How to tweak html code and the routes?

[naddika]

There's no html layout, is there? There's an XSL for sitemap, I see. What would the proper way to edit html code such that this won't mess up with anything else? I'd want to change the main page a little.

Also, how to tweak the routes? Instead of, let's say, /posts/YYYY/mm/slug I want it to become /articles/YYYY/slug or /articles/slug. In the config, as I've found out, there's no way to do it although there's a key for menu with links.
Is there any way then?

[jlelse]

The best way is to use plugins to modify the UI. I know that @kandr3s does it this way. Another way is to edit the ui.go and uiComponents.go files, but that required you to maintain a soft fork.

To customize the routes: To modify the path for new posts, you can change the path template in /settings for the section.

[naddika]

All in all, how to do it in the /settings? What precisely will I need to fill into the "path template" field?

[jlelse]

There is no setting that applies to existing posts.

[naddika]

I already know. I'm asking about the future ones.

[jlelse]

One example is

{{printf "/%v/%02d/%02d/%v" .Section .Year .Month .Slug}}

You can use the following variables:

.Section, .Slug, .Year, .Month, .Day and .BlogPath