Chris Burnell 8 posts
I’m Chris Burnell, a Front End Developer / Software Engineer based in Halifax, Canada. This is where I think, write, and share my passion for front end development and the web.I’m Chris Burnell, a Front End Developer / Software Engineer based in Halifax, Canada. This is where I think, write, and share my passion for front end development and the web.
2025
'Built with Eleventy' Animated 88x31
I was tagged several days ago on Mastodon, as someone was looking for a "90s-style 88x31 footer GIF" for pages built with Eleventy, and [... I] gave animating the badge a shot!
2024
July Project Updates
An update on two projects I’ve been working on—one new and one old—based on some development oversights I’ve made in the past that I’d like to prevent going forward.
Dynamic Content Includes
In this post, I explain how I solved two issues at the same time by introducing a feature to my post layout that I’m calling pre and post includes.
How I shaved 1.5 minutes off my Eleventy build time
I had a revelation earlier today that solved a long-standing performance issue I’ve been having with the initial build of my Eleventy website, and here’s how it saved me a bunch of time!
2023
eleventy-cache-webmentions v1.1.5
Cache webmentions using eleventy-fetch and make them available to use in collections, layouts, pages, etc. in Eleventy.
2022
Webmention Setup for Eleventy
Here’s a quick run-through of how I retrieve and use Webmentions with my Eleventy website.
2020
Time to Cache Up
For a long time I’ve been searching for a sound solution to storing the entire Webmention history of my blog, as packaging it up with the rest of the repository was not cutting it for me. Enter the world of async.