GillMakesStuff

A quick reference so future-me remembers how to add to this journal. Once it’s second nature, delete this post.

Making a new post

Create a file in the _posts folder named like this:

2026-06-20-dyeing-with-onion-skins.md

The date and the title-with-dashes are both part of the filename — that’s how the date and the web address get set.

The few lines at the top

Every post starts with a small block between two --- lines. Copy this and change the values:

---
title: "Your title here"
date: 2026-06-20
category: Natural dyeing
excerpt: "One sentence that shows on the journal list."
---

Everything below that block is just writing.

Writing

Plain paragraphs become paragraphs. Beyond that:

• ## Heading makes a section heading
• **bold** and *italic* do what you’d expect
• A line starting with - makes a bullet, like this one
• > at the start of a line makes a pulled-out quote
• [words to show](https://the-link.com) makes a link

Adding a photo

Put the image file in assets/img/, then drop this line where you want it:

![A short description of the photo](/assets/img/onion-skins.jpg)

The description in the square brackets is what screen readers and search engines read, so it’s worth a few honest words.

That’s the whole system. Write the file, save it, push it — the site rebuilds itself and the post appears.