The Relaunch Post
A developer details the 2017 technical relaunch of their personal website, switching from WordPress to Jekyll for a static, fast, and accessible site.
A developer details the 2017 technical relaunch of their personal website, switching from WordPress to Jekyll for a static, fast, and accessible site.
A developer shares performance data showing a 30x speed improvement after migrating a blog from WordPress to Jekyll on GitHub Pages.
A tutorial on integrating Siteleaf, a CMS, with a Jekyll site hosted on GitHub Pages for easier content management.
A guide to creating a custom Jekyll filter that allows the use of Liquid objects and variables within a page's front-matter.
A guide on using Jekyll's custom collections to create visual CSS cheatsheets and demos for rapid testing and learning.
A lightning talk on building feature-rich websites with Jekyll and free/low-code tools like GitHub Pages, CloudFlare, Gumroad, and Formspree.
A technical guide for creating a custom table of contents filter for Jekyll sites using a Liquid module.
The author explains their decision to start a blog using Jekyll, citing its simplicity, GitHub integration, and support for Markdown.
A developer details their migration from Jekyll to Ghost for their blog, covering theme creation, post export, and domain transfer challenges.
A developer reflects on the original meaning of 'blog' as a weblog and commits to writing more informal, personal posts about software development.
A tutorial on adding an 'improve this content' button to GitHub Pages sites, enabling collaborative editing via GitHub's web interface.
A technical guide on creating a custom includes directory in Jekyll using a custom Liquid tag.
Explains how to add a 'suggest an edit' link to Jekyll blog posts, enabling readers to easily submit corrections via GitHub pull requests.
The article argues for making website source code public by default, especially for blogs and simple sites, to help other developers learn and collaborate.
How to add a simple reading time estimate to articles in a Jekyll blog using Liquid templating.
An explanation of Jekyll collections, a powerful feature for organizing non-chronological content like products or recipes on a static website.
A guide to setting up automated testing for a Jekyll blog using Travis CI and HTML Proofer to check for broken links, missing alt tags, and HTML validation.
A software engineer reflects on a pivotal 2014, highlighting achievements in web accessibility, speaking at conferences, and personal growth in tech.
A developer shares their experience migrating from Jekyll to Metalsmith for static site generation, detailing the challenges and lessons learned.
A developer explains their switch from WordPress to GitHub Pages with Jekyll for a faster, more reliable static blog.