Ta11y

screenshot of Ta11y
eleventy
vite
tailwind
alpinejs

A simple 11ty starter with Tailwind CSS

Overview

If you're on the lookout for a starter site that combines simplicity and functionality, the Ta11y project built on Eleventy, Tailwind CSS, and AlpineJS may be just what you need. This boilerplate serves as a personal launching pad for various projects, aiming to streamline the development process while keeping design aesthetically pleasing and efficient. Inspired by existing starter packs and tailored to individual needs, it provides a solid foundation that encourages customization and adaptation.

The focus on accessibility, SEO, and user-friendliness makes this starter site particularly appealing for developers. Whether you're starting a blog or a more complex project, Ta11y is designed to handle both the technical and practical aspects with ease, all while enabling a quick setup.

Features

  • Simple Build Process: Get started effortlessly with an intuitive build setup that allows you to focus more on development and less on configuration.
  • Draft and Scheduled Posts: Easily manage drafts and scheduled content in both development and production modes, ensuring your work is always up to date and organized.
  • Accessibility First: Designed with A11Y principles in mind, you can suggest improvements, fostering an inclusive web experience.
  • SEO-Friendly Layouts: Structure your content with search engine optimization in mind for better visibility and engagement.
  • Blog/Article Structure: Built-in blog functionality is on the way, accompanied by a category structure for easy navigation through your content.
  • Flexible Templating: Choose from Nunjucks, Markdown, or Liquid for your templates, enhancing versatility in how you build your pages.
  • Date Handling: Manage your dates with ease using date-fns filters, streamlining time-related content tasks.
  • Organized Folder Structure: Everything is neatly contained within the 'src' folder, making your project easy to navigate and manage.
eleventy
Eleventy

11ty is a static site generator that allows developers to build fast, modern websites using HTML, Markdown, and other templating languages, without the need for a complex build system.

vite
Vite

Vite is a build tool that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience for modern web projects

tailwind
Tailwind

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides pre-defined classes for building responsive and customizable user interfaces.

alpinejs
Alpine.js

Alpine.js is a lightweight JavaScript framework that simplifies the process of creating dynamic, reactive user interfaces on the web. It uses a declarative syntax that offers a higher level of abstraction compared to vanilla JavaScript, while being more performant and easier to use than jQuery.

postcss
Postcss

PostCSS is a popular open-source tool that enables web developers to transform CSS styles with JavaScript plugins. It allows for efficient processing of CSS styles, from applying vendor prefixes to improving browser compatibility, ultimately resulting in cleaner, faster, and more maintainable code.