Raymond Camden 105 posts
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
2026
Adding Hardcover.app Data to Eleventy
Using Hardcover.app books in your Eleventy site
2025
A Test of Eleventy Fetch
A quick look at the Eleventy Fetch plugin.
2024
Let's Build a Blog Like it's 1990 - Part 2
YouTube video
Let's Build a Blog Like it's 1990 - Part 1
YouTube video
(Don't) Add BASIC Support to Eleventy
A bad idea. A very, very bad idea.
Add Squirrelly Support to Eleventy
How to add Squirrelly support to Eleventy
Building a Web Version of Your Mastodon Archive with Eleventy
Turning your Mastodon archive into a web site with Eleventy
2023
Adding Music Previews to My Now Page
How I added a simple audio preview to my recent Spotify tracks.
Fun With Front Matter: Part 4 - Featured Posts
How to use "featured" posts to highlight important content.
Fun With Front Matter: Part 3 - Handling Edits
Another example of front matter - signifying edits (both when and why)
Fun With Front Matter: Part 2 - Follow-ups
Using front matter to specify a follow up to your content.
Fun With Frontmatter: Part 1 - Related Posts
A series on doing more with your Jamstack site's front matter
How I built my Now page
YouTube video
Using Goodreads Data in Eleventy - Update
A followup to my previous article on Goodreads and Eleventy
Using Goodreads Data in Eleventy
An example of using exported Goodreads data in an Eleventy site.
Eleventy by Example, by Bryan Robinson
A review of "Eleventy by Example", by Bryan Robinson
Working with CloudCannon and Eleventy - My Experience
My experience testing the CloudCannon CMS experience with Eleventy.
WebC Updates in Eleventy - Looping
A look at another new WebC feature - looping
Awesome Algolia Updates (and some fixes here...)
News about Algolia's free tier changes and some fixes here.
WebC Updates in Eleventy
Description of updates to WebC
New Blog Same as the Old Blog
Details about my site rebuild.
Supporting PDF Embeds in an Eleventy WebC Component
Adding support for the Adobe PDF Embed with an Eleventy WebC Component
Update to My Eleventy Blog Guide
An update regarding my Eleventy blog guide.
Building a Mastodon Bot Listing Page in Eleventy
How I built a page to show off my Mastodon bots.
Using JavaScript in a WebC Component
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
Quick WebC Tip
How to enable better color coding for your WebC templates
2022
Adding Download Support in an Eleventy Site
An example of adding download resources to an Eleventy site
A Bare-Bones Eleventy Template for Glitch
A quick template for using Eleventy on Glitch
Support External Articles in an Eleventy Blog
Adding a method to list external articles in an Eleventy blog
Some Options for Timing Pages in Eleventy
Some experiments timing slow pages with Eleventy
Adding Social Share Links in Eleventy
A quick example of adding social sharing links to your Eleventy site
Support Draft Blog Posts in Eleventy
A look at various ways of supporting draft posts with Eleventy
Generating Zips in an Eleventy Site
An example of providing zipped resources in an Eleventy site.
Reading Comic Books in the Jamstack
Adding support for digital comic books to your Jamstack site
Testing the Netlify Cache Plugin with Eleventy
An example of caching for Netlify with an Eleventy site
Building a Quiz with Eleventy and Eleventy Serverless
How I built an Eleventy site driven by dynamic quiz data.
Use Your Saffron Recipes in the Jamstack
How to use your Saffron recipes in a jamstack site.
Thoughts on the Jamstack and Content Metrics
Tips for getting an understanding of your site's content
Including RSS Content in your Eleventy Site - Part 2
A follow up to my post on using RSS data with Eleventy sites
Including RSS Content in your Eleventy Site
A quick example of using RSS content for an Eleventy page.
Adding QR Codes to Your Jamstack Site
A look at adding QR codes to your Jamstack site.
