Template languages

Proton comes with support for some common template languages. This means you can write your site in a language like Markdown or HAML, and have Proton take care of translating them accordingly.

If a file ends in one of Proton's supported file extensions (like .haml), it will be stripped out and the file will be rendered using the template engine in that extension (in this case, HAML).

Supported languages

Proton supports the following languages out-of-the-box:

• HTML template languages

  • .haml (HAML)
  • .md (Markdown)
  • .textile (Textile)
  • .erb (ERB, Embedded Ruby)

• CSS template languages

  • .less (LessCSS)
  • .sass (Sass)
  • .scss (Sass CSS)

• JavaScript

  • .coffee (CoffeeScript)

This means that the following files will be translated accordingly:

• products.haml becomes products.html (rendered through HAML)
• control.less becomes control.css (rendered through Less CSS)
• site.xml.erb becomes site.xml (rendered through Embedded Ruby)

Example

When creating a new site, have a look at index.haml.

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Headers

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Layouts

Layouts are supported for HAML, Markdown, Textile and ERB languages.

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Embedded Ruby features

Some languages (like HAML and ERB) has support for embedding Ruby code in the documents. This will let you do some nifty things in Proton:

• Partials
• Helpers