26 posts by Bryce Wray
Good news about CloudCannon and Eleventy
Not long after receiving a short-sighted shafting, my favorite JavaScript-based SSG and its creator...
Bryce Wray · Jul 25, 2023
Categories: Why Eleventy?
Time to move on from Nunjucks?
Here are some points to consider about how you should build and maintain Eleventy sites...
Bryce Wray · Mar 18, 2023
Categories: Nunjucks/Macros
Code for copying code: the Eleventy edition
Here’s a workaround for including “copy” buttons in code blocks built by Prism-based...
Bryce Wray · Feb 4, 2023
Here’s a recap of my thoughts about the best tools for building and maintaining personal websites.
Bryce Wray · Feb 3, 2023
Categories: Why Eleventy?
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...
Bryce Wray · Jan 17, 2023
Categories: CSS/Sass Social Media
Drafts and timestamp-based publishing in Eleventy
Exercise more control over when, and if, your posts appear.
Bryce Wray · Dec 21, 2022
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...
Bryce Wray · Sep 24, 2022
Categories: Nunjucks/Macros
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.
Bryce Wray · Sep 20, 2022
Categories: How to...
Cache-busting in Eleventy, take two
This time, a solution that really (?) works.
Bryce Wray · Sep 19, 2022
Categories: CSS/Sass
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.
Bryce Wray · Sep 5, 2022
Categories: How to...
A truly fetching utility for Eleventy
While trying to make things work equally well in multiple repos, I discover the value of...
Bryce Wray · Sep 1, 2022
Categories: How to... Remote Data
In what could and perhaps should be the end of this saga, here’s code to provide static tweets and...
Bryce Wray · Aug 27, 2022
Categories: How to... Social Media
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...
Bryce Wray · Jan 25, 2022
Categories: Images Remote Data
Re-bundling, but without the pain of webpack.
Bryce Wray · Jul 24, 2021
Using Eleventy’s official image plugin
The what, why, and how of Eleventy Image.
Bryce Wray · Apr 17, 2021
Tailwind-to-head with Eleventy
This follow-up to an earlier article about Hugo Pipes shows how to get internal CSS in an Eleventy...
Bryce Wray · Mar 20, 2021
Eleventy and Hugo: comparing and contrasting
Trying to choose between the two best static site generators? See if these points address your...
Bryce Wray · Dec 28, 2020
Categories: Why Eleventy?
Hashing out a cache-busting fix for Eleventy
Some of the code behind my previous post.
Bryce Wray · Dec 15, 2020
Categories: CSS/Sass
Using PostCSS for cache-busting in Eleventy
Optimizing how browsers handle your site’s CSS, and why you should care about that.
Bryce Wray · Nov 10, 2020
Chasing 100: tips for optimizing your website
It takes work, but making your website better is worth it.
Bryce Wray · Jul 16, 2020
Categories: Performance
Webmentions in three SSGs: Part 1
The intro to a five-part series about incorporating webmentions into three different...
Bryce Wray · Apr 28, 2020
Categories: How to... Webmentions
Back to Nunjucks for my Eleventy site
Why I’ve decided for now to backtrack from JavaScript-only templating in Eleventy.
Bryce Wray · Mar 22, 2020
Categories: Nunjucks/Macros
Code comfort: Eleventy and webpack
Some words about my Eleventy/webpack configuration.
Bryce Wray · Dec 14, 2019
Categories: Configuration How to...
Only weeks after telling you I was sticking with Hugo, I switch to Eleventy: the whys...
Bryce Wray · Sep 8, 2019
Categories: Migrating to Eleventy Why Eleventy?