A Google Static Maps Eleventy Plugin
A simple Eleventy plugin to support Google Static Maps
Using a Google Photos Album in your Eleventy Site with Pipedream
Integrating a Google Photos Album in your Eleventy site with Pipedream
A Guide to Building a Blog in Eleventy
A guide that walks folks through the process of building a blog with Eleventy
2021
Running Netlify Dev and Eleventy Two or More Times At Once
A tip for folks using Netlify Dev and Eleventy
Eleventy 1.0 - Global Data via Plugins Example
A followup on my post concerning Eleventy's new addGloblData feature
Eleventy 1.0 - New Option for Global Data
A look at a new way to create global data for Eleventy 1.0 sites.
Eleventy 1.0 - Dynamic Ignores
Eleventy 1.0's new support for dynamic file ignore settings.
Adding PDF Output Support to Eleventy
Using Eleventy transforms and Adobe PDF Services to create dynamic PDFs.
Eleventy Hack/Tip/Possibly Bad Idea - Dynamic Theme Testing
How to test a new theme in an Eleventy site
Creating a (Manual) Related Posts Feature in Eleventy
How to handle post relations in Eleventy in a manual fashion.
Supporting Multiple Authors in an Eleventy Blog - Follow-Up
An udate to my earlier Eleventy demo showing how to handle multiple authors
Using PDFs with the Jamstack - Building a Document Viewer
Using Adobe PDF Services to build a document viewer for your Jamstack site
An Adobe PDF Embed Plugin for Eleventy
Eleventy users can now add a PDF Embed plugin to their sites
Page Level URL Fetching with Eleventy
Making a network request on a page with Eleventy
Integrating Eleventy with GitHub Flat Data
How to use the Flat Data GitHub action with Eleventy
Creating an Additive Capture Shortcode in Eleventy
Creating a capture shortcode that appends insteads of replacing
Dynamic Short URLs with Eleventy
Creating URL aliases dynamically with Eleventy
Building a Choose Your Own Adventure site with Eleventy
How I built a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style site with Eleventy
Adding an Email Subscription to Your Jamstack Site
Using MailChimp to provide a list service for new posts on your blog
Building a Database Driven Eleventy Site
Using a database (MySQL) to drive content for an Eleventy site
Building a Simple Image Gallery with Eleventy
Using the Image plugin with Eleventy to build a simple gallery
Quick Tips for Eleventy and Vercel
A quick tip for folks using Eleventy and Vercel together.
Using PDFs with the Jamstack - Now with Thumbnails
Combing Adobe PDF APIs with Eleventy to create PDF Thumbnails
Using PDFs with the Jamstack
Using the Adobe PDF Embed API to view PDFs on your Jasmstack site
Integrating Navigation Search with Lunr and Eleventy
How to use navigation search forms and Lunr
Using Pre-Built Lunr Indexes with Eleventy
Switching to Pre-Built Lunr indexes with Eleventy sites
Accessing Eleventy Data on the Client Side
Accessing Eleventy data files in your JavaScript code
2020
Adding Google Calendar to Your Jamstack - with Pipedream
An updated demonstration of integration calendar data into your Jamstack site - with Pipedream
Selecting Random Posts in Eleventy
A look at adding links to random pages in Eleventy
Hooking Up FaunaDB to Eleventy
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
Supporting Multiple Authors in an Eleventy Blog
How to handle multiple authors in Eleventy, with custom author profile pages.
Migrating from Node and Express to the Jamstack - Part 3
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
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
Hiding Future Content with Eleventy
How to use custom filters and collections to hide Eleventy content for the future.
Migrating from Node and Express to the Jamstack - Part 1
A look at how you can migrate from Node to the Jamstack
Integrating Google Analytics with Eleventy
How to use Google Analytics with Eleventy
Integrating Netlify Analytics and Eleventy
How to use Netlify's Analytics API in Eleventy
Quick Tip on Using Vue with Eleventy
Avoid issues with Vue code being confused for Liquid
RaymondCamden.com now powered by Eleventy!
Details on my migration to Eleventy
Adding Another Template Language to Eleventy
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
Checking (and Upgrading) Template Engines in Eleventy
How to check the version of embedded template engines in Eleventy
Adding a Last Edited Field to Eleventy
How to add a "Last Edited" value to Eleventy pages.
2019
Adding Search to your Eleventy Static Site with Lunr
Using Lunr to add client-site search to your static site
Why I'm Digging Eleventy
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.