I have just released version 3.0 of Eleventy Excellent, now fully on ESM and with many other changes, including my attempts to learn more about WebC and web components. Contributions very welcome! 💚
@lene it’s been a minute but the redirect syntax is pretty similar. It’ll be a few days but could help take a look too. If it’s different maybe there’s a way we could programmatically keep it updated.
Should update my site again to the new and improved 3.0 version 😎
Ok, most of these images still need alt text and captions. I can't do all 500+ at once. But at least I have a system (and a way for people to help out)! Thanks #eleventy
What's step 5? A markdown file for every image? That sounds painful. A single json or yaml file mapping images to metadata? Maybe better? Could get out of hand. Some very simple CMS? Other ideas?
@mia if it's new images you could make a Shortcut that moves an image into said folder, but before that prompts for an alt and writes your input into a file with the same name alongside the image.
Step 5 is a Node script that creates Markdown files for each image with data extracted from EXIF/IPTC (title, description, alt text, geolocation, gear, camera settings, etc.), but also generates thumbnails.
@ilovechoclates_
Computer can handle it, not a problem! That was from one json file of data and i have 8 of them - all my Spotify listening history since 2010 with loads of data points per listen.
@christian if you’re moving away from SASS, perhaps you want to try vanilla extract. I’ve been using it for three years now and I keep finding new awesome things about it.
To the #Eleventy community: does anyone know of any projects to make an 11ty website a first class member of the #fediverse, similar to what The Verge is doing (via WordPress it seems like) and 404 Media will do once Ghost is ready (ref https://digiday.com/media/why-publishers-are-preparing-to-federate-their-sites/). I did implement #webmentions on Cybercultural.com, using Bridgy etc, but it was unsatisfactory so I took it offline. I do want Cybercultural to be an “actor” on the fediverse tho, so now thinking about how to achieve that via 11ty.
I want to redo my website again, because it really doesn't reflect a "digital cafe" or "garden". Does anyone have favorite #11ty templates they can share? I've seen so many gorgeous sites but don't have the talent to make a theme from scratch 😅
That someone — @zachleat — is asking for help to make the job of shepherding #Eleventy full-time into something that can be independent and sustainable.
In a sea of VC-backed tools whose goals are often at odds with a healthy web, Eleventy stands out to me as worthy of our collective support 💜
I've just upped my #11ty contribution to $11 a month. By my count, I currently have 11 (coincidence, I swear) sites live and using it. It's a no-brainer to keep it funded as best we can.
Every month I pay subscriptions for Netflix, Spotify and Google. But none of them provide as much value to me as #11ty - its the best tool I know, and I use it for everything I can.
That's why I'm a long time supporter of the project - and now that it's going independent, you should consider becoming one too!
@uncenter@zachleat@eleventy It's also ENTIRELY possible that my ADHD-driven sensitivity is causing me to read your original words with a tone that wasn't there and react too strongly (or that you're also ND and I'm not recognizing your own communication quirks).
@uncenter@zachleat@eleventy As someone who's often told I'm being an asshole when I don't intend to be, you handled my feedback far better than I would have if I were on the receiving end of it.
While I've only recently started to spend serious time using @eleventy, I've long admired and align with the values/culture @zachleat has been cultivating for years.
Zach is now looking for help to independently go full-time on #11ty. I want to share and encourage anyone with extra money, influence, or both to consider supporting this project.
Like other folks have been saying today, I too want to live in a world where projects like 11ty are sustainable.
@eleventy@zachleat I often think about this quote from The "Cheap" Web manifesto:
> cheap ≠ free
> Making nice things is difficult and time-consuming.
> If we want people to make nice things for us, we have to pay for their rent and grocery bills and raw materials.
So as of today, I am now contributing monthly to the project and will be nominating 11ty for Microsoft's FOSS fund going forward
Thanks for all your hard work pushing the web forward @zachleat!
Why have I been sleeping on AVIF!? The site I tested it on isn't particularly image heavy, but turning 1.8 MB .png into 330 KB .avif is just an absolute win. All done on the fly thanks to the 11ty Image Plugin 💚
@stefanzweifel Oh! It made me realize that Plexamp exists for macOS with the iOS app, and it's great since I used the plex web version which is not as good as the dedicated music app.
@regis Plexamp is awesome.
I’ve downloaded some ambient music from World of Warcraft and mostly listen to this while coding.
Probably 80% of the time, Plexamp is running.
I’ll write more about this next week, but last night I quietly switched over to a new 11ty v3 build of my site. Cut myself on the bleeding edge a few times but also figured out a whole lot of fun things!
@jak2k
Ah that reminds me, someone had mapped out a version of the yearly Spotify report for thier whole time on Spotify - think mine should be 14 years now - that will be intersting (to me and really no-one else!)
