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+.. _quick-start:
+
+
+ABlog Quick Start
+=================
+
+.. post:: Mar 1, 2015
+   :tags: config, tips
+   :author: Mehmet, Ahmet
+   :category: Manual
+   :location: SF
+
+This short walk through of blogging work flow assumes that you have already installed ABlog. If not, see :ref:`installation` guide.
+
+*Note that this post is a working draft. Feel free to revise it on GitHub.*
+
+Start a Project
+---------------
+
+To start a new project, run ``ablog start`` command in a directory where you want to keep your project source files.
+This command will ask you a few questions and create the following files:
+
+  * :file:`conf.py` that contains project configuration for building HTML pages.
+
+  * :file:`first-post.rst`, a blog post example.
+
+  * :file:`index.rst` that contains content for the *landing* page of your website.
+
+  * :file:`about.rst`, another non-post page example.
+
+
+Build and View
+--------------
+
+With no further delay, let's see what your project will look like.
+First run ``ablog build``, in your project folder, to have HTML pages built in :file:`_website` folder.
+Then, call ``ablog serve`` to view them in your default web browser.
+See :ref:`commands` for more information about these commands.
+
+Your landing page is built from :file:`index.rst` and contains links to your first post and about page.
+Take a look at :file:`index.rst` for some tips on navigation links within the project.
+
+Write Content
+-------------
+
+If you are new to Sphinx_ and reStructuredText markup language, you might find `reStructuredText Primer <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html>`__ useful.
+
+Pages
+^^^^^
+
+Pages in your project are :file:`.rst` files that are only a :rst:dir:`post` directive short of becoming blog posts.
+To make regular pages accessible from the navigation bar, you need to list them in a :rst:dir:`toctree`.
+This is shown for *about* page into :file:`index.rst`.
+
+Posts
+^^^^^
+
+You can convert any page to a post with a :rst:dir:`post` directive.
+ABlog will take care of listing posts in specified archives and sidebars.
+
+Blog posts
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+You can start new blog posts with either a front-matter or a directive using ABlog.
+Simply use something based on the following template as the front-matter::
+
+:blogpost: true
+:date: January 1, 2020
+:author: A. Author
+:location: World
+:category: Blog
+:language: English
+:tags: blog
+
+Simply use something based on the following template as the directive for ABlog::
+
+  .. post:: January 1, 2020
+
+    :author: A. Author
+    :location: World
+    :category: Blog
+    :language: English
+    :tags: blog
+
+For more information, see :ref:`posting-directive` and :ref:`posting-front-matter`.
+
+Comments
+--------
+
+You can enable comments in your website by creating a Disqus_ account and obtaining a unique identifier, i.e. :confval:`disqus_shortname`.
+See :ref:`disqus-integration` for configuration options.
+
+Analytics
+---------
+
+ABlog uses Alabaster_ theme by default. You can use theme options to set your `Google Analytics`__ identifier to enable tracking.
+
+__ https://www.google.com/analytics/
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+There are four major groups of configuration options that can help you customize how your website looks:
+
+  * :ref:`config` - add blog authors, post locations and languages to your blog, adjust archive and feed content, etc.
+
+  * `General configuration <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration>`__ and `project information <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information>`__
+
+  * :ref:`html-options` - configure appearance of your website.
+
+  * Alabaster_ theme options - link to your GitHub account and project, set up tracking, etc.
+
+Other Folders
+-------------
+
+You might have noticed that your project contains three folders that we have not mention yet.
+Here they are:
+
+  * :file:`_static` is for keeping image, :file:`.js`, and :file:`.css` files.
+    :confval:`html_static_path` Sphinx option for more information.
+
+  * :file:`_templates` is for custom HTML templates.
+    See :confval:`templates_path` for more information.
+
+  * :file:`.doctree` folder, created after build command is called, is where Sphinx_ stores the state of your project.
+    Files in this folder saves time when you rebuild your project.