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Bryce Wray 26 posts

Author: BRYCE WRAY (26 posts)

Bryce Wray’s website | Observations, opinions, geekiness

2023

Good news about CloudCannon and Eleventy

Not long after receiving a short-sighted shafting, my favorite JavaScript-based SSG and its creator wind up in good and friendly hands.

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Time to move on from Nunjucks?

Here are some points to consider about how you should build and maintain Eleventy sites going forward.

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Code for copying code: the Eleventy edition

Here’s a workaround for including “copy” buttons in code blocks built by Prism-based syntax highlighting in Eleventy.

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Which SSGs I recommend

Here’s a recap of my thoughts about the best tools for building and maintaining personal websites.

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Static Mastodon toots in Eleventy: the Tailwind CSS edition

For users of my favorite JS-based SSG, here’s an Eleventy version of the Tailwind-based toots-embedding shortcode I offered yesterday.

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2022

Drafts and timestamp-based publishing in Eleventy

Exercise more control over when, and if, your posts appear.

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Shorter shortcuts through Nunjucks macros in Eleventy

While seeking a way to cut a three-line call down to one line, I found some great advice on using a sometimes-overlooked aspect of a popular templating language.

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Word count and reading time in Eleventy

Want to give your readers an idea of what’s ahead? Here’s some code to make that no biggie.

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Cache-busting in Eleventy, take two

This time, a solution that really (?) works.

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Get good Git info from Eleventy, too

While per-page Git data is built into Hugo, a little code can bring it to Eleventy, as well.

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A truly fetching utility for Eleventy

While trying to make things work equally well in multiple repos, I discover the value of an Eleventy plugin I’d previously ignored.

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Static embeds in Eleventy

In what could and perhaps should be the end of this saga, here’s code to provide static tweets and static Mastodon toots in Eleventy.

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Fetching remote images with Eleventy

Following up on last month’s article about doing this in Hugo, we explain how to get there in a JavaScript-based SSG.

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2021

Eleventy plus Vite = elite

Re-bundling, but without the pain of webpack.

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Using Eleventy’s official image plugin

The what, why, and how of Eleventy Image.

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Tailwind-to-head with Eleventy

This follow-up to an earlier article about Hugo Pipes shows how to get internal CSS in an Eleventy site — and with no build tools required.

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2020

Eleventy and Hugo: comparing and contrasting

Trying to choose between the two best static site generators? See if these points address your personal hot buttons.

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Hashing out a cache-busting fix for Eleventy

Some of the code behind my previous post.

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Using PostCSS for cache-busting in Eleventy

Optimizing how browsers handle your site’s CSS, and why you should care about that.

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Chasing 100: tips for optimizing your website

It takes work, but making your website better is worth it.

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Going solo with Eleventy

Losing webpack, regaining Tailwind CSS.

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Webmentions in three SSGs: Part 1

The intro to a five-part series about incorporating webmentions into three different static site generators (SSGs).

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The full .11ty.js monty

Going all-JavaScript with my Eleventy site.

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Back to Nunjucks for my Eleventy site

Why I’ve decided for now to backtrack from JavaScript-only templating in Eleventy.

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2019

Code comfort: Eleventy and webpack

Some words about my Eleventy/webpack configuration.

Why I left Hugo for Eleventy

Only weeks after telling you I was sticking with Hugo, I switch to Eleventy: the whys and wherefores.

Some content below may have been published before the release of Eleventy v3.0.0 (October 1, 2024). Information may have changed in newer versions. Current stable release: 3.12
Some content below may have been published before the release of Eleventy v2.0.0 (Feb 8, 2023). Information may have changed in newer versions. Current stable release: 3.12.
Some content below may have been published before the release of Eleventy v1.0.0 (Jan 8, 2022). Information may have changed in newer versions. Current stable release: 3.12.
All of the content below was published before the release of Eleventy v1.0.0 (Jan 8, 2022). Information may have changed in newer versions. Current stable release: 3.12.