def setUp(self, directory=os.path.join(examples_directory, "empty")):
"Figure out the directories and build the site."
self.directory = directory
# create a Site object
self.site = Site(self.directory)
# get the build directory from the site's configuration
self.build_dir = os.path.join(self.site.source,
self.site.config.build_dir)
# delete the build directory, just in case there's something there.
self.delete_build_dir()
# and, finally, build the site
self.site.build()
