From 8a100edeb81382dc838f600ee1b8dbd3e7560e37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacky Zhao Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:57:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: polish and update --- content/_index.md | 11 ++- content/notes/config.md | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------- content/notes/editing.md | 29 ++++--- content/notes/hosting.md | 12 ++- content/notes/obsidian.md | 3 + content/notes/preview changes.md | 11 +-- content/notes/setup.md | 30 +------- content/notes/updating.md | 34 +++++++++ 8 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-) create mode 100644 content/notes/updating.md diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md index bd742c4..7d6d3f9 100644 --- a/content/_index.md +++ b/content/_index.md @@ -11,17 +11,16 @@ Host your second brain and [digital garden](https://jzhao.xyz/posts/networked-th 5. Support for both Markdown Links and Wikilinks ## Get Started -> 📚 [Setup your own digital garden using Quartz](notes/setup.md) +> 📚 Step 1: [Setup your own digital garden using Quartz](notes/setup.md) Not convinced yet? Look at some [community digital gardens](notes/showcase.md) built with Quartz, or read about [why I made Quartz](notes/philosophy.md) to begin with. -## Content Lists -If you prefer browsing the contents of this site through a list instead of a graph, you can find content lists here too: +Returning user? Figure out how to [[notes/updating|update]] your existing Quartz garden. -- [All Notes](/notes) -- [Setup-related Notes](/tags/setup) +### Content Lists +If you prefer browsing the contents of this site through a list instead of a graph, you see a list of all [setup-related notes](/tags/setup). -## Troubleshooting +### Troubleshooting - 🚧 [Troubleshooting and FAQ](notes/troubleshooting.md) - 🐛 [Submit an Issue](https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz/issues) - 👀 [Discord Community](https://discord.gg/cRFFHYye7t) diff --git a/content/notes/config.md b/content/notes/config.md index c9cbd0a..6e18073 100644 --- a/content/notes/config.md +++ b/content/notes/config.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ title: "Configuration" tags: - setup +weight: 5 --- ## Configuration @@ -10,13 +11,49 @@ Quartz is designed to be extremely configurable. You can find the bulk of the co The majority of configuration can be be found under `data/config.yaml`. An annotated example configuration is shown below. ```yaml -name: Your name here! # Shows in the footer -enableToc: true # Whether to show a Table of Contents -enableLinkPreview: true # whether to render card previews for links -description: Page description to show to search engines -page_title: Quartz Example Page # Default Page Title +# The name to display in the footer +name: Jacky Zhao -links: # Links to show in footer +# whether to globally show the table of contents on each page +# this can be turned off on a per-page basis by adding this to the +# front-matter of that note +enableToc: true + +# whether to by-default open or close the table of contents on each page +openToc: false + +# whether to display on-hover link preview cards +enableLinkPreview: true + +# whether to try to process Latex +enableLatex: true + +# whether to enable single-page-app style rendering +# this prevents flahses of unstyled content and overall improves +# smoothness of quartz. More info in issue #109 on GitHub +enableSPA: true + +# whether to render a footer +enableFooter: true + +# whether backlinks of pages should show the context in which +# they were mentioned +enableContextualBacklinks: true + +# whether to show a section of recent notes on the home page +enableRecentNotes: false + +# page description used for SEO +description: + Host your second brain and digital garden for free. Quartz features extremely fast full-text search, + Wikilink support, backlinks, local graph, tags, and link previews. + +# title of the home page (also for SEO) +page_title: + "ðŸŠī Quartz 3.2" + +# links to show in the footer +links: - link_name: Twitter link: https://twitter.com/_jzhao - link_name: Github @@ -24,14 +61,6 @@ links: # Links to show in footer ``` ### HTML Favicons - -A Favicon is most commonly seen as the **image preceding the URL in a browser**. -Some other examples include (but are not limited to) bookmarks, search history, -and app icons (i.e. "save page to home screen" on mobile devices). -[File format support](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon#File_format_support) -and the [use of favicons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon#Use_of_favicon) -differ across the combination of platforms and browsers. - If you would like to customize the favicons of your quartz-based website, you can add them to the `data/config.yaml` file. The **default** without any set `favicon` key