A professional news site generated from Markdown. Node.js reads files under news/, converts them to HTML, and writes a matching tree under public/.
news/ Markdown sources (nested sections)
national/
regional/
international/
sports/
science/
technology/
public/ Generated HTML (created by the build)
themes/ Colour themes (classic, midnight, slate)
site.config.js Site title, default theme, base URL
src/build.js Static site generator
Section folders can nest further (for example news/science/space/). The public tree mirrors that structure, with .html instead of .md.
npm install npm run build # convert Markdown → public/ npm start # build, then serve public/ at http://localhost:3000
Each article may begin with YAML. These fields drive titles, social tags, and JSON-LD:
--- title: Parliament advances election transparency bill description: A one- or two-sentence summary for search and social cards. author: Priya Raman date: 2026-08-28 keywords: elections, parliament, transparency section: National image: /images/hero.jpg canonical: https://www.dailyledger.example/national/election-transparency-bill.html robots: index,follow ---
draft: true excludes a file from the build. Missing description falls back to an excerpt of the body.
Set the default in site.config.js:
theme: "classic", // or "midnight" or "slate"
Add a new file in themes/ (CSS custom properties only) and it appears in the header theme menu after the next build. Readers can also switch themes in the browser; the choice is stored in localStorage.
Article pages use <header>, <nav>, <main>, <article>, and <section>. Category indexes are built from the same directory tree as the navigation.