> “[One] who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but [they] also occasionally gets clues as to what the world is and what might be important.” — Richard Hamming - I admire their main quote as it represents the spontaneous nature of [[Curiosity]] and approach for [[Collective learning pursuit]] Free alternative to [[Obsidian Publish]] Can learn how to set it up https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/ ## Info - [Frontmatter](https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/authoring-content#syntax) - title, description, aliases, tags, draft (private), date - [Layout](https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/layout) - Components are HOC ### Components - [[Quartz navigation menu]] ### Init ## Changes ### Lowercase slugs - i've added the line `.toLowerCase() // Convert to lowercase` to the file `quartz/util/path.ts` - https://discord.com/channels/927628110009098281/927628110009098284/1245658592267337791 ## Plugins - [Comments with Remark42](https://remark42.com/) - [Passwords](https://gist.github.com/OrigamingWasTaken/d70f62c782bc99283eb7df1caa333c26) ## Tips - All of the content in your Quartz should go in the `/content` folder - Home page is in `content/index.md` - save with `npx quartz sync` ## Benefits - emoji prefix possible with quartz if you check tags of file? - LYT website - Quartz makes publishing effortless - Reducing the friction in creation - Highly customized corner of the internet for your ideas ## Examples ### Digital Garden Repo - [URL](https://front-porch.digitalgardeningcollective.com/garden/contributions) - Navbar is for the bar at the top - renderPage uses a custom `Garden` component to render the custom view - checks if index of the site - Main notes are usual setup ## Ideas - What if certain frontmatter of the file would be used as hero? And that frontmatter would determine what CTA a writing piece has?