is: @@ -50,11 +79,7 @@ favicon: # - { ... } # Repeat for each additional favicon you want to add ``` -In this format, the following keys are available: -- `rel`: The `rel` attribute of the `` tag. -- `type`: The `type` attribute of the `` tag. -- `href` (optional): The `href` attribute of the `` tag. -- `sizes` (optional): The `sizes` attribute of the `` tag. +In this format, the keys are identical to their HTML representations. If you plan to add multiple favicons generated by a website (see list below), it may be easier to define it as HTML. Here is an example which appends the @@ -71,17 +96,6 @@ webpage to the home screen of their Apple device. If you are interested in more information about the current, and past, standards of favicons, you can read [this article](https://www.emergeinteractive.com/insights/detail/the-essentials-of-favicons/). -Some websites that **generate favicons** for you (ordered alphabetically) include: -- [`favicon.io`](https://favicon.io/) -- [`realfavicongenerator.net`](https://realfavicongenerator.net/) -- [`www.favicon.cc`](https://www.favicon.cc/) - -These sites will take a base image and generate a set of favicons for you, -one of which will be, for example, the `apple-touch-icon` favicon. These sites -will often **also provide the HTML** for the favicon, which can be simply -added to the `data/config.yaml` using the HTML format of the `favicon` -argument. - **Note** that all generated favicon paths, defined by the `href` attribute, are relative to the `static/` directory. @@ -89,11 +103,50 @@ attribute, are relative to the `static/` directory. To customize the Interactive Graph view, you can poke around `data/graphConfig.yaml`. ```yaml -enableLegend: false # automatically generate a legend -enableDrag: true # allow dragging nodes in the graph -enableZoom: true # allow zooming and panning the graph -depth: -1 # how many neighbours of the current node to show (-1 is all nodes) -paths: # colour specific nodes path off of their path +# if true, a Global Graph will be shown on home page with full width, no backlink. +# A different set of Local Graphs will be shown on sub pages. +# if false, Local Graph will be default on every page as usual +enableGlobalGraph: false + +### Local Graph ### +localGraph: + # whether automatically generate a legend + enableLegend: false + + # whether to allow dragging nodes in the graph + enableDrag: true + + # whether to allow zooming and panning the graph + enableZoom: true + + # how many neighbours of the current node to show (-1 is all nodes) + depth: 1 + + # initial zoom factor of the graph + scale: 1.2 + + # how strongly nodes should repel each other + repelForce: 2 + + # how strongly should nodes be attracted to the center of gravity + centerForce: 1 + + # what the default link length should be + linkDistance: 1 + + # how big the node labels should be + fontSize: 0.6 + + # scale at which to start fading the labes on nodes + opacityScale: 3 + +### Global Graph ### +globalGraph: + # same settings as above + +### For all graphs ### +# colour specific nodes path off of their path +paths: - /moc: "#4388cc" ``` @@ -110,7 +163,7 @@ More info about partials on [Hugo's website.](https://gohugo.io/templates/partia Still having problems? Checkout our [FAQ and Troubleshooting guide](notes/troubleshooting.md). -## Multilingual +## Language Support [CJK + Latex Support (æĩ‹čŊ•)](notes/CJK%20+%20Latex%20Support%20(æĩ‹čŊ•).md) comes out of the box with Quartz. Want to support languages that read from right-to-left (like Arabic)? Hugo (and by proxy, Quartz) supports this natively. diff --git a/content/notes/editing.md b/content/notes/editing.md index c8cefa0..af7dd77 100644 --- a/content/notes/editing.md +++ b/content/notes/editing.md @@ -2,29 +2,18 @@ title: "Editing Content in Quartz" tags: - setup +weight: 1 --- ## Editing Quartz runs on top of [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) so all notes are written in [Markdown](https://www.markdownguide.org/getting-started/). -### Obsidian -I recommend using [Obsidian](http://obsidian.md/) as a way to edit and grow your digital garden. It comes with a really nice editor and graphical interface to preview all of your local files. - -This step is **highly recommended**. - -🔗 [How to setup your Obsidian Vault to work with Quartz](notes/obsidian.md) - -### Ignoring Files -Only want to publish a subset of all of your notes? Don't worry, Quartz makes this a simple two-step process. - -❌ [Excluding pages from being published](notes/ignore%20notes.md) - ### Folder Structure Here's a rough overview of what's what. **All content in your garden can found in the `/content` folder.** To make edits, you can open any of the files and make changes directly and save it. You can organize content into any folder you'd like. -**To edit the main home page, open `/content/_index.md`.