build.js

var jade = require('jade');
var marked = require('marked');
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var async = require('async');
var front = require('front-matter');
var moment = require('moment');
var exec = require('child_process').exec;

var config = require('./config');

var files, data = [];

async.series([
	getSourceFiles,
	parseFiles,
	sortFiles,
	clearOut,
	copyStatic,
	generateIndex,
	debug
], function(err) {
	if(err) {
		console.log('ERROR', err);
	}
	console.log('DONE');
})

function getSourceFiles(cb) {
	fs.readdir(config.src, function(err, _files) {
		files = _files;
		cb(err);
	});
}

function parseFiles(cb) {
	async.each(files, function(file, cb2) {
		var filePath = path.join(config.src, file);
		fs.readFile(filePath, {encoding: 'utf8'}, function(err, text) {
			var contents = front(text);
			contents.path = filePath;
			contents.html = marked(contents.body);
			if(!contents.attributes.draft) {
				data.push(contents);
			}
			cb2(err);
		})
	}, cb);
}

function sortFiles(cb) {
	data.sort(function(a, b) {
		return a.path.localeCompare(b.path)
	});
	data = data.reverse();
	cb(null);
}

function clearOut(cb) {
	exec('/bin/rm -rf '+path.join(config.out, '*'), cb);
}

function copyStatic(cb) {
	exec('rsync -r '+path.join(config.static)+'/ '+config.out, cb);
}

function generateIndex(cb) {
	var html = jade.renderFile(config.indexTpl, {
		data: data,
		moment: moment
	});
	fs.writeFile(path.join(config.out, 'index.html'), html, cb);
}

function debug(cb) {
	// console.log(data);
	// for(var f in data) { console.log(data[f].path); }
	cb();
}

config.js

var path = require('path');

module.exports = {
	src: path.join(__dirname, 'src'),
	static: path.join(__dirname, 'static'),
	out: path.join(__dirname, 'out'),
	indexTpl: path.join(__dirname, 'tpl', 'index.jade'),
	publishDestination: 'user@myserver:/var/www/audio.country/'
};

Folder structure

out/
src/
    myfiles.md
static/
    img/
    assets/
        styles.css
tpl/
    index.jade
build.js
config.js
package.json
publish.js

package.json

{
  "name": "audio.country",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "dependencies": {
    "async": "^0.9.0",
    "front-matter": "^0.2.1",
    "jade": "^1.9.0",
    "marked": "^0.3.2",
    "moment": "^2.9.0"
  }
}

publish.js

var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var async = require('async');
var exec = require('child_process').exec;

var config = require('./config');

async.series([
	upload,
	debug
], function(err) {
	if(err) {
		console.log('ERROR', err);
	}
	console.log('DONE');
})

function upload(cb) {
	var cmd = [
		'rsync',
		'-ar',
		'--delete',
		config.out+'/',
		config.publishDestination
	];
	console.log(cmd.join(' '));
	exec(cmd.join(' '), cb);
}

function debug(cb) {
	// console.log(data);
	// for(var f in data) { console.log(data[f].path); }
	cb();
}

Template source file

---
draft: true
number: "TODO"
date: TODO
img: TODO.jpg
artist: TODO
album: TODO
adn: TODO
---

Markdown content goes here