Issue 71 - 11ty Meetup Apr 23, CMS developments in progress, Drafts are simpler, QR code curious?, Eleventy v3.1.0-alpha.1...And 4 releases, 19 posts, and 6 sites to see

Apr 15, 2025

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Welcome to Issue 71 of the 11ty Bundle. 11ty, aka Eleventy, is a "simpler static site generator" that is designed to be simple, flexible, and highly customizable. It is built on Node.js and allows developers to create websites by transforming templates and data into static HTML files. It supports multiple template languages, giving developers the freedom to choose the languages that best suit the needs of their project.

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A note from Bob:

Writing this following the first week of our month-long stay in Burbank. I continue rehab from knee replacement surgery and my wife has completed 5 of her 20 radiation treatments. So far, we're both doing well and staying positive. We lucked out with a nice Airbnb in a nice walkable neighborhood. Our dog, Soda, is loving it.

11ty meetup Apr 23. The date is set for the next Eleventy Meetup. Hear from vrugtehagel (their handle on the Discord server) on how he uses Notion as a CMS, and Michael Delaney will walk through component prototyping with 11ty.

CMS developments in progress. I noticed two distinct CMS efforts to support 11ty. One was noted in this Reddit thread. Known at the moment as JekyllPad, the Reddit thread claims that it now will support 11ty. The second is a coming Electron-based app that I discovered via this Mastodon post. Here's the related blog post. I love to see developments like this.

Drafts are simpler. Someone, I can't recall who, cited this section of the 11ty docs showing how incredibly simple it is to set up a draft system. I recall a far more complex method required in earlier times.

QR code curious? Al Power shows how to dynamically create QR codes in Eleventy.

Eleventy v3.1.0-alpha.1. Check out the release notes and get yourself to testing.

Until next time...

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