26 posts by Bryce Wray
2023
CAUTION
The posts below were published before the release of Eleventy v3.0.0 (Oct 1, 2024). Information in these posts may be out of date. The current stable release is 3.12.
Not long after receiving a short-sighted shafting, my favorite JavaScript-based SSG and its creator wind up in good and friendly hands.
Jul 25, 2023
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Why Eleventy?
Here are some points to consider about how you should build and maintain Eleventy sites going forward.
Mar 18, 2023
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Nunjucks/Macros
CAUTION
The posts below were published before the release of Eleventy v2.0.0 (Feb 8, 2023). Information in these posts may be out of date. The current stable release is 3.12.
Here’s a workaround for including “copy” buttons in code blocks built by Prism-based syntax highlighting in Eleventy.
Feb 4, 2023
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Here’s a recap of my thoughts about the best tools for building and maintaining personal websites.
Feb 3, 2023
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Why Eleventy?
For users of my favorite JS-based SSG, here’s an Eleventy version of the Tailwind-based toots-embedding shortcode I offered yesterday.
Jan 17, 2023
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: CSS/SassSocial Media
2022
Exercise more control over when, and if, your posts appear.
Dec 21, 2022
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
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.
Sep 24, 2022
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Nunjucks/Macros
Want to give your readers an idea of what’s ahead? Here’s some code to make that no biggie.
Sep 20, 2022
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
This time, a solution that really (?) works.
Sep 19, 2022
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: CSS/Sass
While per-page Git data is built into Hugo, a little code can bring it to Eleventy, as well.
Sep 5, 2022
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
While trying to make things work equally well in multiple repos, I discover the value of an Eleventy plugin I’d previously ignored.
Sep 1, 2022
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Remote DataHow to...
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.
Aug 27, 2022
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Social MediaHow to...
Following up on last month’s article about doing this in Hugo, we explain how to get there in a JavaScript-based SSG.
Jan 25, 2022
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ImagesRemote Data
2021
CAUTION
The posts below were published before the release of Eleventy v1.0.0 (Jan 9, 2022). Information in these posts may be out of date. The current stable release is 3.12.
Re-bundling, but without the pain of webpack.
Jul 24, 2021
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
The what, why, and how of Eleventy Image.
Apr 17, 2021
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
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.
Mar 20, 2021
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
2020
Trying to choose between the two best static site generators? See if these points address your personal hot buttons.
Dec 28, 2020
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Why Eleventy?
Some of the code behind my previous post.
Dec 15, 2020
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: CSS/Sass
Optimizing how browsers handle your site’s CSS, and why you should care about that.
Nov 10, 2020
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
It takes work, but making your website better is worth it.
Jul 16, 2020
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Performance
Losing webpack, regaining Tailwind CSS.
May 9, 2020
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Why Eleventy?
The intro to a five-part series about incorporating webmentions into three different static site generators (SSGs).
Apr 28, 2020
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Webmentions
Going all-JavaScript with my Eleventy site.
Apr 15, 2020
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Why I’ve decided for now to backtrack from JavaScript-only templating in Eleventy.
Mar 22, 2020
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Nunjucks/Macros
2019
Some words about my Eleventy/webpack configuration.
Dec 14, 2019
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Configuration
Only weeks after telling you I was sticking with Hugo, I switch to Eleventy: the whys and wherefores.
Sep 8, 2019
by Bryce Wray (26 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?