Improve Content Sync System

Overview

Enhance the content sync system with additional features and robustness improvements.

Objectives

1. Add maintenance features
2. Improve validation
3. Support additional content types
4. Enhance testing capabilities

Tasks

1. Maintenance Features
   • Add clean/prune option to remove outdated content
   • Implement content cleanup for removed/private items
   • Add logging of sync operations
2. Testing & Validation
   • Add dry-run mode for testing
   • Implement basic frontmatter validation
   • Extend validation beyond frontmatter
   • Add test cases for edge cases
   • Validate links and references
3. Media & Assets
   • Add support for media files
   • Implement asset optimization
   • Handle image resizing/optimization
   • Support non-markdown content
4. Documentation
   • Document new features
   • Create usage examples
   • Add troubleshooting guide

Success Criteria

• Clean/prune functionality working reliably
• Dry-run mode implemented
• Content validation improved
• Media/asset sync working
• Documentation complete

Notes

• Build on existing sync_content.py
• Current features:
  • Basic sync functionality working
  • Frontmatter validation
  • Directory structure handling
  • Basic logging
• Maintain backward compatibility
• Focus on reliability and safety
• Consider adding progress indicators for large syncs

References

• Design Content Flow Architecture
• sync_content_to_website.py