# temporary index

*temporary index* is a static website containing content made in Etherpad. Plain text files are exported from indices created with [etherpump], and converted into Markdown. 

They can then be used to make catalogue cards, by adding them as content to Pelican's file system. Running make commands allows HTML files to be generated and served over a network.

## Dependencies

[Pelican](), a static site generator
[Markdown](), a lightweight markup language

Create a python virtual environment to install Python dependencies

$ python3 -m venv env
$ source env/bin/activate

Next, with the environment activated, install Pelican and Markdown

$ pip install pelican markdown