12 posts by Simon Cox
11ty Git Commit Messages
Stealing Angie's Commit messages for my 11ty needs
Dec 14, 2024
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Categories: How to...
11ty upgrading node in netlify
Note to self for later - updating node and other 11ty bits during an upgrade
Oct 15, 2024
by Simon Cox (12 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: DebuggingDeployment
Newspaper style layout for my content
I designed a layout in the style of an old broadsheet newspaper.
Sep 15, 2024
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11ty collections tag links
How to add tags with links to hub topic pages in 11ty
Mar 17, 2024
by Simon Cox (12 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: CollectionsHow to...
Cleaning up the 11ty config
The eleventy config file can get cluttered quickly so I cleaned mine up
Oct 29, 2023
by Simon Cox (12 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ConfigurationHow to...
11ty draft posts - Set up a draft system in 11ty
Setting a post to draft in 11ty while writing
Sep 1, 2023
by Simon Cox (12 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ConfigurationHow to...Drafts
Build your own 11ty starter
If you want to build a website quickly then 11ty is a great tool. Here is how I set up my starter pack to get me up and running in a few minutes.
Aug 5, 2023
by Simon Cox (12 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...ConfigurationGetting Started
Solving a date display issue in 11ty templates
I was getting the full UTC code and only needed the short date without time
Jul 7, 2023
by Simon Cox (12 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Dates
How I set up lastmod date in my 11ty xml sitemap
Google now want an accurate lastmod date in the xml sitemap. Here is how I set it up in my 11ty site.
Jul 6, 2023
by Simon Cox (12 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: How to...Configuration
11ty image shortcode best practice
Quick reminder to myself about how to use the 11ty shortcode for images
Jun 6, 2023
by Simon Cox (12 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: ImagesHow to...MarkdownShortcodes
Cloudflare Pages error with 11ty build
I had an issue with a build failing on Cloudflare Pages and this is how I fixed it
May 15, 2023
by Simon Cox (12 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Deployment
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 Information in these posts may be out of date.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.
Website re-platform and a light redesign for 2023
Time for a site rebuild and this time I went with a static site generator
Feb 3, 2023
by Simon Cox (12 posts) · Website & RSS feed
Categories: Migrating to Eleventy