4 new blog posts in April. Seems I'm getting better at sharing my long(er) form thoughts :)
The workflow I now have makes it really easy too. When I have a thread here that I think deserves a blog post, I copy the link to the first toot and paste it in https://mtr.wildeboer.net where I can get a #markdown dump that I can copy/paste in my editor and work on. My blog is #jekyll based and also uses Markdown, so it is easy to do :)
I think it'd be a neat idea to start a #blog, and I'm brainstorming how to do it.
Not gonna use #WordPress. #Jekyll sounds promising. There's an alternative called #Pelican that, as the creator of the the Pelicanizer, would be fitting for my blog.
Check your #Hugo#Markdown postings for a number of common problems and issues before publishing a post.
Each part is configurable. Probably works with tools like #Jekyll too. Works standalone, or as #git pre-commit check. And comes with a suite of tests if you want to add new checks.
I modified my website quite a lot lately, so I decided to quickly write an overview about the changes I made and link to some of the inspirations I had.
Is there a standard way to show on my website that I have an #rss feed (other than just a direct link to it)? E.g. something in the <head> element that will integrate with browsers? Or is the link still the best practice?
I don't want to surprise leaders by dropping a link that goes to raw xml. Using #jekyll if that matters.
I updated the way my #RSS feed works by adding a reply via #email and fediverse link (some may have noticed). While I was at it, I also made the feed human readable with #XSLT!
Bastel gerade ein wenig mit #Hugo und dem #Blowfish Theme rum und ich glaube, ich werde meinen Blog dorthin umziehen.
Das von mir unter #Jekyll eingesetzte #Hydejack Theme bekommt nämlich schon lange keine Updates mehr. Ärgere mich damals dafür Geld investiert zu haben.
Wenn ich den Umzug mache, bekommt der Blowfish Entwickler dann eine Spende.
Hrm. Another question for #Hugo (or #Jekyll really) users:
So you add a new News post. You go to upload. Uh. What files do you ACTUALLY upload?
In principle the answer is "well the new ones silly", but when your static site includes say, a Tag and a search system, how on earth do you know which changed and select only them?
Lately I just FTP up the whole folder, overwriting everything, and I feel like an idiot 😭 (or am I valid? maybe?)
Resolved: Found the problem and it was me 🤪. I misspelled the filename when moving the file.
Dummy question
How do I add images to #GitLab pages build with #Jekyll
My local Jekyll instance copies the images folder but #GitLabCI doesn't
Not sure how to accomplish that the images are available on #GitLabPages
Boosts and any hints welcome.
I'm pretty sure that PEBCAK (problem exists between chair and keyboard) but i just don't know were to look. Do i explicitly need to include the image directory in Jekyll or do i need to copy it in #GitLabCI 🥴?
Tonight I migrated the "staging environment" of my little, static website to another VPS and upgraded from ruby2/jekyll3 to ruby3/jekyll4.. It wasn't too much of a hassle and I really like using jekyll, but it still feels like it's too many moving parts and shit like ~400 MB ruby for the purpose of a simple website.. That search for the "perfect" solution isn't over I guess.. Any recommandations fediverse? Good night! #jekyll#ssg#static_site_generator#webdev
I've wanted to revamp my site’s Search capability for a while now. Up until recently, I've used super-search.js which came bundled with the #Jekyll theme I chose years ago. It’s fast but only seems to index a small portion of each page so if I want to search full-text in longer-bodied posts I was out of luck (I tried tweaking it but was unsuccessful, which isn't to say it can't be done by a more competent / patient tinkerer). #indieweb#webdev#IndieWebChat#ssg
You run a #Perl script to generate an #SQLite database with an index of all the #HTML files, publish it, and then embed some #JavaScript which uses sql.js to query the contents of the database and display search results.
Can no longer afford Wordpress site, so I'm dusting off some … extremely … rusty web dev skills to set up a free static site through Github pages. If anyone has a Wordpress to Jekyll export plugin to recommend, I'd appreciate it. #webdev#Jekyll#Wordpress
I can’t overstate how much I hate #CSS. Extremely humbling trying to do anything resembling good, “modern”, responsive #webdesign. Been working on some heavier under-the-hood changes to my #githubpages-based #jekyll#staticwebsite and wow my eyes and soul hurt.
A related question, anyone ever implement full-body text search on a static site / Jekyll site before? I’ve been looking into maybe lunr.js…
Those of you who use a static site generator for your blog (#11ty, #Jekyll, etc), what's your workflow for writing posts? Do you write them in a markdown editor and then copy it to your IDE when you're ready to publish (which is what I do), or do you do something else?
I am looking to switch up my workflow and I'm curious about what others do. Let me know!
Quite some years ago I switched to static websites. I don't need (more precise: don't want) any kind of active pages as it is simply not needed for my blog or other sites I have. And working with #jekyll is still a wonderful experience. Exactly because Jekyll hasn't changed much over many years. It does what it does, in simple and reliable ways. A git repo with markdown documents, a shell command, a git commit and boom. Site updated. No struggles with databases etc. I like.