# eleventy-base-blog v8
A starter repository showing how to build a blog with the [Eleventy](https://www.11ty.dev/) site generator (using the [v2.0 beta release](https://www.11ty.dev/blog/eleventy-v2-beta/)).
[](https://app.netlify.com/sites/eleventy-base-blog/deploys)
## Features
- Using [Eleventy v2.0](https://www.11ty.dev/blog/eleventy-v2-beta/) with zero-JavaScript output.
- Content is exclusively pre-rendered (this is a static site).
- Can easily [deploy to a subfolder without changing any content](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/html-base/)
- All URLs are decoupled from the content’s location on the file system.
- Configure templates via the [Eleventy Data Cascade](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/data-cascade/)
- **Performance focused**: four-hundos Lighthouse score out of the box!
- [View the Lighthouse report for the latest build](https://eleventy-base-blog.netlify.app/reports/lighthouse/) courtesy of the [Netlify Lighthouse plugin](https://github.com/netlify/netlify-plugin-lighthouse).
- _0 Cumulative Layout Shift_
- _0ms Total Blocking Time_
- Local development live reload provided by [Eleventy Dev Server](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/dev-server/).
- Content-driven [navigation menu](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/navigation/)
- [Image optimization](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/image/) via the `{% image %}` shortcode.
- Zero-JavaScript output.
- Support for modern image formats automatically (e.g. AVIF and WebP)
- Prefers `![]()
` markup if possible (single image format) but switches automatically to `` for multiple image formats.
- Automated `` syntax markup with `srcset` and optional `sizes`
- Includes `width`/`height` attributes to avoid [content layout shift](https://web.dev/cls/).
- Includes `loading="lazy"` for native lazy loading without JavaScript.
- Includes [`decoding="async"`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLImageElement/decoding)
- Images can be co-located with blog post files.
- View the [Image plugin source code](https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-base-blog/blob/main/eleventy.config.images.js)
- Per page CSS bundles [via `eleventy-plugin-bundle`](https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-plugin-bundle).
- Built-in [syntax highlighter](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/syntaxhighlight/) (zero-JavaScript output).
- Blog Posts
- Draft posts: use `draft: true` to mark a blog post as a draft. Drafts are **only** included during `--serve`/`--watch` and are excluded from full builds. View the [Drafts plugin source code](https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-base-blog/blob/main/eleventy.config.drafts.js).
- Automated next/previous links
- Accessible deep links to headings
- Generated Pages
- Home, Archive, and About pages.
- [Feeds for Atom and JSON](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/rss/)
- `sitemap.xml`
- Zero-maintenance tag pages ([View on the Demo](https://eleventy-base-blog.netlify.app/tags/))
- Content not found (404) page
## Demos
- [Netlify](https://eleventy-base-blog.netlify.com/)
- [GitHub Pages](https://11ty.github.io/eleventy-base-blog/)
- [Remix on Glitch](https://glitch.com/~11ty-eleventy-base-blog)
## Deploy this to your own site
Deploy this Eleventy site in just a few clicks on these services:
- [Get your own Eleventy web site on Netlify](https://app.netlify.com/start/deploy?repository=https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-base-blog)
- If you run Eleventy locally you can drag your `_site` folder to [`drop.netlify.com`](https://drop.netlify.com/) to upload it without using `git`.
- [Get your own Eleventy web site on Vercel](https://vercel.com/import/project?template=11ty%2Feleventy-base-blog)
- Read more about [Deploying an Eleventy project](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/deployment/) to the web.
## Getting Started
### 1. Clone this Repository
```
git clone https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-base-blog.git my-blog-name
```
### 2. Navigate to the directory
```
cd my-blog-name
```
Specifically have a look at `eleventy.config.js` to see if you want to configure any Eleventy options differently.
### 3. Install dependencies
```
npm install
```
### 4. Edit `_data/metadata.js`
### 5. Run Eleventy
Generate a production-ready build:
```
npx @11ty/eleventy
```
Or build and host locally on a local development server:
```
npx @11ty/eleventy --serve
```
Or in [debug mode](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/debugging/) to see all the internals:
```
# Mac OS/Linux/etc
DEBUG=Eleventy* npx @11ty/eleventy
# Windows
set DEBUG=Eleventy* & npx @11ty/eleventy
# Windows (Powershell in VS Code)
$env:DEBUG="Eleventy*"; npx @11ty/eleventy
```
### Implementation Notes
- `content/about/index.md` is an example of a content page.
- `content/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 (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 `content/index.njk` and `content/about/index.md`.
- Content can be in _any template format_ (blog posts needn’t exclusively be markdown, for example). Configure your project’s 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.
- Provides two content feeds:
- `content/feed/feed.njk`
- `content/feed/json.njk`
- This project uses three [Eleventy Layouts](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/layouts/):
- `_includes/layouts/base.njk`: the top level HTML structure
- `_includes/layouts/home.njk`: the home page template (wrapped into `base.njk`)
- `_includes/layouts/post.njk`: the blog post template (wrapped into `base.njk`)
- `_includes/postslist.njk` is a Nunjucks include and is a reusable component used to display a list of all the posts. `content/index.njk` has an example of how to use it.