* +**To edit the main home page, open `/content/_index.md`.** To create a link between notes in your garden, just create a normal link using Markdown pointing to the document in question. Please note that **all links should be relative to the root `/content` path**. @@ -40,6 +29,8 @@ Example image (source is in content/notes/images/example.png) ![Example Image](/content/notes/images/example.png) ``` +You can also use wikilinks if that is what you are more comfortable with! + ### Front Matter Hugo is picky when it comes to metadata for files. Make sure that your title is double-quoted and that you have a title defined at the top of your file like so. You can also add tags here as well. @@ -48,22 +39,28 @@ Hugo is picky when it comes to metadata for files. Make sure that your title is title: "Example Title" tags: - example-tag -enableToc: false # do not show a table of contents on this page --- Rest of your content here... ``` +### Obsidian +I recommend using [Obsidian](http://obsidian.md/) as a way to edit and grow your digital garden. It comes with a really nice editor and graphical interface to preview all of your local files. + +This step is **highly recommended**. + +> 🔗 Step 3: [How to setup your Obsidian Vault to work with Quartz](notes/obsidian.md) + ## Previewing Changes This step is purely optional and mostly for those who want to see the published version of their digital garden locally before opening it up to the internet. This is *highly recommended* but not required. -👀 [Preview Quartz Changes](notes/preview%20changes.md) +> 👀 Step 4: [Preview Quartz Changes](notes/preview%20changes.md) For those who like to live life more on the edge, viewing the garden through Obsidian gets you pretty close to the real thing. ## Publishing Changes Now that you know the basics of managing your digital garden using Quartz, you can publish it to the internet! -🌍 [Hosting Quartz online!](notes/hosting.md) +> 🌍 Step 5: [Hosting Quartz online!](notes/hosting.md) Having problems? Checkout our [FAQ and Troubleshooting guide](notes/troubleshooting.md). diff --git a/content/notes/hosting.md b/content/notes/hosting.md index bb1d912..adda82d 100644 --- a/content/notes/hosting.md +++ b/content/notes/hosting.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ title: "Deploying Quartz to the Web" tags: - setup +weight: 4 --- ## GitHub Pages @@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ Note: we specifically push to the `hugo` branch here. Our GitHub action automati ### Setting up the Site Now let's get this site up and running. Never hosted a site before? No problem. Have a fancy custom domain you already own or want to subdomain your Quartz? That's easy too. -Here, we take advantage of GitHub's free page hosting to deploy our site. Change `baseURL` in `/config.toml`. +Here, we take advantage of GitHub's free page hosting to deploy our site. Change `baseURL` in `/config.toml`. Make sure that your `baseURL` has a trailing `/`! @@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ Make sure that your `baseURL` has a trailing `/`! baseURL = "https:///" ``` -If you are using this under a subdomain (e.g. `.github.io/quartz`), include the trailing `/`. +If you are using this under a subdomain (e.g. `.github.io/quartz`), include the trailing `/`. **You need to do this especially if you are using GitHub!** ```toml baseURL = "https://.github.io/quartz/" @@ -75,10 +76,15 @@ Please note that the `cname` field should *not* have any path `e.g. end with /qu Have a custom domain? [Learn how to set it up with Quartz ](notes/custom%20Domain.md). +### Ignoring Files +Only want to publish a subset of all of your notes? Don't worry, Quartz makes this a simple two-step process. + +❌ [Excluding pages from being published](notes/ignore%20notes.md) + --- Now that your Quartz is live, let's figure out how to make Quartz really *yours*! -ðŸŽĻ [Customizing Quartz](notes/config.md) +> Step 6: ðŸŽĻ [Customizing Quartz](notes/config.md) Having problems? Checkout our [FAQ and Troubleshooting guide](notes/troubleshooting.md). diff --git a/content/notes/obsidian.md b/content/notes/obsidian.md index 8e5fedd..66cd78d 100644 --- a/content/notes/obsidian.md +++ b/content/notes/obsidian.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ title: "Obsidian Vault Integration" tags: - setup +weight: 2 --- ## Setup @@ -27,3 +28,5 @@ Inserting front matter everytime you want to create a new Note gets annoying rea **If you decide to overwrite the `/content` folder completely, don't remove the `/content/templates` folder!** Head over to Options > Core Plugins and enable the Templates plugin. Then go to Options > Hotkeys and set a hotkey for 'Insert Template' (I recommend `[cmd]+T`). That way, when you create a new note, you can just press the hotkey for a new template and be ready to go! + +> 👀 Step 4: [Preview Quartz Changes](notes/preview%20changes.md) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/notes/preview changes.md b/content/notes/preview changes.md index 7f12f30..3130c58 100644 --- a/content/notes/preview changes.md +++ b/content/notes/preview changes.