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README.md

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+# Tyrel's Rust Static Site Generator
+
+## Links
+
+Configuration
+* `config.yaml`
+* links.yaml`
+* template html
+* static directory
+
+### example: `config.yaml`
+```yaml
+output_dir: public/
+links:
+  source: data/links/links.yaml
+  template: templates/links/links.html
+  static_dir: static/
+```
+
+### example: `links.yaml`
+```yaml
+config:
+  title: Where to find Tyrel Souza
+  name: Tyrel Souza
+  description: Software Engineer, gamer, tech-enthusiast, ham, pilot, father
+  avatar: loupe.jpg
+  background: moroccan-flower-dark.png
+  background_opacity: 0.7
+
+links:
+  - title: Sites
+    links:
+      - text: Blog
+        icon: fa fa-blog
+        href: https://tyrel.dev
+  - title: Social
+      - text: Mastodon
+        rels: me
+        icon: fa fa-mastodon
+        href: https://mastodon.social/@tyrel
+  - title: Gaming
+      - text: Switch Friendcode
+        icon: fa-solid fa-gamepad
+        copy: "SW-1711-7753-4091"
+```
+
+### example `template.html`
+[Example code Here](./templates/links/links.html)
+
+### static dir
+
+This is optional, but everything inside will be copied directly next to the `index.html` in the `links` directory

src/main.rs

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     blog: Option<BlogConfig>,
 }
 
-fn load_config() -> Config {
-    let config_file = std::fs::File::open("./config.yaml").expect("Could not find config.yaml file");
+fn load_config(filename: &str) -> Config {
+    let config_file = std::fs::File::open(filename).expect("Could not find config.yaml file");
 
     let config: Result<Config, serde_yaml::Error> = serde_yaml::from_reader(config_file);
     match config {
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ fn load_config() -> Config {
                 let msg = &err.to_string()[..=last_backtick_index];
                 eprintln!("Error with Configuration file: {}", msg);
             } else {
-                // If there are no backticks, you may want to handle this differently
-                eprintln!("Error with Configuration file: {}", &err.to_string());
+                let msg = &err.to_string();
+                eprintln!("Error with Configuration file: {}", msg);
             }
+
         }
     }
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ fn main() {
     let blog_str = "blog";
     // let blog_dir = PathBuf::from(blog_str);
 
-    let config: Config = load_config();
+    let config: Config = load_config("./config.yaml");
     let output_dir = PathBuf::from(&config.output_dir);
 
     // absolutely destroy any /public data, so we have a clean slate to write to