--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/buttercup/__init__.py	Fri Feb 26 15:53:51 2010 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from paste.script import templates
+
+var = templates.var
+
+class buttercup(templates.Template):
+    _template_dir = 'template'
+    summary = 'paste template for creating instances of the buttercup flower website pattern'
+    vars = [
+        var('description', 'One-line description of the package'),
+        var('author', 'Author name'),
+        var('author_email', 'Author email'),
+        var('url', 'URL of homepage'),
+        ] 
+
+    def pre(self, command, output_dir, vars):
+        """
+        called before the template is applied
+        """
+
+    def post(self, command, output_dir, vars):
+        """
+        called after the template is applied
+        """