Uk.thechels

Overview

SiteA is a blog hosted on GitHub and available at TheChels.uk. The blog site is built using Jekyll, a static site generator written in Ruby. It makes use of various technologies, including DNS and SSL by Cloudflare, GitHub actions, GitHub issues, and Python for automation. The blog is called "weak notes" and is a play on words of the popular "week notes" blogging style. The blog may be inconsistent and non-regular in terms of updates.

Features

• Quality Control: The blog site includes several features for ensuring quality, such as running tests, using CodeQL for code analysis, checking the site's performance with Lighthouse, verifying links with a link checker, and using a linter for code quality.
• Clear Cache: The blog site provides a feature to clear the cache, ensuring that visitors can see the most up-to-date content.
• Content Management: The site offers several features for managing content, including adding books, adding "Now and Next" updates, adding offers, creating blog posts, sharing podcasts, and adding favorite quotes.
• Scheduled Updates: The blog site allows for scheduled updates, such as morning runs and morning updates, which can be customized according to the user's needs.
• Configuration: The blog site provides various optional settings that can be configured. An example _config.yml file is provided in the repository, and the documentation includes instructions on how to configure the site.
• Using includes: The site makes use of two main includes, one for the header and one for the footer, to minimize repetition and simplify the creation of pages.
• Using layouts: The blog site uses layouts that correspond to specific pages, ensuring consistency and handling page-specific requirements. For example, the post.html layout is used for every blog post, and there are default templates and an empty template for special pages such as SCSS files and humans.txt.
• Using Data: The site utilizes data files to power various aspects, and these files are updated through issues and GitHub Actions. This allows for dynamic content generation, including most of the content on the Morning page.
• Site navigation: Navigation on the blog site is configured using YAML files, with separate collections for the header, footer, and "around the web" sections. This allows for easy customization and management of the site's navigation.

Summary

SiteA is a blog hosted on GitHub that utilizes Jekyll, Ruby, and various other technologies for its operation. It offers several key features, including quality control tools, content management capabilities, scheduled updates, and easy configuration options. By following the installation guide, users can set up the blog theme, customize it to their needs, and enjoy a well-structured and dynamic blogging experience.