# Webgen 0.5.0 released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webgen-0-5-0-released/142582>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 9, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webgen-0-5-0-released/142582 "2008-07-09T12:13:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@tlockney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tlockney)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webgen-0-5-0-released/142582/1 "2008-07-09T12:13:51Z")

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## Hey everybody!

I just released a new webgen version and the ‘new’ is not overstated  
since it is really a complete rewrite of the 0.4.x series.

The new 0.5.x series is not as feature rich as the 0.4.x series yet  
(most tags, source handlers and content processors are still missing),  
but provides some features not found before. One of these new features  
is partial site generation so that only changed files need to be  
regenerated!

The following releases will make the 0.5.x series as feature rich as  
the 0.4.x series again.

webgen now uses git as its VCS and has its main repository on  
Rubyforge but you can also find an up-to-date git repo on github at

> **[GitHub - gettalong/webgen: webgen is a fast, powerful and extensible static...](https://github.com/gettalong/webgen)**
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> webgen is a fast, powerful and extensible static website generator - GitHub - gettalong/webgen: webgen is a fast, powerful and extensible static website generator

Best regards,  
Thomas

## What’s webgen?

webgen is a tool to generate static websites by combining content  
with template files. You create one or more template files in which  
you define the layout of your page and where the content should go.  
After that you create page files in which you only define the  
content. You can use a variety of markup languages like Textile or  
Markdown to define your content and you can add dynamic parts via ERB  
or by using webgen tags. This allows the automatic generation of  
menus, breadcrumb trails and much more!

## Installation

gem install webgen

## Usage

See [http://webgen.rubyforge.org/documentation/](http://webgen.rubyforge.org/documentation/)