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Editor Guide 🤓

Things to Know

  • We use a markdown editor that uses Jekyll front matter.
  • Most of the time, you can write inline HTML directly into your posts.
  • We support native Liquid tags and created some fun custom ones, too! Trying embedding a Tweet or GitHub issue in your post, using the complete URL: {% embed https://... %}.
  • Links to unpublished posts are shareable for feedback/review.
  • When you're ready to publish, set the published variable to true or click publish depending on the editor version, you're using
  • Links to unpublished posts (drafts or scheduled posts) are shareable for feedback/review. These posts have a notice which reads "This URL is public but secret, so share at your own discretion." They are not visible in feeds or on your profile until published.

  • description area in Twitter cards and open graph cards

We have two editor versions. If you'd prefer to edit title and tags etc. as separate fields, switch to the "rich + markdown" option in Settings → Customization. Otherwise, continue:

Custom variables set for each post, located between the triple-dashed lines in your editor Here is a list of possibilities:

  • title: the title of your article
  • published: boolean that determines whether or not your article is published.
  • tags: max of four tags, needs to be comma-separated
  • canonical_url: link for the canonical version of the content
  • cover_image: cover image for post, accepts a URL.
    The best size is 1000 x 420.
  • series: post series name.