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223 lines
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---
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title: Writing a New Post
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author: Cotes Chung
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date: 2019-08-08 14:10:00 +0800
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categories: [Blogging, Tutorial]
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tags: [writing]
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---
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## Naming and Path
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Create a new file named `YYYY-MM-DD-TITLE.EXTENSION` and put it in the `_posts/` of the root directory. Please note that the `EXTENSION` must be one of `md` and `markdown`.
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## Front Matter
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Basically, you need to fill the [Front Matter](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/front-matter/) as below at the top of the post:
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```yaml
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---
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title: TITLE
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date: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS +/-TTTT
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categories: [TOP_CATEGORIE, SUB_CATEGORIE]
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tags: [TAG] # TAG names should always be lowercase
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---
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```
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> **Note**: The posts' ***layout*** has been set to `post` by default, so there is no need to add the variable ***layout*** in Front Matter block.
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### Timezone of date
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In order to accurately record the release date of a post, you should not only setup the `timezone` of `_config.yml` but also provide the the post's timezone in field `date` of its Front Matter block. Format: `+/-TTTT`, e.g. `+0800`.
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### Categories and Tags
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The `categories` of each post is designed to contain up to two elements, and the number of elements in `tags` can be zero to infinity. For instance:
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```yaml
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categories: [Animal, Insect]
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tags: [bee]
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```
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## Table of Contents
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By default, the **T**able **o**f **C**ontents (TOC) is displayed on the right panel of the post. If you want to turn it off globally, go to `_config.yml` and set the value of variable `toc` to `false`. If you want to turn off TOC for specific post, add the following to post's [Front Matter](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/front-matter/):
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```yaml
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---
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toc: false
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---
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```
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## Comments
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Similar to TOC, the [Disqus](https://disqus.com/) comments is loaded by default in each post, and the global switch is defined by variable `comments` in file `_config.yml` . If you want to close the comment for specific post, add the following to the **Front Matter** of the post:
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```yaml
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---
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comments: false
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---
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```
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## Mathematics
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For website performance reasons, the mathematical feature won't be loaded by default. But it can be enabled by:
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```yaml
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---
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math: true
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---
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```
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## Mermaid
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[**Mermaid**](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid) is a great diagrams generation tool. To enable it on your post, add the following to the YAML block:
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```yml
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---
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mermaid: true
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---
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```
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Then you can use it like other markdown language: surround the graph code with ```` ```mermaid ```` and ```` ``` ````.
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## Images
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### Preview image
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If you want to add an image to the top of the post contents, specify the attribute `src`, `width`, `height` and `alt` for the image:
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```yaml
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---
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image:
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src: /path/to/image/file
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width: 1000 # in pixels
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height: 400 # in pixels
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alt: image alternative text
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---
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```
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Except for `alt`, all other options are necessary, especially the `width` and `height`, which are related to user experience and web page loading performance. Later section ["Image size"](#image-size) will also mention this.
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### Image caption
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Add italics to the next line of an image，then it will become the caption and appear at the bottom of the image:
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```markdown
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_Image Caption_
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```
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### Image size
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In order to prevent the page content layout from shifting when the image is loaded, we should set the width and height for each image:
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```markdown
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{: width="700" height="400" }
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```
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### Image position
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By default, the image is centered, but you can specify the position by using one of class `normal` , `left` and `right`. For example:
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- **Normal position**
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Image will be left aligned in below sample:
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```markdown
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{: .normal }
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```
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- **Float to the left**
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```markdown
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{: .left }
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```
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- **Float to the right**
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```markdown
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{: .right }
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```
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> **Limitation**: Once you specify the position of an image, it is forbidden to add the image caption.
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### Image shadow
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The screenshots of the program window can be considered to show the shadow effect, and the shadow will be visible in the `light` mode:
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```markdown
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{: .shadow }
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```
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### CDN URL
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If you host the images on the CDN, you can save the time of repeatedly writing the CDN url by assigning the variable `img_cdn` of `_config.yml` file:
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```yaml
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img_cdn: https://cdn.com
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```
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Once `img_cdn` is assigned, the CDN url will be added to the path of all images (images of site avatar and posts) starting with `/`.
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For instance, when using images:
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```markdown
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```
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The parsing result will automatically add the CDN prefix `https://cdn.com` before the image path:
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```html
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<img src="https://cdn.com/path/to/flower.png" alt="The flower">
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```
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## Pinned Posts
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You can pin one or more posts to the top of the home page, and the fixed posts are sorted in reverse order according to their release date. Enable by:
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```yaml
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---
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pin: true
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---
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```
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## Code Block
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Markdown symbols ```` ``` ```` can easily create a code block as following examples.
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```
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This is a common code snippet, without syntax highlight and line number.
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```
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## Specific Language
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Using ```` ```language ```` you will get code snippets with line numbers and syntax highlight.
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> **Note**: The Jekyll style `{% raw %}{%{% endraw %} highlight LANGUAGE {% raw %}%}{% endraw %}` or `{% raw %}{%{% endraw %} highlight LANGUAGE linenos {% raw %}%}{% endraw %}` are not allowed to be used in this theme !
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```yaml
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# Yaml code snippet
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items:
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- part_no: A4786
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descrip: Water Bucket (Filled)
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price: 1.47
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quantity: 4
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```
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### Liquid Codes
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If you want to display the **Liquid** snippet, surround the liquid code with `{% raw %}{%{% endraw %} raw {%raw%}%}{%endraw%}` and `{% raw %}{%{% endraw %} endraw {%raw%}%}{%endraw%}` .
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{% raw %}
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```liquid
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{% if product.title contains 'Pack' %}
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This product's title contains the word Pack.
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{% endif %}
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```
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{% endraw %}
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## Learn More
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For more knowledge about Jekyll posts, visit the [Jekyll Docs: Posts](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/posts/).
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