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⌘ Link: Replies on your blog with Conversation.js
…a new feature for Micro.blog that I’m calling Conversation.js. It’s a JavaScript include that lets you take a conversation on Micro.blog and drop it into your blog.
Like a lot of Micro.blog features, it works either as a simple feature you can enable with a click, or as a more advanced API that can be customized however you’d like.
Source: Manton Reece - Replies on your blog with Conversation.js.
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⌘ Link: Easier Micro.blog podcast cover art
There’s a new feature on Micro.blog under Posts → Design that lets you change the cover art [for a podcast]. … Click the existing cover art to select a new image from your uploads.
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⌘ Link: Dark mode for Marfa
FWIW, if you’re using Marfa … right now this is giving me a decent-enough quick-and-dirty “dark mode” theme in Chrome and Firefox and Safari.
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { body { filter: invert(100%); } img { filter: invert(100%); } body { background-color: #000!important; } } -
⌘ Link: Using GLightbox with custom Hugo shortcodes on Micro.blog
I decide … write a custom Hugo shortcode to support using GLightbox. Custom shortcode? Shortcode? If you’re not familiar with this part of Hugo, the static site generator that powers Micro.blog under the hood, well you’re not alone. A shortcode is a Hugo-specific extension to your Markdown posts so that using a specific syntax you can dynamically create complex HTML content.
Source: Using GLightbox with custom Hugo shortcodes on Micro.blog.
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⌘ Link: Adding Webmentions To micro.blog
Link: Adding Webmentions To micro.blog
I’ve been working to … add webmentions rather then comments like Disqus. Webmentions are coming to MB at some point … I didn’t want to wait though … I’m going to try and document exactly what I did through this post.
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Link: The core parts of Micro.blog :
The core parts of Micro.blog are Ruby, MySQL, Redis, with Hugo + Nginx for serving hosted blogs. Split across 5 servers, plus the new photo storage. Also S3 for a couple things, but may migrate that away too.
Manton Reece: 03 December 2019.
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Link: How to Add Dark Mode to your Custom CSS
if someone is in dark mode, you may want to have your website automatically switch them to a dark theme, so you’re not unexpectantly blasting them with white light when they’re not expecting it.