Introduction
This is just an experiment on using the R Markdown facility in RStudio to obtain a simpler blogging workflow for Blogger.
Step 1. Create a new folder tree
It's a good practice to create an dedicated folder tree for the post, after all, is just like starting a new small project.
Create any extra folder you think you might need, for instance an image folder to put any image needed that is not an R plot (those will be automatically saved in a figure folder).
Step 2. Write your post in R Markdown
!!!This is the just the R Markdown template!!!
This is an R Markdown document. Markdown is a simple formatting syntax for authoring web pages (click the MD toolbar button for help on Markdown).
When you click the Knit HTML button a web page will be generated that includes both content as well as the output of any embedded R code chunks within the document. You can embed an R code chunk like this:
summary(cars)
## speed dist
## Min. : 4.0 Min. : 2
## 1st Qu.:12.0 1st Qu.: 26
## Median :15.0 Median : 36
## Mean :15.4 Mean : 43
## 3rd Qu.:19.0 3rd Qu.: 56
## Max. :25.0 Max. :120
You can also embed plots, for example:
plot(cars)
Step 3. Knit HTML
Press the Knit HTML button and a Preview HTML window will appear so the result can be checked.
By now the folder tree has new files and folders.
Step 4. Copy HTML into Blogger
Open in Editor the resulting HTML file and copy all of it into Blogger.
