Re: [O] Create preamble from an .org file ?

[Vincent Beffara]

Hi,

> > How do I do that? Maybe a dedicated .org file for the navigation bar is
> > not the right way to do, is there a better one?
>
> Since you only need to export your preamble in HTML once, I'd rather use
> `org-export-html-preamble' and set it to the HTML string you want.

Thanks for the tip. In terms of time spent to build a web page, that 
would have been the wise thing to do. However, I wanted something more 
modular, say being able to add a few pages without having to tweak the 
variable each time, and so on.

So in the mean time I cobbled something together, which works for me and 
feels a bit more flexible if I want to modify the navigation bar in the 
page:

(defun my-org-publish-org-to-html (plist filename pubdir)
  (org-pop-to-buffer-same-window
    (find-file "~/Boulot/org/web/preamble.org"))
    (let* ((preamble (org-export-as-html 3 nil nil 'string t))
           (plist (plist-put plist :html-preamble preamble)))
          (org-publish-org-to-html plist filename pubdir)))

(Everything is hard-coded, it should use the :base-directory and test 
whether :html-preamble is equal to 'file or something, and it does not 
feel optimal at all, if only because it exports the preamble once for 
every file - that's more like a proof-of-concept ...)

The file .../preamble.org contains a few links and contact info, and the 
line to #+INCLUDE: the sitemap. Works reasonably well :-) and it could 
be something that others would find useful.

Thanks again,

Cheers,

        /vincent