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Bridgetown is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator. It takes a template
directory containing raw text files in various formats, runs it through
[Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) (or
[Textile](http://redcloth.org/textile)) and
[Liquid](https://help.shopify.com/themes/liquid/basics)
converters, and spits out a complete, ready-to-publish static website suitable
for serving with your favorite web server. Bridgetown also