diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53288c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+gentemplate/*
+template/*
diff --git a/render_file b/render_file
index 00e9ad6..1469ce6 100755
--- a/render_file
+++ b/render_file
@@ -8,6 +8,23 @@ frontmatter=$(awk '/!startmeta/,/!endmeta/ {if ($0 != "!startmeta" && $0 != "!en
docbody=$(awk '/!endmeta/ {p=1; next} p' "$1")
title=$(echo "$frontmatter" | awk -F'=' '/title=/ {print $2}')
date=$(echo "$frontmatter" | awk -F'=' '/date=/ {print $2}')
+# Attempt to dynamically generate the header and footer for this page from gentemplates
+# (If no script for generation exists, skip the step for that page element)
+if [ -f gentemplate/header ]
+then
+ printf 'Generating page header...' >&2
+ title="$title" date="$date" gentemplate/header
+fi
+if [ -f gentemplate/footer ]
+then
+ printf 'Generating page footer...' >&2
+ date="$date" gentemplate/footer
+fi
+if [ -f gentemplate/htmlhead ]
+then
+ printf 'Generating page ...' >&2
+ title="$title" gentemplate/htmlhead
+fi
# cmark doesn't create the , doctype declaration or indeed most of the document
# structure for us, so we'll do it ourselves.
# We're going to use single quotes for the strings here too because otherwise we'll have
@@ -15,17 +32,13 @@ date=$(echo "$frontmatter" | awk -F'=' '/date=/ {print $2}')
printf '\n'
printf '\n'
printf '\n'
-printf "%s | cren's webspace\n" "$title"
-printf '\n'
-printf '\n'
-printf '\n'
-printf '\n'
+# At this point, insert the
+printf "%s\n" "$(cat template/htmlhead)"
printf '\n'
printf '\n'
printf '\n'
-printf "cren's webspace
\n"
-printf '%s
\n' "$title"
-printf '%s' "$date" "$date"
+# Now insert the header
+printf "%s\n" "$(cat template/header)"
printf '\n'
printf '\n'
# Now we insert the main content of the page
@@ -34,7 +47,7 @@ printf '%s' "$(echo "$docbody" | cmark)"
printf '\n'
# Finally, the footer
printf '\n'
printf '\n'
printf '\n'