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Preview Changes" +weight: 3 --- If you'd like to preview what your Quartz site looks like before deploying it to the internet, here's exactly how to do that! @@ -12,12 +13,6 @@ This step will generate the list of backlinks for Hugo to parse. Ensure you have ```shell # Install and link `hugo-obsidian` locally $ go install github.com/jackyzha0/hugo-obsidian@latest - -# Navigate to your local Quartz folder -$ cd - -# Scrape all links in your Quartz folder and generate info for Quartz -$ hugo-obsidian -input=content -output=assets/indices -index -root=. ``` If you are running into an error saying that `command not found: hugo-obsidian`, make sure you set your `GOPATH` correctly! This will allow your terminal to correctly recognize hugo-obsidian as an executable. @@ -32,7 +27,9 @@ Hugo is the static site generator that powers Quartz. [Install Hugo with "extend $ cd # Start local server -$ hugo server +$ make serve # View your site in a browser at http://localhost:1313/ ``` + +> 🌍 Step 5: [Hosting Quartz online!](notes/hosting.md) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/notes/setup.md b/content/notes/setup.md index 495a43b..fffb0fb 100644 --- a/content/notes/setup.md +++ b/content/notes/setup.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ title: "Setup" tags: - setup +weight: 0 --- ## Making your own Quartz @@ -26,33 +27,6 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/quartz ## Editing Great! Now you have everything you need to start editing and growing your digital garden. If you're ready to start writing content already, check out the recommended flow for editing notes in Quartz. -✏ïļ [Editing Notes in Quartz](notes/editing.md) +> ✏ïļ Step 2: [Editing Notes in Quartz](notes/editing.md) Having problems? Checkout our [FAQ and Troubleshooting guide](notes/troubleshooting.md). - -## Updating -Haven't updated Quartz in a while and want all the cool new optimizations? On Unix/Mac systems you can run the following command for a one-line update! This command will show you a log summary of all commits since you last updated, press `q` to acknowledge this. Then, it will show you each change in turn and press `y` to accept the patch or `n` to reject it. Usually you should press `y` for most of these unless it conflicts with existing changes you've made! - -```shell -make update - -# or, if you don't want the interactive parts and just want the update -make update-force -``` - -Or, manually checkout the changes yourself. - -> ⚠ïļ **WARNING** ⚠ïļ -> -> If you customized the files in `data/`, or anything inside `layouts/`, your customization may be overwritten! -> Make sure you have a copy of these changes if you don't want to lose them. - - -```shell -# add Quartz as a remote host -git remote add upstream git@github.com:jackyzha0/quartz.git - -# index and fetch changes -git fetch upstream -git checkout -p upstream/hugo -- layouts .github Makefile assets/js assets/styles/base.scss assets/styles/darkmode.scss config.toml data -``` diff --git a/content/notes/updating.md b/content/notes/updating.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..290d647 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/updating.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +--- +title: "Updating" +aliases: +- update +--- + +Haven't updated Quartz in a while and want all the cool new optimizations? On Unix/Mac systems you can run the following command for a one-line update! This command will show you a log summary of all commits since you last updated, press `q` to acknowledge this. Then, it will show you each change in turn and press `y` to accept the patch or `n` to reject it. Usually you should press `y` for most of these unless it conflicts with existing changes you've made! + +```shell +make update +``` + +Or, if you don't want the interactive parts and just want to force update your local garden (this assumed that you are okay with some of your personalizations been overriden!) + +```shell +make update-force +``` + +Or, manually checkout the changes yourself. + +> ⚠ïļ **WARNING** ⚠ïļ +> +> If you customized the files in `data/`, or anything inside `layouts/`, your customization may be overwritten! +> Make sure you have a copy of these changes if you don't want to lose them. + + +```shell +# add Quartz as a remote host +git remote add upstream git@github.com:jackyzha0/quartz.git + +# index and fetch changes +git fetch upstream +git checkout -p upstream/hugo -- layouts .github Makefile assets/js assets/styles/base.scss assets/styles/darkmode.scss config.toml data +```