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+;; Load the publishing system
+(require 'ox-publish)
+
+(setq org-publish-project-alist
+      '(("org-files"
+         :recursive t
+         :base-directory "./org"
+         :publishing-directory "./build/blog/"
+         :publishing-function org-html-publish-to-html
+         :body-only t
+         :with-author nil             ;; Don't include author name
+         :with-creator nil            ;; Include Emacs and Org versions in footer
+         :with-toc nil                ;; Include a table of contents
+         :title "Joseph Ferano - Blog"
+         :with-title nil
+         :with-validation nil
+         :section-numbers nil       ;; Don't include section numbers
+         :time-stamp-file nil)
+        ("static-files"
+         :base-directory "./content/"
+         :base-extension "css\\|js\\|png\\|jpg\\|gif\\|pdf\\|mp3\\|ogg\\|svg"
+         :publishing-directory "./public/"
+         :recursive t
+         :publishing-function org-publish-attachment)
+        ("site" :components ("org-files" "static-files"))))
+
+(setq org-html-validation-link nil
+      org-html-head-include-default-style nil)
+      ;; org-html-head "<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"css/normalize.css\" /><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"css/main.css\" />")
+
+;; (org-publish-project "site" t)
+(org-publish-project "org-files" t)
+
+(message "Build complete!")
diff --git a/org/2025-07-19-first-entry.org b/org/2025-07-19-first-entry.org
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+#+TITLE: First Post
+#+AUTHOR: Joseph Ferano
+#+DATE: <2025-07-19 Sat>
+#+OPTIONS:
+
+This is my first blog post. What is the purpose of my blog. Well, I want to
+discuss technical things, for sure. Richard Feynman said things that are cool.
+Something about how writing is learning.