No user signup is required -- authorization to modify an individual published page is saved on the creator's device in local storage as an ID and JWT generated by the server.

It is also available as an Android app.

Development

Requirements

Go
Node.js
MySQL

Setup

Clone the repo
Run go get -d to get necessary dependencies
Run make install to install LESS compiler locally and generate the CSS files
Run the queries in init.sql to set up the database
Optional. Run ./keys.sh prod to create a new keypair

Running the server

Run go run cmd/htmlhouse/main.go in the top level directory, optionally by creating a simple run script

#!/bin/bash

DB_USER=dbuser DB_PASSWORD=pass DB_DB=htmlhouse PRIVATE_KEY=keys/dev PUBLIC_KEY=keys/dev.pub go run main/main.go

Open your browser to http://localhost:8080

Environment Variables

Variable	What it is	Default value
`DB_USER`	Database user	None. Required
`DB_PASSWORD`	Database password	None. Required
`DB_DB`	Database name	None. Required
`DB_HOST`	Database host	`localhost`
`PRIVATE_KEY`	Generated private key	None. Required
`PUBLIC_KEY`	Generated public key	None. Required
`PORT`	Port to run app on	`8080`
`STATIC_DIR`	Relative dir where static files are stored	`static`
`ALLOW_PUBLISH`	Allow users to publish posts	true
`AUTO_APPROVE`	Automatically approves public posts	false
`PREVIEWS_HOST`	Fully-qualified URL (without trailing slash) of screenshot server	None.
`ADMIN_PASS`	Password to perform admin functions via API	`uhoh`
`BROWSE_ITEMS`	Number of items to show on Browse page	10
`BLACKLIST_TERMS`	Comma-separated list of terms to prevent a post from being made public	None.
`TWITTER_KEY`	Twitter consumer key	`notreal`
`TWITTER_SECRET`	Twitter consumer secret	`notreal`
`TWITTER_TOKEN`	Twitter access token of the posting Twitter account	`notreal`
`TWITTER_TOKEN_SECRET`	Twitter access token secret of the posting Twitter account	`notreal`
`WF_MODE`	Run CSShorse, not HTMLhouse — for customizing WriteFreely blogs	`false`

Notes

Changing CSS. Run make after all changes to update the stylesheets.

When you don't need to reload the app. When you make changes to any files in static/ you can simply refresh the resource without restarting the app.

When to reload the app. If you change any of the templates in templates/ or any .go file, you'll need to re-run the app.