🔨 generate rss

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 .idea
 .venv
+
+# This should be generated on deploy
+static/feed.rss

app.py

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 from flask import Flask, render_template, abort
+from comics_data import COMICS
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 # Configuration
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'your-secret-key-here'  # Change this in production
 
-# Sample comic data (in production, this would come from a database)
-COMICS = [
-    {
-        'number': 1,
-        'title': 'First Comic',
-        'filename': 'comic-001.png',
-        'date': '2025-01-01',
-        'alt_text': 'The very first comic',
-        'transcript': 'This is where your comic journey begins!'
-    },
-    {
-        'number': 2,
-        'title': 'Second Comic',
-        'filename': 'comic-002.png',
-        'date': '2025-01-08',
-        'alt_text': 'The second comic',
-        'transcript': 'The adventure continues...'
-    },
-    {
-        'number': 3,
-        'title': 'Third Comic',
-        'filename': 'comic-003.png',
-        'date': '2025-01-15',
-        'alt_text': 'The third comic',
-        'transcript': 'Things are getting interesting!'
-    },
-]
-
 
 def get_comic_by_number(number):
     """Get a comic by its number"""

comics_data.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Comic data
+# Edit this file to add, remove, or modify comics
+
+COMICS = [
+    {
+        'number': 1,
+        'title': 'First Comic',
+        'filename': 'comic-001.png',
+        'date': '2025-01-01',
+        'alt_text': 'The very first comic',
+        'author_note': 'This is where your comic journey begins!'
+    },
+    {
+        'number': 2,
+        'filename': 'comic-002.png',
+        'date': '2025-01-08',
+        'alt_text': 'The second comic',
+    },
+    {
+        'number': 3,
+        'title': 'Third Comic',
+        'filename': 'comic-003.png',
+        'date': '2025-01-15',
+        'alt_text': 'The third comic',
+        'author_note': 'Things are getting interesting!'
+    },
+]

scripts/add_comic.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Script to add a new comic entry to comics_data.py with reasonable defaults
+"""
+import sys
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+
+# Add parent directory to path so we can import comics_data
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+from comics_data import COMICS
+
+
+def main():
+    """Add a new comic entry with defaults"""
+    # Get next number
+    number = max(comic['number'] for comic in COMICS) + 1 if COMICS else 1
+
+    # Create entry with defaults
+    comic = {
+        'number': number,
+        'filename': f'comic-{number:03d}.png',
+        'date': datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d'),
+        'alt_text': f'Comic #{number}',
+    }
+
+    # Get path to comics_data.py
+    script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    parent_dir = os.path.dirname(script_dir)
+    comics_file = os.path.join(parent_dir, 'comics_data.py')
+
+    # Read file
+    with open(comics_file, 'r') as f:
+        content = f.read()
+
+    # Format new entry
+    entry_str = f"""    {{
+        'number': {comic['number']},
+        'filename': {repr(comic['filename'])},
+        'date': {repr(comic['date'])},
+        'alt_text': {repr(comic['alt_text'])}
+    }}"""
+
+    # Insert before closing bracket
+    insert_pos = content.rfind(']')
+    new_content = content[:insert_pos] + entry_str + ",\n" + content[insert_pos:]
+
+    # Write back
+    with open(comics_file, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(new_content)
+
+    print(f"Added comic #{number}")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

