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A starter repository showing how to build a blog with the [Eleventy](https://github.com/11ty/eleventy) site generator. A starter repository showing how to build a blog with the [Eleventy](https://github.com/11ty/eleventy) site generator.
[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/11ty/eleventy-base-blog.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/11ty/eleventy-base-blog) ## Features
- Zero-JavaScript output.
- Using the [very fast Eleventy v2.0](https://www.11ty.dev/blog/eleventy-v2-beta/)
- Live reload provided by [Eleventy Dev Server](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/dev-server/).
- Easily [deploy](#deploy-this-to-your-own-site) to various hosting providers.
- Content is entirely pre-rendered (this is a static site).
- Content-driven [hierarchical navigation](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/navigation/)
- Automated [image optimization](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/image/) via the `{% image %}` shortcode (images can be co-located with posts).
- Automated next/previous links on blog posts.
- Easily [deploy to a subfolder without changing any content](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/html-base/)
- Output URLs are independent of contents location on the file system.
- Generated:
1. [feeds for Atom and JSON](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/rss/)
1. `sitemap.xml`
1. Tag pages ([demo](https://eleventy-base-blog.netlify.app/tags/))
1. Content not found (404) page
## Demos ## Demos
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npm install npm install
``` ```
### 4. Edit \_data/metadata.json ### 4. Edit `_data/metadata.json`
### 5. Run Eleventy ### 5. Run Eleventy
Generate a production-ready build:
``` ```
npx @11ty/eleventy npx @11ty/eleventy
``` ```
Or build and host locally for local development Or build and host locally on a local development server:
``` ```
npx @11ty/eleventy --serve npx @11ty/eleventy --serve
``` ```
Or in debug mode: Or in debug mode to see all the internals:
``` ```
DEBUG=Eleventy* npx @11ty/eleventy DEBUG=Eleventy* npx @11ty/eleventy
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- `about/index.md` is an example of a content page. - `about/index.md` is an example of a content page.
- `blog/` has the blog posts but really they can live in any directory. They need only the `post` tag to be included in the blog posts [collection](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/collections/). - `blog/` has the blog posts but really they can live in any directory. They need only the `post` tag to be included in the blog posts [collection](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/collections/).
- Use the `eleventyNavigation` key in your front matter to add a template to the top level site navigation. This is in use on `index.njk` and `about/index.md`. - Use the `eleventyNavigation` key (via the [Eleventy Navigation plugin](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/navigation/)) in your front matter to add a template to the top level site navigation. This is in use on `index.njk` and `about/index.md`.
- This makes use of the [Eleventy Navigation plugin](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/navigation/) - Content can be in _any template format_ (blog posts neednt exclusively be markdown, for example). Configure your projects supported templates in `eleventy.config.js` -> `templateFormats`.
- Content can be any template format (blog posts neednt be markdown, for example). Configure your supported templates in `eleventy.config.js` -> `templateFormats`.
- The `public` folder in your input directory will be copied to the output folder (via `addPassthroughCopy` in the `eleventy.config.js` file). This means `./public/css/*` will live at `./_site/css/*` after your build completes. - The `public` folder in your input directory will be copied to the output folder (via `addPassthroughCopy` in the `eleventy.config.js` file). This means `./public/css/*` will live at `./_site/css/*` after your build completes.
- The blog post feed template is in `feed/feed.njk`. This is also a good example of using a global data files in that it uses `_data/metadata.json`. - The blog post feed template is in `feed/feed.njk`. This feed also uses the global data file at `_data/metadata.json`.
- This project uses three layouts: - This project uses three layouts:
- `_includes/layouts/base.njk`: the top level HTML structure - `_includes/layouts/base.njk`: the top level HTML structure
- `_includes/layouts/home.njk`: the home page template (wrapped into `base.njk`) - `_includes/layouts/home.njk`: the home page template (wrapped into `base.njk`)