Jekyll
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Flowing Text Around Images
Magazines, books, and other print layouts sometimes use images that overlap with the text, and have that text wrap around the shape of the image. It can make for an interesting effect, bringing a feeling of motion into a static medium. Done right, the text and image become conceptually closer in the mind of the viewer than having an image off to the side or otherwise positioned around the text. I use this on a [couple] of [posts] to show off artwork that’s related to the content, and I think it makes for a fun effect.
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Jekyll on Heroku
Jekyll, the static website generator written in Ruby and popularized by GitHub, is a great candidate for being run on Heroku.
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Flash messages with :target
Use fragment identifier to display “flash messages” after form submissions to give users closure.
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External Posts in Jekyll
If you contribute to more than one blog, you may want to have all of your posts show up in a single stream, even if they aren’t hosted on that same site.