Jekyll Plugins

I’ve created a bunch of plugins based on those included in jekyll_ext. I was sort of tired of having to install jekyll_ext, and since Jekyll has had a plugin system since around version 0.6 or so, I decided to migrate the plugins I use to Jekyll proper.

Here’s a quick explanation of each extension:

• archive: allows you to automatically generate archive pages for dates like 2010/, 2010/01/, and 2010/01/12 using files in _layouts to specify what each page will look like. e.g. Posts for January 2010
• generic_index: allows you to automatically generate index pages for each of the site.config index_pages. Currently iterates over collections already in the site, meaning all you need to do to have index pages for tags and categories is add them to the index_pages site.config key. Creates specific collection pages from layouts in _layouts to specify what each page will look like. e.g. CakePHP. Also creates a listing of all of a particular collection. e.g. Categories. If the yaml maps to a boolean true, related collection items will appear in page.related
• iterator: allows you to iterate over all tags/categories and then iterate over the posts in those tags/categories. You can use this to automatically generate a tag cloud and a category page listing. e.g. Tag Cloud on Sidebar
• helpers: A bunch of random Liquid Filters I created for use on my blog
• blockquote: Allows the usage of blockquotes with attribution within your application by doing {% blockquote John Hancock %} Content {% endblockquote %}. Also adds support for pullquotes: {% pullquote John Hancock %} Content {% endpullquote %}.
• post_type: Allows the creation of a series of posts based on a type. Useful if you want to create a portfolio or gallery from an _galleries or _portfolios directory.

All plugins reside locally, in the _plugins folder, and in theory would be safe to run on Github. They may not be the best of Ruby code, since I am still but a Ruby apprentice, but they work fine for me :)

Any undocumented plugins are not of my own creation. Please refer to their docblocks for more information.