The README positions the project as an experiment for testing ideas such as Eleventy, JS framework sites, CMS, ways of thinking and methods
eleventy-base-blog — Eleventy Blog Template
By ChrisDrinkut
An Eleventy-based blog experiment template whose README mainly documents Markdown syntax and content organization experiments.
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Mentions using GitHub for version management
Lists envisioned categories and organization around social science, the human brain, persuasion and logical reasoning decision-making, and media culture technology convergence
The body focuses on demonstrating Markdown syntax: quotes, bold and italics, links, tables, footnotes, task lists, code blocks, etc.
Provides an external Markdown cheat sheet link and includes links to chris-drinkut.com and drinkut.com
Template Details
The repository is named eleventy-base-blog, and the README describes it as an experiment for testing various ideas and tools, involving Eleventy and JS framework sites, CMS, ways of thinking and methods, and using GitHub for version management. The README also lists intended categories and organization of terms and topics around social science, the human brain, persuasion and logical reasoning decision-making, media culture technology and their convergence.
The body of the README is mainly Markdown examples, showing blockquotes, bold and italics, icons and emoji, links, tables, footnotes, task lists, horizontal rules, code blocks and fenced code blocks, and provides a Markdown cheat sheet link. Apart from that, the README does not provide installation, build, deployment, configuration, or dependency list instructions, nor does it explain the template's specific page structure, data sources, or production readiness.
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Use Cases
- As a collection of examples for practicing various Markdown syntax
- For experimenting with Eleventy sites and content classification and organization
- As a draft environment for personally organizing terms and topics around the above themes
Suitable For
- Readers who want to view Markdown syntax examples
- People interested in an experimental Eleventy blog structure who are willing to read the source code themselves
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Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version under the MIT license in the public repository; the free scope is the code of this version and does not mean external services or third-party assets are free.
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- Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version's code are permitted.
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Compiled by DeepSeek based on repository license and README ·2026-10-12. Results only cover the materials read; dependencies, images, fonts, and subsequent term changes are subject to their respective original texts.
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 70 / 100
- Technologies
- Eleventy
- Website type
- Blog · Tool Site · Starter
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- 2021-11-25
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-12
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Source file / repository# doing stuff!
This is an experiment to test out a variety of items and ideas.
These include:
* Eleventy & JS framework sites, cms's, mindset, approach
* Versioning w/ GitHub
* Markdown https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/
* Catgorization and organization of terms and topics related to:
* Social Sciene
* The Human Brain
* Persuasion, Logic, Reasoning, & Decision-Making
* Media, Culture, Technology and the Convergence of
## Getting Started
We're live.
### Beauty of a blockquote
> What a wonderful blockquote
### Bold and Italic
And *who* can forget about the **BOLD** and the *italic* text features?! Amazing.
### Icons and Emojis
[Tell me how you feel](https://gist.github.com/rxaviers/7360908)
:bowtie::smirk:
### link set ...
[Hey Jack](https://chris-drinkut.com)
[Site link](https://drinkut.com)
### A Table
| Syntax | Description |
| ----------- | ----------- |
| Header | Title |
| Paragraph | Text |
### A - Jazzy - Footnote combo (be sure to click for part 2)
Here's a sentence with a footnote. [^1]
[^1]: This is the footnote.
### Nifty check list
- [x] Write the press release
- [ ] Update the website
- [ ] Contact the media
### An hr
---
### (A code block...)
```
And we're live.
```
### A Fenced Code Block
```
{
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Smith",
"age": 25
}
```
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