# Webgen 0.5.3 released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webgen-0-5-3-released/146811>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 25, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webgen-0-5-3-released/146811 "2008-08-25T20:08:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webgen-0-5-3-released/146811/1 "2008-08-25T20:08:47Z")

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## Hey everybody!

webgen 0.5.3 has just been released! If you don’t know what webgen is,  
read the “What’s webgen?” section down below.

This announcement is also available at  
[http://webgen.rubyforge.org/news/release\_0\_5\_3.html](http://webgen.rubyforge.org/news/release_0_5_3.html)

This release brings some usability and feature enhancements to webgen  
as well as several bug fixes. Also note that this release requires  
facets version 2.4.3 instead of 2.4.1!

- Setting some configuration options (for example, the path patterns  
used by Webgen::SourceHandler::Copy) was very complicated in previous  
releases. With the introduction of configuration file helpers this gets  
much easier now. For example, adding some path patterns for  
Webgen::SourceHandler::Copy can be done like this now:

- A new source handler for automatic feed generation has been added.  
This is the first part of the blogging support that will be introduced  
in the following versions of webgen.

- The styling of the menu tag has been modified: an additional CSS  
class specifying the current menu level has been added and the  
surrounding `div` tag has been removed.

- I have added upgrading information for upgrading 0.4.x websites to  
0.5.x.

## List of changes

- Major enhancements:

- Minor enhancements:

- Bug fixes:

## 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 or Haml 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/)