Colophon

Published: 26 Jun 2024 | Updated: 2 Sep 2024

Hand-typed in minimal HTML/CSS in Notepad, stored in Dropbox, transferred by FileZilla through FTP, hosted by WPX. Set in Palatino Linotype.

Colors: #f6e6cf (background), #503832 (text/borders,) and #ffd6a5 (highlighted text.)

Source code available here.

Accessibility features: semantic HTML and a skip/back to top link.

Privacy: no analytics, scripts, tracking, cookies, ever.

Designed for pleasurable reading, inspired these design ethe:

• Against digital pollution.
• A personal website is a bit like a quilt.
• Built to last.
• Cool URIs don't change.

Checklists

Publishing A New Page

• Open 'template.html' in Notepad.
• Copy the HTML template provided into a new Notepad document.
• Save and name the file in Dropbox.
• Write the contents in Markdown and convert to HTML.
• Update the title tag.
• Fill in the meta name="description".
• Update meta property="og:title".
• Update meta property="og:url".
• Update publication date in meta name="date"> tag and in p class="postmeta".
• Add the slug to the 'skip' and 'return to top' link.
• Update 'Copy & Share' link.
• Calculate and update word count and estimated reading time in 'Statistics.'
• Open the HTML file in a web browser to see how it looks and test the links.
• Proofread and fix contents.
• Update the changelog and the word count.
• Update the sitemap and the word count.
• Update the homepage word count and updated date.
• Update the sitemap.xml file.
• Update the rss.xml file if applicable.
• Upload to WPX using FileZilla.
• Check it's live on the site and for errors, fix as needed.
• It gets posted as a Gist on Github automatically.
• Go to the GitHub repository.
• Upload the new file and commit the changes.
• Update changelog.html, sitemap.html, sitemap.xml and rss.xml files on GitHub.

Credits

• Chris Glass: For having a 'junk drawer' section on his site.
• Derek Sivers: For inspiring me to make a site in the first place.
• Everest Pipkin: For the genius notion of putting a 'trades' page on their site.
• Leo Babauta of Mnmlist & Zen Habits: For the inspiration behind a (mostly) text-only site.
• Maggie Appleton: For creating a beautiful site, and introducing me to digital gardening.
• Manuel Moreale: For making me aware of many wonderful bloggers.
• Winnie Lim: For the idea of a statistics section on my homepage.

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Copy & Share: zacharykai.net/colophon

Statistics → Word Count: 378 | Reading Time: 1:17 mins