Ink
Scrolls
Scrolls (aka templates) are a pre-defined way of displaying data from Shaai. They are named as scroll-*
, *
being the name. Ink's npm package, hence, is @shaai/scroll-ink
.
Usage
Shaai is a pluggable blogging framework, allowing you to use elements as per your need. All the scrolls use the @shaai/core
package internally to source the blog data. According to your environment, you may use a scroll in following ways:
1. Using with React
Using Shaai with React is super easy, thanks to our React wrapper @shaai/react
. Install the two dependencies required.
npm install --save @shaai/scroll-ink @shaai/react
And use them as follows:
import withShaai from '@shaai/react'
import ScrollInk from '@shaai/scroll-ink'
const Shaai = withShaai(ScrollInk)
const App = function(props) {
return <div>
<Shaai config={config} />
</div>
}
const config = {
}
To include styles, add this line to your CSS file:
@import "~@shaai/scroll-ink/dist/main.css"
2. Using with Vanilla JavaScript
-
Using in a Node dev environment
To use in a Node project, install scroll-ink first.
npm install --save @shaai/scroll-ink
Then import and initialise it with the config
object.
import ScrollInk from '@shaai/scroll-ink'
const s = new ScrollInk(config)
const templates = []
s.load(templates)
s.subscribe((dom) => {
let b = document.getElementById('blog')
b.innerHTML = ''
b.append(dom)
})
To include styles, add this line to your CSS file:
@import "~@shaai/scroll-ink/dist/main.css"
-
Using in the browser
To use Shaai in the browser directly, we recommend using unpkg to source the build files. Just include these lines inside your <head>
tag of your HTML document.
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://unpkg.com/@shaai/scroll-ink/dist/main.css">
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@shaai/scroll-ink/dist/main.js"></script>
This will include the latest js
and css
build files from the scroll-ink npm package, which make the ScrollInk
property available globally. The rest of the process is quite similar to the above one.
let s = new ScrollInk(config)
window.onload = function() {
s.load()
s.subscribe(function(dom) {
document.getElementById('blog').innerHTML = ''
document.getElementById('blog').append(dom)
})
}
Here's a short video to setup your first blog using Shaai and React.
The config
object
Each Shaai instance needs to be initialised with a config object to make Shaai work as the way you want. You can pass in following properties currently:
Property | Type | Description | Default |
---|
source | object | Has information about where to source the blog data from | required |
basePath | string | Relative path where your blog will rest e.g. /blog | '' |
blogHeader | object / HTMLElement | Data to be rendered in the blog header { title: 'My blog' } | Default header |
blogFooter | object / HTMLElement | Data to be rendered in the blog footer { title: 'Some text' } | Default header |
globalHeader | boolean | If true, the header will be shown on all routes. Can be overriden at route level in the templates. | false |
globalFooter | boolean | If true, the footer will be shown on all routes. Can be overriden at route level in the templates. | false |
globalNav | boolean | If true, the nav bar will be shown on all routes. Can be overriden at route level in the templates. | false |
source
object
Property | Type | Description | Default |
---|
name | string | Name of the data source CMS / FS / MEDIUM | 'CMS' |
config | object | Contains config data for the source e.g. { blogCode: 12345asdf } for source = 'CMS' | required |
Templates
Templates are the route-based views in scroll-ink. It is an array of template objects which have following properties:
path
This is the path/route for the template. Whenever the window path matches this value, the corresponding template will be rendered.
fetch
This is the method which is called before rendering the respective view. It receives the shaai
instance, the store
and the url params
. While most views would requiring fetching data, you can skip this property if only static data has to be rendered.
template
This is the function that returns the actual DOM snippet for the matched path. It receives the data
received from the fetch
function, if any, and should return a HTMLElement object.
name
This property is used at places like the navigation bar, to mention the matched path's name.
A template object can look as below
const templates = [
{
path: '/',
name: 'Posts',
template: (data) => s.list(data, { minimiseContent: true, viewFilter: ['title', 'content', 'publishData'] }),
fetch: (shaai, store, params) => {
return new Promise(res => {
if(store.getData('posts')) {
res(store.getData('posts'))
}
shaai.getBlogs().then(data => {
store.setData({ posts: data.items })
res(data.items)
})
})
}
},
{
path: '/about',
name: 'About',
template: ({ config }) => {
let html = `
<div>
<h4 class="about-heading">About me</h4>
<p class="about-content">Hello there! I am <a href="https://github.com/mohtik05">@mohitk05</a></p>
</div>
`
let about = document.createElement('div')
about.className = 'about'
about.innerHTML = html
return about
}
}
]
Development
Run npm run start:dev
for starting the Webpack dev server.