1. Switched back to Rdiscount

2. Improved Blockquote comment header
3. Added Include File and Pullquote plugins
4. Improved blog typography
5. Simplified "Read more" link

themes/classic/_plugins/blockquote.rb

@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
 # Author: Brandon Mathis
 # Based on the work of: Josediaz Gonzalez - https://github.com/josegonzalez/josediazgonzalez.com/blob/master/_plugins/blockquote.rb
 #
+# Outputs a string with a given attribution as a quote
+#
+#   {% blockquote Bobby Willis http://google.com/blah the search for bobby's mom %}
+#   Wheeee!
+#   {% endblockquote %}
+#   ...
+#   <blockquote>
+#     <p>Wheeee!</p>
+#     <footer>
+#     <strong>John Paul Jones</strong><cite><a href="http://google.com/blah">The Search For Bobby's Mom</a>
+#   </blockquote>
+#
 require './_plugins/titlecase.rb'
 module Jekyll
 
-  # Outputs a string with a given attribution as a quote
-  #
-  #   {% blockquote Bobby Willis http://google.com/blah the search for bobby's mom %}
-  #   Wheeee!
-  #   {% endblockquote %}
-  #   ...
-  #   <blockquote>
-  #     <p>Wheeee!</p>
-  #     <footer>
-  #     <strong>John Paul Jones</strong><cite><a href="http://google.com/blah">The Search For Bobby's Mom</a>
-  #   </blockquote>
-  #
   class Blockquote < Liquid::Block
     FullCiteWithTitle = /([\w\s]+)(https?:\/\/)(\S+\s)([\w\s]+)/i
     FullCite = /([\w\s]+)(https?:\/\/)(\S+)/i

themes/classic/_plugins/custom_filters.rb

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 #custom filters for Octopress
 
 module OctopressFilters
-  def exerpt(input, url, url_text="Reade more…", permalink_text=false)
+  def auto_exerpt(input, url, url_text="Read more …")
     if input.index(/<!--\s?more\s?-->/i)
-      input.split(/<!--\s?more\s?-->/i)[0] + "<p><a href='#{url}'>#{url_text}</a></p>"
-    elsif permalink_text
-      input + "<p><a href='#{url}'>#{permalink_text}</a></p>"
+      input.split(/<!--\s?more\s?-->/i)[0] + "<p><a rel='full-article' href='#{url}'>#{url_text}</a></p>"
+    else
+      input
+    end
+  end
+  def exerpt(input)
+    if input.index(/<!--\s*more\s*-->/i)
+      input.split(/<!--\s*more\s*-->/i)[0]
     else
       input
     end
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ module OctopressFilters
   end
   def ordinalize(date)
     date = datetime(date)
-    "#{date.strftime('%B')} #{ordinal(date.strftime('%e').to_i)}, #{date.strftime('%Y')}"
+    "#{date.strftime('%b')} #{ordinal(date.strftime('%e').to_i)}, #{date.strftime('%Y')}"
   end
   def ordinal(number)
     if (11..13).include?(number.to_i % 100)
@@ -56,4 +61,3 @@ module OctopressFilters
   end
 end
 Liquid::Template.register_filter OctopressFilters
-

themes/classic/_plugins/include_file.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require 'pathname'
+
+module Jekyll
+
+  class IncludePartialTag < Liquid::Tag
+    def initialize(tag_name, file, tokens)
+      super
+      @file = file.strip
+    end
+
+    def render(context)
+      file_dir = (context.registers[:site].source || 'source')
+      file_path = Pathname.new(file_dir).expand_path
+      file = file_path + @file
+
+      unless file.file?
+        return "File #{file} could not be found"
+      end
+
+      Dir.chdir(file_path) do
+        partial = Liquid::Template.parse(file.read)
+        context.stack do
+          partial.render(context)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Liquid::Template.register_tag('include_partial', Jekyll::IncludePartialTag)
+

themes/classic/_plugins/pullquote.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#
+# Author: Brandon Mathis
+# Based on the sematic pullquote technique by Maykel Loomans at http://miekd.com/articles/pull-quotes-with-html5-and-css/
+#
+# Outputs a span with a data-pullquote attribute set from the marked pullquote. Example:
+#
+#   {% pullquote %}
+#     When writing longform posts, I find it helpful to include pullquotes, which help those scanning a post discern whether or not a post is helpful.
+#     It is important to note, {" pullquotes are merely visual in presentation and should not appear twice in the text. "} That is why it is prefered
+#     to use a CSS only technique for styling pullquotes.
+#   {% endpullquote %}
+#   ...will output...
+#   <p>
+#     <span data-pullquote="pullquotes are merely visual in presentation and should not appear twice in the text.">
+#       When writing longform posts, I find it helpful to include pullquotes, which help those scanning a post discern whether or not a post is helpful.
+#       It is important to note, pullquotes are merely visual in presentation and should not appear twice in the text. This is why a CSS only approach #       for styling pullquotes is prefered.
+#     </span>
+#   </p>
+#
+
+module Jekyll
+
+  class PullquoteTag < Liquid::Block
+    PullQuoteMarkup = /\{(.+)\}/i
+
+    def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)
+      super
+    end
+
+    def render(context)
+      output = super
+      if output.join =~ /\{"\s*(.+)\s*"\}/
+        @quote = $1
+        "<span class='has-pullquote' data-pullquote='#{@quote}'>#{output.join.gsub(/\{"\s*|\s*"\}/, '')}</span>"
+      else
+        return "Surround your pullquote like this {! text to be quoted !}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Liquid::Template.register_tag('pullquote', Jekyll::PullquoteTag)