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Welcome to my blog. This is mainly about IT, information management and Cyber Security with occasional forays into general technology, science and maybe even politics and beliefs.
You may find quite a few errors and formatting issues right now. That’s because I’ve just moved from a self-hosted WordPress blog to a cloud hosted Hugo blog. I’m still sorting out the finer details. Please use the contact form if you spot anything.
There are 276 pages currently on this site. 230 blog posts, 39 knowledgebase pages, 6 about pages and 1 project pages.
Latest posts and knowledgebase articles
How to create a page toc
If you want to generate a table of contents list (toc) for a markdown file, you can use the native Kramdown feature.
Add Disqus to Jekyll pages
Example code to add to every page as a footer to enable the Disqus comments service.
Jekyll/Liquid Variable Filters
A comprehensive list of filters available to modify/format Jekyll variables.
Jekyll/Liquid Tags
This is a list of tags that can be used in Jekyll.
Jekyll and Liquid reference information
Some reference sites and links for Jekyll and Liquid.
How to generate a list of pages in a given folder
The following code automatically generates a list of pages that exist in a given folder.
How to generate a list of collection documents
The following code automatically generates a list of collection documents.
It assumes that the collection uses output: true and optionally includes a collection title and description defined in the _config.yml configuration file.
List of problems and issues with Jekyll and GitHub Pages
While sites generated using GitHub pages can use Jekyll to enhance them, there are some limitations and, it seems, a number of problems.
Jekyll default variables
These are the default attributes (variables) that you get with each part of the Jekyll domain.
Alternate static site generators to Jekyll
Jekyll is built on Ruby which is a pain to work with on Windows. It also doesn’t match my chosen development language of JavaScript. Here are some possible alternatives to Jekyll along with some strengths and weaknesses.
