Trackers

• Dependencies
• Tracking games with a backloggery clone
  • Setup
    • Setting the variables
    • The rest
  • Generating the files

Dependencies

• python3
• orgparse (install via pip)
• rclone (for syncing to the server)

Tracking games with a backloggery clone

Setup

Setting the variables

Rename variables-template.py to variables.py and edit:

• endlessgames: a list of “endless” games in the format title (console)
• orgpath: absolute path to the root directory in which .org files are stored, including trailing slash
• localpath: absolute path to this directory, including trailing slash
• serverpath: path to directory on the server where files will be uploaded, including trailing slash
• domain: https://yourdomain.tld without trailing slash
• rclonesiteroot: path rclone uses to access your webserver
• description: content for the “about” section (can include HTML tags)
• hue: theme colour expressed as a hue from 0 to 360
• consoles: add or remove consoles following the format provided (.png images must be added to the build directory with a filename corresponding with the value of "img" for each console)

The rest

• Run python3 init.py and then chmod +x build.sh.
• Create the directory on the server.

Generating the files

• Run python3 generate.py local to build in the local build directory.
• Run ./build.sh to build and upload to the server.