Eleventy Template Engine Selection: A Practical Guide for Blog Sites
Eleventy template engine selection affects build performance and developer experience. Compare Nunjucks, Liquid, Handlebars, and Markdown to pick the best option for your blog.
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Eleventy template engine selection affects build performance and developer experience. Compare Nunjucks, Liquid, Handlebars, and Markdown to pick the best option for your blog.
Learn how to use the Eleventy Data Cascade to eliminate redundancy by structuring shared data across global, directory, and page levels.
Eleventy lets you drop JavaScript into _data to compute site data on build. This blog shows how that works, a practical example, and the trade‑offs you should consider before adding heavy logic to your data files.
Stop repeating the same front matter in every Markdown file. Learn how to use the Eleventy Data Cascade to manage site-wide, directory-specific, and file-level metadata efficiently.
Stop repeating metadata in every Markdown file. Learn how to use the Eleventy Data Cascade to manage global, directory, and page-level data efficiently.
Eleventy’s data cascade lets you write shared values once in global, directory, or template data files, eliminating repetitive front‑matter and simplifying site maintenance. This guide walks through a concrete example, explains merge rules, and highlights trade‑offs.
A step‑by‑step diagnostic guide for Eleventy pagination problems: missing pages, duplicate URLs, raw template tags, and stale watch output, with checks, fixes, and when to escalate.
Learn how to diagnose and fix missing layouts in Eleventy, from front matter typos and case-sensitivity issues to directory data file overrides.
Stop repeating front matter in every Markdown file. Learn how to use the Eleventy Data Cascade to manage global, directory, and page-level metadata efficiently.