niqs.reisen
My travel blog (in German).
Blog
- URL
- https://niqs.reisen
- RSS Feed
- https://niqs.reisen/feed/feed.xml
- Blog post
- Travel Blogging
- Annoucement blog post
- New Year, New Blog
About niqs.reisen
Two things happened at the end of 2023:
- I was about to start a trip around the world.
- I felt established as a writer.
As a consequence, I felt motivated to write about my travels.
At first, I was unsure if Niqs Reisen could become part of niqwithq.com. So I did some thinking.
In the end, it became its own thing.
Design
Opposed to niqwithq.com, I didn't want to spend endless hours on designing a fancy blog. Instead, I wanted to focus on writing.
I used the Eleventy Base Blog Template and did some minor design tweaks, including:
- An emoji logo (because emojis are just so great).
- Country flag emojis to filter by the countries I have visited (so so great).
- I reused an existing CSS class to announce my current location on my where page.
Development
I built the blog using 11ty, a static site generator.
The framework is very popular in the blogosphere, so I was happy to give it a go. While I've had my trouble with the official guide (very developer-focused), I was more than happy that there is the Eleventy Base Blog Template with all the essentials for a sweet 11ty blog.
Out of the box it offers:
- Tags for blog posts.
- Previous / next navigation on blog post level.
- An RSS feed.
- Anchor links on heading level for blog posts.
So great!
Podcast
Coming soon.