diff --git a/sitelib.lua b/sitelib.lua
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+local sitelib = {}
+
+sitelib.srcpath = "src"
+sitelib.outpath = "out"
+sitelib.includepath = "include"
+sitelib.staticpath = "static"
+
+sitelib.header, sitelib.footer = "", ""
+local f = io.open("include/header.html")
+if f then
+ sitelib.header = f:read("*a")
+ f:close()
+end
+local f = io.open("include/footer.html")
+if f then
+ sitelib.footer = f:read("*a")
+ f:close()
+end
+
+function sitelib.parsepage(s)
+ local page={}
+ page.md = ""
+ for l in s:gmatch("(.-)\n") do
+  if l:sub(1,3) == "-- " then
+   k,v=l:match("%-%- (.-) (.+)")
+   page[k] = v
+  else
+   page.md=page.md..l.."\n"
+  end
+ end
+ local fn="/tmp/md"..tostring(math.random(1,2^24))
+ f=io.open(fn,"wb")
+ f:write(page.md)
+ f:close()
+ page.html = io.popen("markdown "..fn):read("*a")
+ -- SKS specific stuff starts here
+ page.html=page.html:gsub("++leftcol",'<div class="left-column">')
+ page.html=page.html:gsub("++colbreak",'</div><div class="left-column">')
+ page.html=page.html:gsub("++colend",'</div>')
+ -- and ends here
+ return page
+end
+
+return sitelib