I’ve been building my new website in #11ty, and it’s the first time a static site generator has really clicked for me. I’ve been using different ones forever and they were always confounding in some way.
One of the nice things about moving from another SSG is how your archives are just.. files.
After a few days of tinkering, I think I’m happy with the structure, and will next spend some time figuring out design and accessibility elements.
@skinnylatte I like where this is going, and I'm happy to see that nice little RSS icon in the upper right! Nice layout and color palette!
For the backlog... If I may offer some admittedly unsolicited feedback based on my experience with my own static site regarding accessibility.... I highly recommend testing mobile dimensions and putting media max-width css elements in for responsive layout breakpoints at ~400px and ~1024px so that your content is consumable without scrolling.
@ike yeah, I am having to figure out how I want to do image handling. I have a bunch of pics from the old site that I want to optimize and resize maybe with a plugin.
One of the reasons why I wanted to rebuild my site is I felt like for too long, I was splitting myself in too many places online. I’ve decided it’s okay to be a maximalist: that is who I am IRL. I have many different, and weird, interests. You’re as likely to hear me ramble IRL about a recipe I developed, as about vintage cameras or about dogs and cats and triathlons and tea.
I figured, I don’t need to try to split those parts of me online anymore.
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