103 posts by Raymond Camden
Let's Build a Blog Like it's 1990 - Part 2
YouTube video
Dec 5, 2024
Categories: BloggingGetting StartedYouTube
Let's Build a Blog Like it's 1990 - Part 1
YouTube video
Nov 7, 2024
Categories: BloggingGetting StartedYouTube
Upgraded to Eleventy 3.0 (Beta)
My experience upgrading this blog to the latest Eleventy blog.
Aug 5, 2024
(Don't) Add BASIC Support to Eleventy
A bad idea. A very, very bad idea.
Jul 7, 2024
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Add Squirrelly Support to Eleventy
How to add Squirrelly support to Eleventy
Jul 6, 2024
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ConfigurationHow to...
Building a Web Version of Your Mastodon Archive with Eleventy
Turning your Mastodon archive into a web site with Eleventy
Jul 4, 2024
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Global DataHow to...ImagesShortcodesSocial Media
Adding Music Previews to My Now Page
How I added a simple audio preview to my recent Spotify tracks.
Nov 29, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Remote Data
Fun With Front Matter: Part 4 - Featured Posts
How to use "featured" posts to highlight important content.
Sep 12, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Front MatterHow to...
Fun With Front Matter: Part 3 - Handling Edits
Another example of front matter - signifying edits (both when and why)
Aug 31, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Front Matter
Fun With Front Matter: Part 2 - Follow-ups
Using front matter to specify a follow up to your content.
Aug 29, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Front MatterHow to...
Fun With Frontmatter: Part 1 - Related Posts
A series on doing more with your Jamstack site's front matter
Aug 28, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Front MatterFiltersHow to...
Using PDFs with Algolia and Adobe PDF Extract API
A look at using Adobe's PDF Extract API to integrate with Algolia's Search APIs
Jul 12, 2023
Creating Bootstrap WebC Components in Eleventy
Using WebC to make working with Bootstrap simpler.
Jun 19, 2023
Using Goodreads Data in Eleventy - Update
A followup to my previous article on Goodreads and Eleventy
Jun 8, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Remote DataHow to...
Using Goodreads Data in Eleventy
An example of using exported Goodreads data in an Eleventy site.
Jun 7, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Remote DataHow to...
Eleventy by Example, by Bryan Robinson
A review of "Eleventy by Example", by Bryan Robinson
May 18, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Getting Started
Working with CloudCannon and Eleventy - My Experience
My experience testing the CloudCannon CMS experience with Eleventy.
Apr 6, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: CMS
WebC Updates in Eleventy - Looping
A look at another new WebC feature - looping
Apr 4, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: WebC
Awesome Algolia Updates (and some fixes here...)
News about Algolia's free tier changes and some fixes here.
Mar 30, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
WebC Updates in Eleventy
Description of updates to WebC
Mar 28, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: WebC
New Blog Same as the Old Blog
Details about my site rebuild.
Mar 27, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: BloggingConfiguration
A Complete Guide to Building a Blog with Eleventy
Mar 4, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website
Categories: BloggingHow to...Getting Started
Supporting PDF Embeds in an Eleventy WebC Component
Adding support for the Adobe PDF Embed with an Eleventy WebC Component
Mar 1, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Update to My Eleventy Blog Guide
An update regarding my Eleventy blog guide.
Feb 25, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Getting StartedBlogging
Building a Mastodon Bot Listing Page in Eleventy
How I built a page to show off my Mastodon bots.
Feb 15, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Social Media
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 2.0.1. Eleventy v3.0 is currently under development and available for testing.
Using JavaScript in a WebC Component
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
Feb 3, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: WebC
Quick WebC Tip
How to enable better color coding for your WebC templates
Jan 27, 2023
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: WebC
Adding Download Support in an Eleventy Site
An example of adding download resources to an Eleventy site
Dec 13, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
A Bare-Bones Eleventy Template for Glitch
A quick template for using Eleventy on Glitch
Nov 25, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Building a YouTube Embed Web Component (both vanilla and WebC flavored)
A look at a simple YouTube embed component built in traditional web components and Eleventy's WebC plugin.
Nov 17, 2022
Support External Articles in an Eleventy Blog
Adding a method to list external articles in an Eleventy blog
Nov 16, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Some Options for Timing Pages in Eleventy
Some experiments timing slow pages with Eleventy
Nov 14, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: PerformanceHow to...Debugging
Quick LiquidJS + Eleventy Example - All Posts
Some quick things I learned about Liquid when building an "All Posts" page.
Nov 9, 2022
Integrating Cloudinary into Eleventy
A look at integrating Cloudinary image processing with Eleventy
Oct 20, 2022
First Experience Building with Eleventy's WebC Plugin
My first attempt working with Eleventy's new Web Component plugin
Oct 16, 2022
Adding Social Share Links in Eleventy
A quick example of adding social sharing links to your Eleventy site
Aug 22, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Social MediaHow to...
