From 8fe2c4905834a1ab0a662ab7a85eced4b2f25109 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glyphscribe Ety Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 09:22:18 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] readme and content update README.md - marked layout front-matter as optional src/about.md - made slightly less flippant, added 'todo.' src/index.md - consolidated a bit, added 'technical goals.' --- README.md | 9 ++++----- src/about.md | 7 ++++--- src/index.md | 13 ++++++++++--- 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2907d66..fa34e1c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ Though this repo is mostly intended for my own use, if you happened to stumble i ––– title: Cool Page description: Does whatever a cool page does -layout: layouts/base.njk permalink: /page/ ––– ``` @@ -31,11 +30,11 @@ permalink: /page/ 2. If the new page should be included in the nav, add it to `src/_data/site.json`. ## Front Matter Notes -* `title` - Shown in page title and title bar. -* `description` - Page-specific meta description; uses site default if not specified. -* `layout: layouts/base.njk` - Required for template formatting. +* `title` - Shown in page title and title bar +* `description` - Page-specific meta description; uses site default if not specified +* `layout: layouts/base.njk` - (optional) override for layout template * `permalink` - optional, override 11ty path generating behavior with pretty slug -* `draft: true` - Set on incomplete articles to exclude from 11ty build. +* `draft: true` - Set on incomplete articles to exclude from 11ty build ## RSS Feed diff --git a/src/about.md b/src/about.md index 911e6af..ca13c8b 100644 --- a/src/about.md +++ b/src/about.md @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ --- title: About -description: Who is this ety? -layout: layouts/base.njk +description: Who is this “ety”? permalink: /about/ --- # About -Yeaaaah. You're in the right place. \ No newline at end of file +Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got here. + +(We’ll revisit this… in time.) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/src/index.md b/src/index.md index 7992182..4575487 100644 --- a/src/index.md +++ b/src/index.md @@ -9,10 +9,17 @@ Welcome to my personal site. My name is Ety, and I’ll be your host during your ## What is this place? -We’re in the early stages, but it’s my hope that this site can be a place to share some of my thoughts, projects, and passions, with any who might find good company in such endeavors. +We’re in the early stages of this site (the latest iteration in a long series of attempts to maintain a website, itself), but it’s my hope that this site can be a place to share some of my thoughts, projects, and passions, with any who might find good company in such endeavors. + +## What are we doing? + +Most of the focus here will be on living pages in the style of a digital garden. When the mood strikes, possibly a blog post now and again. + +There are, additionally, two ‘technical’ goals for this site: + +1. Expose, at a minimum, the blog pages of this site via RSS/Atom. +2. Publish this entire site as a Gemini capsule without compromises. ## Under construction -This site will be the ~10th time I’ve attempted to maintain something approximating a website/blog. Turns out, writing about yourself can be difficult, even if it’s ‘just’ about your interests. - In the evergreen words of the early web, ‘this space is under construction, please pardon our dust.’ It is left to you, the reader, to imagine the animated traffic cones and construction bollards as appropriate of the time. \ No newline at end of file