Finished code for generating index file; created a separate function for adding header and footer to index file

build.sh

@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ add_header_and_footer() {
 	mv $BASE_PATH/temp/temp.html $1
 }
 
+add_header_and_footer_to_index() {
+#	Add header
+	cat $BASE_PATH/header.html | head -n -1 | cat - $1 > $BASE_PATH/temp/temp.html # For the index page, remove the last line of the header (date published)
+
+#	Add footer
+	echo >> $BASE_PATH/temp/temp.html
+	cat $BASE_PATH/footer.html >> $BASE_PATH/temp/temp.html
+
+#	Move temp file to original location
+	mv $BASE_PATH/temp/temp.html $1
+}
+
 replace_vars() {
 #	Loop through 'meta_key' array, search for all occurences of the values in the HTML doc, and replace them with corresponding values in 'meta_value'.
 	for index in $(seq 0 `expr "${#meta_key[@]}" - 1`); do
@@ -136,6 +148,9 @@ gen_sorted_file_list() { # Generate a list of the HTMl files, sorted by when the
 }
 
 gen_index_page() { # Generate an index page (site map) that includes links to the other pages
+
+	index_file_html="<nav class=\"toc\">"$'\n' # Variable to store the body HTML of the index page; enclose the list in a nav
+
 	for file in $1; do
 		title=$(cat $file | grep "<title>" | head -n 1 | awk -F'[<>]' '{print $3}') # Find the title of the web page
 		suffix=" - Two More Cents"
@@ -148,13 +163,18 @@ gen_index_page() { # Generate an index page (site map) that includes links to th
 
 		file_path=$(realpath --relative-to="${BASE_PATH}/output" $file)
 
-		echo "$pub_date - $file_path"
-		index_file_list+="<li><time>${pub_date}</time> - <a href=\"$file_path\">$title</a></li>"
-		index_file_list+=$'\n'
+		index_file_html+="<li><time>${pub_date}</time> - <a href=\"$file_path\">$title</a></li>" # Add a line of HTML containing the date and title of the article
+		index_file_html+=$'\n'
 	done
 
-	index_file_list=$(echo "$index_file_list" | head -n -1) # Remove last (empty) line from variable
+	index_file_html=$(echo "$index_file_html" | head -n -1) # Remove last (empty) line from variable
+	index_file_html+="</nav>"
+
+	path_for_output="${BASE_PATH}/output/site-map.html"
+	echo "$index_file_html" > "$path_for_output" # Output variable to file
 
+	add_header_and_footer_to_index "$path_for_output" # Add header and footer to index file
+	sed -i 's/[\$][\$]title[\$][\$]/Site Map - Two More Cents/g' "$path_for_output" # Replace title variable with 'site map' title
 
 }