Support Draft Blog Posts in Eleventy
A look at various ways of supporting draft posts with Eleventy
Aug 14, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...ConfigurationCollectionsDrafts
Generating Zips in an Eleventy Site
An example of providing zipped resources in an Eleventy site.
Jul 23, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Reading Comic Books in the Jamstack
Adding support for digital comic books to your Jamstack site
Jul 1, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Global DataHow to...Images
Testing the Netlify Cache Plugin with Eleventy
An example of caching for Netlify with an Eleventy site
Jun 26, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: DeploymentData CascadeNetlify
Related Content by Day of Year in Eleventy
A demonstration of how to get content published on the same day in the past.
Jun 23, 2022
Building a Quiz with Eleventy and Eleventy Serverless
How I built an Eleventy site driven by dynamic quiz data.
Jun 18, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ServerlessHow to...
Use Your Saffron Recipes in the Jamstack
How to use your Saffron recipes in a jamstack site.
Apr 11, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Thoughts on the Jamstack and Content Metrics
Tips for getting an understanding of your site's content
Apr 6, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Including RSS Content in your Eleventy Site - Part 2
A follow up to my post on using RSS data with Eleventy sites
Apr 3, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Remote DataRSS
Including RSS Content in your Eleventy Site
A quick example of using RSS content for an Eleventy page.
Mar 8, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Remote DataHow to...RSS
Adding QR Codes to Your Jamstack Site
A look at adding QR codes to your Jamstack site.
Feb 11, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: PaginationHow to...
A Google Static Maps Eleventy Plugin
A simple Eleventy plugin to support Google Static Maps
Feb 2, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Remote Data
Using a Google Photos Album in your Eleventy Site with Pipedream
Integrating a Google Photos Album in your Eleventy site with Pipedream
Jan 28, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ImagesHow to...Remote DataImage Galleries
A Guide to Building a Blog in Eleventy
A guide that walks folks through the process of building a blog with Eleventy
Jan 19, 2022
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: BloggingHow to...Getting Started
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 2.0.1. Eleventy v3.0 is currently under development and available for testing.
Running Netlify Dev and Eleventy Two or More Times At Once
A tip for folks using Netlify Dev and Eleventy
Dec 10, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Eleventy 1.0 - Global Data via Plugins Example
A followup on my post concerning Eleventy's new addGloblData feature
Nov 7, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Global DataPlugins
Eleventy 1.0 - New Option for Global Data
A look at a new way to create global data for Eleventy 1.0 sites.
Nov 2, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Global Data
Eleventy 1.0 - Dynamic Ignores
Eleventy 1.0's new support for dynamic file ignore settings.
Oct 15, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Configuration
Adding PDF Output Support to Eleventy
Using Eleventy transforms and Adobe PDF Services to create dynamic PDFs.
Oct 13, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Eleventy Hack/Tip/Possibly Bad Idea - Dynamic Theme Testing
How to test a new theme in an Eleventy site
Oct 11, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Configuration
Creating a (Manual) Related Posts Feature in Eleventy
How to handle post relations in Eleventy in a manual fashion.
Sep 24, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Front Matter
Supporting Multiple Authors in an Eleventy Blog - Follow-Up
An udate to my earlier Eleventy demo showing how to handle multiple authors
Sep 19, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Front Matter
Using PDFs with the Jamstack - Building a Document Viewer
Using Adobe PDF Services to build a document viewer for your Jamstack site
Aug 30, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Global Data
Using Liquid Blocks in Eleventy Layouts
A look at using multiple blocks and having them render in Liquid templates
Aug 19, 2021
More Work on Algolia and My Blog
An update to my fight to get search working right on my blog
Aug 11, 2021
An Adobe PDF Embed Plugin for Eleventy
Eleventy users can now add a PDF Embed plugin to their sites
Aug 2, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Global DataConfigurationPlugins
Page Level URL Fetching with Eleventy
Making a network request on a page with Eleventy
Jul 30, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Remote DataFront MatterGlobal Data
Integrating Eleventy with GitHub Flat Data
How to use the Flat Data GitHub action with Eleventy
Jul 14, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Remote Data
Creating an Additive Capture Shortcode in Eleventy
Creating a capture shortcode that appends insteads of replacing
Jul 12, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
Dynamic Short URLs with Eleventy
Creating URL aliases dynamically with Eleventy
Jun 22, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Front MatterCollectionsHow to...