scripts/generate_rss.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Script to generate an RSS feed for the comic
+"""
+import sys
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element, SubElement, tostring
+from xml.dom import minidom
+
+# Add parent directory to path so we can import comics_data
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+from comics_data import COMICS
+
+# Configuration - update these for your site
+SITE_URL = "http://localhost:5000"  # Change to your actual domain
+SITE_TITLE = "Sunday Comics"
+SITE_DESCRIPTION = "A webcomic about life, the universe, and everything"
+SITE_LANGUAGE = "en-us"
+
+
+def generate_rss():
+    """Generate RSS feed from COMICS data"""
+    # Create RSS root
+    rss = Element('rss', version='2.0')
+    channel = SubElement(rss, 'channel')
+
+    # Channel metadata
+    SubElement(channel, 'title').text = SITE_TITLE
+    SubElement(channel, 'link').text = SITE_URL
+    SubElement(channel, 'description').text = SITE_DESCRIPTION
+    SubElement(channel, 'language').text = SITE_LANGUAGE
+    SubElement(channel, 'lastBuildDate').text = datetime.now().strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000')
+
+    # Add items for each comic (reversed to show newest first)
+    for comic in reversed(COMICS):
+        item = SubElement(channel, 'item')
+
+        # Title
+        title = comic.get('title', f"#{comic['number']}")
+        SubElement(item, 'title').text = title
+
+        # Link to comic page
+        link = f"{SITE_URL}/comic/{comic['number']}"
+        SubElement(item, 'link').text = link
+        SubElement(item, 'guid', isPermaLink='true').text = link
+
+        # Description (include author note if present)
+        description = f"Comic #{comic['number']}"
+        if comic.get('author_note'):
+            description += f"\n\n{comic['author_note']}"
+        SubElement(item, 'description').text = description
+
+        # Publication date
+        try:
+            pub_date = datetime.strptime(comic['date'], '%Y-%m-%d')
+            SubElement(item, 'pubDate').text = pub_date.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y 00:00:00 +0000')
+        except:
+            pass
+
+        # Image enclosure
+        image_url = f"{SITE_URL}/static/images/{comic['filename']}"
+        SubElement(item, 'enclosure', url=image_url, type='image/png', length='0')
+
+    # Convert to pretty XML
+    xml_str = minidom.parseString(tostring(rss)).toprettyxml(indent='  ')
+
+    # Remove extra blank lines
+    xml_str = '\n'.join([line for line in xml_str.split('\n') if line.strip()])
+
+    return xml_str
+
+
+def main():
+    """Generate and save RSS feed"""
+    # Get path to static folder
+    script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    parent_dir = os.path.dirname(script_dir)
+    static_dir = os.path.join(parent_dir, 'static')
+
+    # Create static directory if it doesn't exist
+    os.makedirs(static_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    # Generate RSS
+    rss_content = generate_rss()
+
+    # Save to file
+    rss_file = os.path.join(static_dir, 'feed.rss')
+    with open(rss_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(rss_content)
+
+    print(f"RSS feed generated: {rss_file}")
+    print(f"Total comics: {len(COMICS)}")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

static/css/style.css

@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ main {
 .comic-image {
     text-align: center;
     margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
-    border: 2px solid #000;
     padding: 0.5rem;
     background: #fff;
 }

templates/archive.html

@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
         <div class="archive-item">
             <a href="{{ url_for('comic', comic_id=comic.number) }}">
                 <img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='images/thumbs/' + comic.filename) }}"
-                     alt="{{ comic.title }}"
-                     onerror="this.src='{{ url_for('static', filename='images/' + comic.filename) }}'">
+                     alt="{{ comic.title if comic.title else '#' ~ comic.number }}">
                 <div class="archive-info">
-                    <h3>#{{ comic.number }}: {{ comic.title }}</h3>
+                    <h3>#{{ comic.number }}{% if comic.title %}: {{ comic.title }}{% endif %}</h3>
                     <p class="archive-date">{{ comic.date }}</p>
                 </div>
             </a>

templates/comic.html

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 {% block content %}
 <div class="comic-container">
     <div class="comic-header">
-        <h1>{{ comic.title }}</h1>
+        <h1>{{ comic.title if comic.title else '#' ~ comic.number }}</h1>
         <p class="comic-date">{{ comic.date }}</p>
     </div>
 
     <div class="comic-image">
         <img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='images/' + comic.filename) }}"
-             alt="{{ comic.title }}"
+             alt="{{ comic.title if comic.title else '#' ~ comic.number }}"
              title="{{ comic.alt_text }}">
     </div>
 
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    {% if comic.transcript %}
+    {% if comic.author_note %}
     <div class="comic-transcript">
-        <h3>Transcript</h3>
-        <p>{{ comic.transcript }}</p>
+        <h3>Author Note</h3>
+        <p>{{ comic.author_note }}</p>
     </div>
     {% endif %}
 </div>

templates/index.html

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 {% block content %}
 <div class="comic-container">
     <div class="comic-header">
-        <h1>{{ comic.title }}</h1>
+        <h1>{{ comic.title if comic.title else '#' ~ comic.number }}</h1>
         <p class="comic-date">{{ comic.date }}</p>
     </div>
 
     <div class="comic-image">
         <img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='images/' + comic.filename) }}"
-             alt="{{ comic.title }}"
+             alt="{{ comic.title if comic.title else '#' ~ comic.number }}"
              title="{{ comic.alt_text }}">
     </div>
 
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    {% if comic.transcript %}
+    {% if comic.author_note %}
     <div class="comic-transcript">
-        <h3>Transcript</h3>
-        <p>{{ comic.transcript }}</p>
+        <h3>Author Note</h3>
+        <p>{{ comic.author_note }}</p>
     </div>
     {% endif %}
 </div>