Data Cascade 49 posts
Category: DATA CASCADE (49 posts)
2025
Data vs. Collections in Eleventy
Rendering FreeMarker and Python page templates with 11ty
11ty, FreeMarker Generator, and Chameleon allow me to render FreeMarker and Python page templates to HTML within the same static site generator.
By Tobias Fedder (7 posts)
Generating content driven CSS with Eleventy
Why spend an hour writing CSS when you can spend four hours creating classes on the fly?
By Sami (1 post)
Building a personal digital music library with Eleventy and APIs
Building a personal digital music library with Eleventy and APIs
By Damian Walsh (3 posts)
2024
Adding Random Content Using Eleventy
Learn how to use Eleventy to add dynamic, random content like film quotes or targeted Q&A sections to your website. A step-by-step guide with practical examples and code snippets.
By Stu Robson (1 post)
Here's how this is all put together
I've been fiddling with this site for the better part of a year now and now that it's fairly stable, I'm putting together what amounts to a public `README` (or a note to self). This post is that document.
By Cory Dransfeldt (46 posts)
Adding Cooklang Support to Eleventy Three Ways
How I added my recipes to my blog posts with cooklang and the recipe schema
By Robb Knight (20 posts)
Building a Blog with Eleventy
I recently felt like getting back into blogging. But setting up and maintaining WordPress felt like more than I was looking for. I was looking for something much simpler. Preferably file-based and with Markdown support. That was my introduction to Eleventy.
By Sebin Nyshkim (3 posts)
New Reading page, powered by the Airtable API
A walkthrough on how I used Eleventy and the Airtable API to power a bookshelf pages with books Iโve read
By Melanie Richards (1 post)
Eleventy - Add CSV data file support
It would be cool to be able to drop a CSV file into a project and use it in a page. My motivation was to show bookshelves from my library database
By Rob O'Leary (13 posts)
Umami API Top 10 Pages
Using the Umami API to show the Top 10 pages on my website
By Clayton Errington (19 posts)
Building pages from data in Eleventy
I've expanded the media sections I already had built to include pages generated from data using Eleventy.
By Cory Dransfeldt (46 posts)
Using B2 as a JSON data store
My links page is powered by the Readwise Reader API but because there are, quite reasonably, rate limits in place, I've gone ahead and reduced the page count I fetch on each build and cached older link data from past builds in a B2 bucket.
By Cory Dransfeldt (46 posts)
Eleventy - Differentiate between dev and production builds with unique favicons
It is easy to mix up the dev and production versions of a website in the browser. Let's make them look unique by using different favicons.
By Rob O'Leary (13 posts)
Community websites with Eleventy
With Eleventyโs data files, Iโve come up with a good setup to build landing pages for communities that organize events.
By Juha-Matti Santala (22 posts)
Creating an OPML File for my Blogroll
How I'm creating OPML files for my blog, and pod, rolls so people can subscribe to all of the sites in one go
By Robb Knight (20 posts)
Right here, right now
A brief explanation of the way I built the "Right now" box on my homepage.
By Martin Gunnarsson (9 posts)
2023
Adding a git based changelog in 11ty
How to add a changelog to your 11ty pages based on commits made to your site's git repository.
By James Doc (3 posts)
Programmatically importing your Last.fm listening data to ListenBrainz
I love Last.fm, but in the interest of redundancy, Ive started programmatically importing my listening data from Last.fm into ListenBrainz.
By Cory Dransfeldt (46 posts)
Popular Pages with Eleventy and Fathom Analytics
How I'm using the Fathom API to show a list of popular blogs posts in my Eleventy site
By Robb Knight (20 posts)
Scratch that...use the Google Sheets API
Just generating a json file from Google Sheets was not good enough. I had to use the API.
By Bob Monsour (20 posts)
Build a Blogroll with Eleventy
A step-by-step guide to adding a blogroll, complete with each blogโs latest posts, to your Eleventy site.
By Ben Myers (6 posts)
Using Eleventy filters in Directory Computed Data
Eleventy Computed Data makes it easy to reuse your filters outside of your templates.
By Chris Coleman (2 posts)
2022
Relational data in Eleventy
Testing the Netlify Cache Plugin with Eleventy
11ty tips I wish I knew from the start
2021
Dynamically choosing a data file to use in Eleventy templates
What if I need _data/stuff.json sometimes and _data/thing.json other times?
By Cassey Lottman (12 posts)
A Running Log - Garmin Connect and Eleventy
Use Eleventy to log Garmin Connect activities on a website and automate the process with Zapier and Netlify.
By Josh Crain (1 post)
Building a notification thingamajig with Eleventy data
Creating pages from data with Eleventy
Eleventy has the ability to generated multiple pages from a structured data source, either static JSON or JSON dynamically generated by JavaScript code.
By Florian Eckerstorfer (9 posts)
I Finally Understand Eleventy's Data Cascade
Where does Eleventy get all of its data? Which data overrules other data? Iโve documented my whole mental model of Eleventyโs data cascade.
By Ben Myers (6 posts)
Site Metadata
A useful technique to manage site metadata (title, description, url, etc) for ease of retrieval throughout templates and content.
By Stephanie Eckles (21 posts)
Using Template Content as Data for 11ty
Create a collection of content using any Eleventy templating language and learn to control the output to enable using that content as data.
By Stephanie Eckles (21 posts)
2020
Add structured data annotations to Eleventy blog
Add structured data (JSON-LD) to enable rich snippets in Google search results.
By Max Ivanov (1 post)
Understanding Filters, Shortcodes and Data in 11ty
Sometimes itโs a little confusing what the difference between shortcodes, data and filters really is, and frankly the boundaries can become a little blurred with 11ty.
By Mike (1 post)
Composing data in Eleventy
The ramblings of Ryan Boone, a web developer and designer from Texas with a passion for open, accessible front end development.
By Ryan Boone (3 posts)
Using Eleventy data files for frequently used links
Have a set of frequently referenced links? A global data file can come in handy.
By Dana Byerly (8 posts)
Architecting data in Eleventy
Setting and using data in the static site generator Eleventy
By Sia Karamalegos (13 posts)
Five Critical Things To Do Before Working With 11ty
Five pieces of knowledge I wish I knew before working with 11ty, the JavaScript-based static site generator. Get a jump start using this fantastic tool.
By Khalid Abuhakmeh (3 posts)