✨feature: Make "pretty" URLs

main.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func main() {
     return
   }
 
-  files, err := readMarkdownFiles(contentDir)
+  files, err := readContentFiles(contentDir)
   if err != nil {
     fmt.Printf("Failed to read content directory: %v\n", err)
     return
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ func main() {
 
   nav := buildNavigation(files)
 
-  generatePages(files, contentDir, outputDir, tpl, nav)
+  for _, file := range files {
+    if filepath.Ext(file.Name()) == ".md" {
+      err := generateHTML(file, contentDir, outputDir, tpl, nav)
+      if err != nil {
+        fmt.Printf("Error generating HTML for %s: %v\n", file.Name(), err)
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
   fmt.Println("✅ Site generation complete.")
 }
@@ -46,7 +53,7 @@ func parseTemplate(templateFile string) (*template.Template, error) {
   return template.ParseFiles(templateFile)
 }
 
-func readMarkdownFiles(contentDir string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
+func readContentFiles(contentDir string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
   return ioutil.ReadDir(contentDir)
 }
 
@@ -54,47 +61,52 @@ func buildNavigation(files []os.FileInfo) []NavItem {
   var nav []NavItem
   for _, file := range files {
     if filepath.Ext(file.Name()) == ".md" {
-      title := strings.Title(strings.TrimSuffix(file.Name(), filepath.Ext(file.Name())))
-      filename := strings.TrimSuffix(file.Name(), filepath.Ext(file.Name())) + ".html"
-      nav = append(nav, NavItem{Title: title, URL: "/" + filename})
+      name := strings.TrimSuffix(file.Name(), filepath.Ext(file.Name()))
+      title := strings.Title(name)
+      url := "/"
+      if name != "index" {
+        url = "/" + name + "/"
+      }
+      nav = append(nav, NavItem{Title: title, URL: url})
     }
   }
   return nav
 }
 
-func generatePages(files []os.FileInfo, contentDir, outputDir string, tpl *template.Template, nav []NavItem) {
-  for _, file := range files {
-    if filepath.Ext(file.Name()) == ".md" {
-      mdPath := filepath.Join(contentDir, file.Name())
-      mdContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(mdPath)
-      if err != nil {
-        fmt.Printf("Failed to read %s: %v\n", file.Name(), err)
-        continue
-      }
+func generateHTML(file os.FileInfo, contentDir, outputDir string, tpl *template.Template, nav []NavItem) error {
+  name := strings.TrimSuffix(file.Name(), filepath.Ext(file.Name()))
+  title := strings.Title(name)
 
-      htmlContent := blackfriday.Run(mdContent)
-      outFile := strings.TrimSuffix(file.Name(), filepath.Ext(file.Name())) + ".html"
-      outPath := filepath.Join(outputDir, outFile)
-      out, err := os.Create(outPath)
-      if err != nil {
-        fmt.Printf("Failed to create %s: %v\n", outPath, err)
-        continue
-      }
-
-      data := map[string]interface{}{
-        "Content": template.HTML(htmlContent),
-        "Title":   strings.Title(strings.TrimSuffix(file.Name(), filepath.Ext(file.Name()))),
-        "Nav":     nav,
-        "Year":    time.Now().Year(),
-      }
-
-      err = tpl.Execute(out, data)
-      if err != nil {
-        fmt.Printf("Template execution failed for %s: %v\n", file.Name(), err)
-        continue
-      }
-
-      fmt.Printf("Generated: %s\n", outPath)
-    }
+  mdPath := filepath.Join(contentDir, file.Name())
+  mdContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(mdPath)
+  if err != nil {
+    return fmt.Errorf("failed to read %s: %w", file.Name(), err)
   }
+
+  htmlContent := blackfriday.Run(mdContent)
+
+  var outPath string
+  if name == "index" {
+    outPath = filepath.Join(outputDir, "index.html")
+  } else {
+    subDir := filepath.Join(outputDir, name)
+    os.MkdirAll(subDir, os.ModePerm)
+    outPath = filepath.Join(subDir, "index.html")
+  }
+
+  outFile, err := os.Create(outPath)
+  if err != nil {
+    return fmt.Errorf("failed to create %s: %w", outPath, err)
+  }
+  defer outFile.Close()
+
+  data := map[string]interface{}{
+    "Content": template.HTML(htmlContent),
+    "Title":   title,
+    "Nav":     nav,
+    "Year":    time.Now().Year(),
+    "Date":    time.Now().Format("January 2, 2006"),
+  }
+
+  return tpl.Execute(outFile, data)
 }

public/about/index.html

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
     <nav>
       <ul>
         
-        <li><a href="/about.html">About</a></li>
+        <li><a href="/about/">About</a></li>
         
-        <li><a href="/index.html">Index</a></li>
+        <li><a href="/">Index</a></li>
         
       </ul>
     </nav>

public/index.html

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
     <nav>
       <ul>
         
-        <li><a href="/about.html">About</a></li>
+        <li><a href="/about/">About</a></li>
         
-        <li><a href="/index.html">Index</a></li>
+        <li><a href="/">Index</a></li>
         
       </ul>
     </nav>