Massive Wiki Wednesday, 2025-07-09
Topics
- handling updates to dolce (and themes in general)
- ChatGPT convo documenting the theme Python package pattern: https://chatgpt.com/share/686e9511-9d38-800a-b9b8-d3eea60f7e30
- upgrading Matthew
- move from poetry to uv
- announce MarkPub more broadly
- Jerry's Excalidraw transclusion feature request
Announce MarkPub More Broadly
- update massive.wiki to markpub
- update markpub.org to latest markpub
- remove MWB stuff from massive.wiki
- create massivewiki.org as a redirect to massive.wiki???
- get MarkPub listed in jamstack.org
- get 5-10 stars on the GitHub repo (ask friends, etc.)
- announce MarkPub on Obsidian forum, discord
- someday, announce on ProductHunt?
2025-07-08: Bill's notes for the next MWW
Bluesky comment notes:
Need a way for each page to know its file path in the repo.
- select a way to put the
fs_pathof the webpage into the renderedhtmlfile- Bill has settled on using an HTML
dataelement to put thefs_pathinto each webpage for subsequent use by, e.g., a Bluesky comment React component. - the HTML element is added to
page.htmland thefs_pathis added whenmarkpub.pyrenders the webpage. - Pete suggests a way to put it in
_header.html, see below
- Bill has settled on using an HTML
Updating the dolce theme:
- GitHub branch created to enable a
markpub updatecommand; code added tomarkpub.pyto support creating a backup of the currentdolcecode prior to installing the updated theme data. - Another alternative: use
theme:inmarkpub.yaml; move the themes to another repo
Alerting the website maintainer to theme updates
- use an email list to alert about updates
- use a Discord server to alert about updates
- when
markpub buildhappens, check a well-known URL, if there are updates available, say so in the logs - keep a human-readable web page that says the most recent
putting fs_path in _header.html
set fs_path before rendering the templates, then in _header.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
{% if fs_path != '' }
<meta name="fs_path" content="{{ fs_path }}">
{% endif %}
<title>{{ page_title }}</title>
... etc.