Using Lunr with Eleventy via Netlify Serverless Functions - Part Two
A followup to my post demonstrating using Lunr via serverless functions
Jun 6, 2021
Using Lunr with Eleventy via Netlify Serverless Functions
A look at using Lunr on the server side with an Eleventy web site
Jun 2, 2021
Building a Choose Your Own Adventure site with Eleventy
How I built a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style site with Eleventy
May 16, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Front MatterHow to...
Adding an Email Subscription to Your Jamstack Site
Using MailChimp to provide a list service for new posts on your blog
May 1, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Front Matter
Building a Database Driven Eleventy Site
Using a database (MySQL) to drive content for an Eleventy site
Apr 15, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: PluginsPaginationGlobal Data
Building a Simple Image Gallery with Eleventy
Using the Image plugin with Eleventy to build a simple gallery
Apr 7, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ImagesHow to...PluginsConfigurationImage Galleries
Quick Tips for Eleventy and Vercel
A quick tip for folks using Eleventy and Vercel together.
Mar 27, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: DeploymentHow to...Debugging
Using PDFs with the Jamstack - Now with Thumbnails
Combing Adobe PDF APIs with Eleventy to create PDF Thumbnails
Mar 16, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Remote DataPagination
Using PDFs with the Jamstack
Using the Adobe PDF Embed API to view PDFs on your Jasmstack site
Feb 25, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Global DataPagination
Integrating Navigation Search with Lunr and Eleventy
How to use navigation search forms and Lunr
Feb 22, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: SearchNavigationHow to...
Using Pre-Built Lunr Indexes with Eleventy
Switching to Pre-Built Lunr indexes with Eleventy sites
Jan 22, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: SearchHow to...Configuration
Accessing Eleventy Data on the Client Side
Accessing Eleventy data files in your JavaScript code
Jan 18, 2021
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Global DataRemote DataHow to...Front Matter
Adding Google Calendar to Your Jamstack - with Pipedream
An updated demonstration of integration calendar data into your Jamstack site - with Pipedream
Dec 8, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Remote DataHow to...
Adding a Warning for Old Posts to Your Jamstack Site
How to add a message to older content on your static site.
Nov 9, 2020
Selecting Random Posts in Eleventy
A look at adding links to random pages in Eleventy
Oct 26, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...FiltersConfiguration
Tracking Posts by Week in Eleventy
A quick hack to get the number of posts written per week in Eleventy
Sep 30, 2020
Hooking Up FaunaDB to Eleventy
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
Sep 15, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Remote DataHow to...Pagination
Supporting Multiple Authors in an Eleventy Blog
How to handle multiple authors in Eleventy, with custom author profile pages.
Aug 24, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Front MatterHow to...FiltersPagination
Migrating from Node and Express to the Jamstack - Part 3
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
Aug 16, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Migrating to EleventyServerlessHow to...Remote Data
Migrating from Node and Express to the Jamstack - Part 2
A look at how you can migrate from Node to the Jamstack - this edition focused on users
Aug 15, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ServerlessMigrating to Eleventy
Hiding Future Content with Eleventy
How to use custom filters and collections to hide Eleventy content for the future.
Aug 7, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Front MatterFiltersCollections
Migrating from Node and Express to the Jamstack - Part 1
A look at how you can migrate from Node to the Jamstack
Aug 6, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Migrating to EleventyGlobal DataPagination
Adding Algolia Search to Eleventy and Netlify
How I added Algolia Search to an Eleventy Site
Jul 24, 2020
Adding Algolia Search to Eleventy and Netlify - Part Two
An update to my post on using Algolia with Eleventy
Jul 1, 2020
Integrating Google Analytics with Eleventy
How to use Google Analytics with Eleventy
May 21, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Remote Data
Integrating Netlify Analytics and Eleventy
How to use Netlify's Analytics API in Eleventy
May 18, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Remote Data
Quick Tip on Using Vue with Eleventy
Avoid issues with Vue code being confused for Liquid
Apr 3, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...
RaymondCamden.com now powered by Eleventy!
Details on my migration to Eleventy
Feb 27, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Migrating to EleventyWhy Eleventy?
Adding Another Template Language to Eleventy
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
Feb 19, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ConfigurationHow to...
Adding Text Linting to Eleventy
An example of using Eleventy's Linter feature
Feb 10, 2020
Checking (and Upgrading) Template Engines in Eleventy
How to check the version of embedded template engines in Eleventy
Feb 7, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...ConfigurationFilters
Adding a Last Edited Field to Eleventy
How to add a "Last Edited" value to Eleventy pages.
Feb 6, 2020
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...CollectionsConfigurationDates
Adding Search to your Eleventy Static Site with Lunr
Using Lunr to add client-site search to your static site
Oct 20, 2019
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: SearchCollectionsConfiguration
Why I'm Digging Eleventy
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
Oct 12, 2019
by Raymond Camden (103 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Why Eleventy?Pagination