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+# Source code for my website
+
+This is the source code for my website: <https://jonathanh.co.uk>.
+
+The site is built from markdown using [pandoc](https://pandoc.org/).
+
+## build.sh
+There is a bash script, [build.sh](/jab2870/Website/src/branch/master/build.sh), that creates the necessary files in a `public_html` folder.
+
+This can then be hosted on any hosting service.
+
+The script takes the following commands:
+
+### Clean
+
+```bash
+build.sh clean
+```
+
+This will remove the contents of the public_html folder and the tmp folder the script uses to store things like the tag list
+
+### Tags
+
+```bash
+build.sh tags
+```
+
+This will build the taglist which is used internally and stored in the `tmp` folder as well as creating archive pages for each tag
+
+### Blog
+
+```bash
+build.sh blog
+```
+
+This will build the blog pages for any blogs that have been modified since the last time blogs were built
+
+### Index
+
+```bash
+build.sh index
+```
+
+This will generate the homepage.
+
+### All
+
+```bash
+build.sh all
+```
+
+This will generate the tags, the blogs and the index
+
+## Docker
+
+To run locally, make sure docker and docker-compose are installed then run `docker-compose up`. You will be able to access the site at <http://localhost:8080>.