tips & tricks section

[shannonpileggi]

I'm not sure how to best do this, but it would be cool to have a page for blog posts about distill!

Examples:

• Thomas Mock Building a blog with distill
• Lisa Lendway Distill it down
• Vebash Naidoo Enable utterances with distill
• Frie Preu Misc tricks when migrating from blogdown to distill

[jhelvy]

I was definitely thinking of adding the blog for posting tips & tricks, but I hadn't thought of pulling together existing posts! I wonder if I could just ask the authors if they'd be willing to copy over a post and note the attribution back to their site? I'll go ahead and set up the blog and maybe start asking.

[jmbuhr]

Here ist my darkmode explanation: https://jmbuhr.de/posts/2021-03-14-making-a-darkmode-for-your-distill-site/

[jhelvy]

Here ist my darkmode explanation: https://jmbuhr.de/posts/2021-03-14-making-a-darkmode-for-your-distill-site/

Love it! Feel free to add it to _posts yourself if you'd like, otherwise I can add it later today.

I'd like to have a template line to add at the top of every post citing where it came from. Something like:

> Note: This post was originally written by [author]() on [blog]() - see the original post [here]()

[jhelvy]

Okay, so I just found out that there is a function to import posts to your blog! This will make it much easier to add others' posts. Now I will just ask for permission to include their post, then I can import it directly - no need to re-build it!

[shannonpileggi]

Ah of course! And M-F-E-O: postcards + distill by Alison Hill, too!

[jhelvy]

Okay, all of the posts suggested here are now up - it's such a nice little collection!
I'll leave this issue open in case others want to make suggestions here.

[etiennebacher]

Hi, I just made a post on using github actions with R markdown and distill websites, feel free to add it if you want: https://www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2021-03-19-use-github-actions-with-r-markdown-and-distill/

[jhelvy]

Thanks! I was going to write something similar for deploying a distill site on the gh-pages branch, which is what I do for this site and my personal site, but this is a great intro to the general idea of using github actions! I'll add it to the posts.

[jhelvy]

@etiennebacher your post is up!

[etiennebacher]

Hi John, I made a post on building a gallery in a distill website, you can add it if you want: https://www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2021-04-11-how-to-create-a-gallery-in-distill/

[jhelvy]

Hi John, I made a post on building a gallery in a distill website, you can add it if you want: https://www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2021-04-11-how-to-create-a-gallery-in-distill/

Very cool! I'll definitely add this!

[Hitesh-Fulwani]

Hello!
As a complete novice in the world of programming in general, I have recently made and published my first website through the distill package. In my first ever blog on that side, I talk about some general mistakes, I made, which can make it easier for other people getting started with building websites. It also includes links to resources I used for making a website through distill.

https://hitesh-fulwani.github.io/hitesh-f/posts/2021-05-15-welcome/

[jhelvy]

Thanks @Hitesh-Fulwani , I'll try and add it next chance I get.

[radovan-miletic]

Recently, I came up with hacky floating TOC solution for my use case. You may feel tempted to try it (code included).

https://t.co/0MBrUQKENI

[jhelvy]

Thanks @radovan-miletic! I just added your post to the tips & tricks section.