diff --git a/content/posts/the-slash-page-scoop/index.md b/content/posts/the-slash-page-scoop/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1588b46 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/the-slash-page-scoop/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +--- +title: "The Slash Page Scoop" +date: 2024-05-30 +# lastmod: 2024-05-30 +draft: true +description: "I've added new slash pages to the site to share some background info on who I am, what I use, and how this site works." +featured: false +toc: true +reply: true +categories: Backstage +tags: + - hugo + - meta +--- +Inspired by [Robb Knight](https://rknight.me/)'s recent [slash pages](https://slashpages.net/) site, I spent some time over the past week or two drafting some slash pages of my own. + +> Slash pages are common pages you can add to your website, usually with a standard, root-level slug like `/now`, `/about`, or `/uses`. They tend to describe the individual behind the site and are distinguishing characteristics of the IndieWeb. + +The pages that I've implemented (so far) include: +- [/about](/about) tells a bit about me and my background +- [/changelog](/changelog) is just *starting* to record some of visual/functional changes I make here +- [/colophon](/colophon) describes the technology and services used in producing/hosting this site +- [/homelab](/homelab) isn't a canonical slash page but it provides a lot of details about my homelab setup +- [/save](/save) shamelessly hosts referral links for things I love and think you'll love too +- [/uses](/uses) shares the stuff I use on a regular basis + +And, of course, these are collected in one place at [/slashes](/slashes). + +Feel free to stop here if you just want to check out the slash pages, or keep on reading for some nerd stuff about how I implemented them on my Hugo site. + +### Implementation +All of my typical blog posts get created within the site's Hugo directory under `content/posts/`, like this one at `content/posts/the-slash-page-scoop/index.md`. They get indexed, automatically added to the list of posts on the home page, and show up in the RSS feed. I don't want my slash pages to get that treatment so I made them directly inside the `content` directory: + +``` +content +├── categories +├── posts +├── search +├── 404.md +├── _index.md +├── about.md [tl! ~~] +├── changelog.md [tl! ~~] +├── colophon.md [tl! ~~] +├── homelab.md [tl! ~~] +├── save.md [tl! ~~] +├── simplex.md +└── uses.md [tl! ~~] +``` + +Easy enough, but I didn't then want to have to worry about manually updating a list of slash pages so I used [Hugo's Taxonomies](https://gohugo.io/content-management/taxonomies/) feature for that. I simpled tagged each page with a new `slashes` category by adding it to the post's front matter: + +```yaml +--- +title: "/changelog" +date: "2024-05-26" +lastmod: "2024-05-30" +description: "Maybe I should keep a log of all my site-related tinkering?" +featured: false +toc: false +timeless: true +categories: slashes # [tl! ~~] +--- +``` +