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• ⌘ Link: The Kiko Micro.blog Theme Refined: "Kiko: System"

  15 July 2020

  Kahlil Lechelt modified the Kiko theme to use the system font depending on the OS the page is being viewed on. The mod also refined the home page layout.

  Thanks to @Gabz whose post Kiko in the dark? linked to this.

• ⌘ Link: Plug-ins for Micro.Blog

  08 July 2020

  BIG news today — Plug-ins for Micro.Blog:

  Instead of creating a custom theme for your blog and editing the templates yourself, you might be able to find a plug-in that will add the feature. Unlike custom themes, there can also be multiple plug-ins installed for a single blog.

• ⌘ Link: Redesigned theme editor for Micro.blog

  20 May 2020

  Redesigned theme editor for Micro.blog
  MAY 19, 2020

  I’ve redesigned the theme text editor in Micro.blog, adding a preview pane and other improvements. It now features a split view with the template on the left and your web site on the right.

  Source: Manton Reece - Redesigned theme editor for Micro.blog.

• ⌘ Link: Custom 404 page

  16 May 2020

  Some themes include a custom “404 not found” page when a visitor to your blog tries to request a page that is no longer on the web, or if they mistype a URL. You can override this page in 2 different ways:

  • The easiest way is to create a new Micro.blog page under Posts → Pages. For the title, type “404” and save the page. Micro.blog will notice that special title and automatically set up the page filename to be /404.html. You can later edit the title or text content to anything you want.
  • If you need more control, use a custom Micro.blog theme to add a new template in layouts/404.html. This can use any Hugo includes to show headers, footers, or handle other logic.

  When neither of these pages are found, Micro.blog will return a basic “Not Found” page.

  Source: Custom 404 page - Micro.blog Help.

• ⌘ Link: Help page for Teams includes theme tips

  10 May 2020

  I’ve added a help page for teams in Micro.blog. Includes details on the Hugo parameters for adding author names to custom themes.

  Source: Manton Reece.

  Extract from the help page for teams:

  The Marfa design has a place in the footer of each post that shows the author of that post. Other custom themes may need modifications if you want to include author information.

  The Marfa design has a place in the footer of each post that shows the author of that post. Other custom themes may need modifications if you want to include author information. …

  If the blog is not a team blog, these parameters will be blank. You can check whether the author is available, and then fall back on the blog’s default author …

• ⌘ Link: Excluding posts from the timeline

  17 April 2020

  We can leverage categories to build this feature of picking which posts should appear in the timeline.

  Source: Manton Reece - Excluding posts from the timeline.

• ⌘ Link: Help page for Replies with Conversation.js

  17 April 2020

  Replies with Conversation.js - Micro.blog Help.

  this is not just about taking Micro.blog-only replies and putting them on your blog. … it now becomes much more useful for other blogs to send you replies. Those replies can appear on your blog, with Micro.blog mostly acting as glue so that both blogs can talk to each other.