parsedown.php (erusev/parsedown, MIT),
+                   Template.php
+  _data/           metadata.json (one object per post), comments.json
+                   (written server-side as comments arrive)
+  _functions/      loadJSON.php, loadRSS.php, parseMarkdown.php,
+                   submitComment.php
+  _templates/      template.html
+  posts/           markdown post bodies
+  static/          app.css, optional prism.css / prism.js for syntax
+                   highlighting
+
+  metadata object:
+
+      {
+        "id": "001",
+        "title": "Title of Post",
+        "author": "Your Name",
+        "description": "...",
+        "tag": "my-category",
+        "created": "2018-12-08 00:00:00",
+        "modified": "2018-12-08 00:00:00",
+        "link": "https://www.example.com/post/name.html",
+        "published": "Yes"
+      }
+
+  let the web user write comments.json (apache is usually www-data):
+
+      chgrp -R www-data /path/to/website/
+      chmod -R g+w _data/comments.json
+
+┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│  krz.sh                                                      │
+└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