pimoore
pimoore
Hitchens for Micro.blog pimoore.ca
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toddgrotenhuis
toddgrotenhuis

@pimoore awesome!!!

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pimoore
pimoore

@toddgrotenhuis Whoops, are you referring to the screenshots or is this somewhere in the theme?

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Miraz
Miraz

@pimoore In your write up about installation you refer to Tufte a couple of times. // @toddgrotenhuis

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manton
manton

@pimoore 🎉

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pimoore
pimoore

@timapple Working on it right now actually, @toddgrotenhuis filed an issue on GitHub for it. 👍🏻

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crossingthethreshold
crossingthethreshold

@pimoore Slow down! I’ve only just moved to Tufte.

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Cheri
Cheri

@pimoore Very nice!

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gregmoore
gregmoore

@pimoore You’re on fire with these quality themes. M.b needs a directory for these kinds of things.

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svbck
svbck

@pimoore Amazing! Great work! I liked this theme since the first I saw Pat posting about it. I'm temped to give it a try... 🤣

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amit
amit

@pimoore Brilliant! I like the color schema and the typography. Love this overall 👍🏽

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ridwan
ridwan

@pimoore This is brilliant. I will be playing with it over the weekend.

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muhh
muhh

@pimoore really well done!

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KimberlyHirsh
KimberlyHirsh

@pimoore Nice work, Pete. I'm using it and I love it.

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sod
sod

@pimoore It's a lovely theme, and your port to Micro.blog is so well executed. Fabulous! 🎉

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pratik
pratik

@pimoore Dammit! I had just gotten used to my theme and now you're tempting me with this one. Great job!

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artkavanagh
artkavanagh

@pimoore Lovely! very impressive.

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Ron
Ron

@amit I gave kudos to Pat Dryburgh when he first designed and presented Hitchens. When was that, 1-2 yrs ago or more? I wonder whether he's still around to now see people like it. I remember Manton liked it back then too, but for some reason it couldn't be used on microblog. So now it can be? Maybe it should be called Dryburgh, not Hitchens.

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jabel
jabel

@pimoore I love it! Thanks for making it.

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pimoore
pimoore

@gregmoore Thanks Greg, I’ve really enjoyed porting the two so far! I’d love to be able to create my own based on one of the starter themes at some point. Hitchens is also making me question the heavy use of shortcodes, as while they’re convenient for automating some coding, they also act as a bit of “lock-in”, as you’re now forced to carry them over to any future theme you switch to, otherwise your build will break.

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pimoore
pimoore

@sod Thanks Sven, high praise indeed! 🙏

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pimoore
pimoore

@pratik Sorry, not sorry? 😉 😆

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pimoore
pimoore

Thank you to everyone too numerous to mention for your comments about Hitchens, which are even more numerous! 🙏 ❤️

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@pimoore Love the yellow

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gregmoore
gregmoore

@pimoore You’re not kidding about the short code issue. At work, we created our own shortcodes on a project and found we’d created our own lock-in that we had to get out of. 🤣

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pimoore
pimoore

@gregmoore I now find myself brainstorming how to get the functionality of shortcodes but without actually using them. The obvious answer would be Shortcuts, but not everybody is in the Apple ecosystem to take advantage. I do have an idea that might work, so I’ll likely be back in my laboratory soon…

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kaa
kaa

@pimoore Great work. Always love the notes :).

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Ddanielson
Ddanielson

@pimoore I would jump on Hitchens, were it not for Tufte. Yet, the yellow may pull me over all on its own!

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pimoore
pimoore

@Pilchuck I may make a combination of the two for my blog, as I’m even tempting myself. 😂

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pimoore
pimoore

@timapple I like them in practice, but in terms of posts displaying with them in the timeline they are visible if it’s under 280 characters. They also create problems with the URL name if the post starts with a shortcode. I’m now on a mission to find a coding way of achieving a happy medium between the two.

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pimoore
pimoore

@jlrevilla Can you open an issue on the GitHub repo and attach a screenshot of what you’re seeing? I can take a look at it as well when I have a chance.

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pimoore
pimoore

@kaa Thanks, Khaled! I’m a sucker for reading good documentation myself, so I wouldn’t be happy if I didn’t provide it in return. I’ve seen my share of guides that sadly were anything but.

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pimoore
pimoore

@gregmoore From my limited reading I believe Jekyll has a different approach to automation, but then you have to deal with the slowness of Jekyll in comparison when building the site. Not ideal in the slightest, in addition to all the dependencies it pulls.

Sometimes I wish there was a LotR approach to SSGs: take the best parts of each and combine them with a single binary app and good templating option (Hugo’s is a bit cumbersome). One SSG to rule them all, done.

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jack
jack

@pimoore That's pretty much what every current SSG thought it was already doing 😜

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pimoore
pimoore

@hjertnes So do I, it would be a hard choice to switch if I ever adopt it—or parts of it— on my site.

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pimoore
pimoore

@jack Good call! 😂

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@pimoore my stream is full of hoopla about Hitchens … and I thought .. no worries … I already have the most excellent Tufte. And then I saw the screen shots.

Damn you Pete Moore … damn you … you have done it again.

It is LOVELY!

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@crossingthethreshold I do know what you mean!

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maique
maique

@pimoore Congratulations, another amazing theme!

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odd
odd

@pimoore That’s great! Loving the Tufte, but I’ll have to see what people do with Hitchens. I was a late adopter of the Tufte, but it does everything I want from a theme.

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pimoore
pimoore

@JohnPhilpin I am humbled, John! 🙏

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jemostrom
jemostrom

@timapple yep, this is one reason I prefer using plain markdown and SSGs that doesn't require my to use "custom" markdown

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pimoore
pimoore

@odd I have no doubt parts of it might be creeping into Tufte on my site at least. I shall call it… MEGA-Tufte. 😂

(Only half joking.)

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@odd most tempted because of no lock ins with short codes … that’s what has held me back

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odd
odd

@JohnPhilpin I’m not even sure what a short code is. I don’t think I have used any. Then I’m not the world’s most advanced user either.

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odd
odd

@pimoore Hehe, why not? Do you know if Tufte were initially made by a Norwegian? Tufte is a last name in Norway.

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pimoore
pimoore

@odd Nope, he’s American.

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odd
odd

@pimoore Ok. I’m pretty sure he is of Norwegian descent on his father’s side though, unless the name originally is Danish.

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pimoore
pimoore

@odd I did some digging and you’re right, Edward’s grandfather was Norwegian.

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odd
odd

@pimoore I suspected so. The place he’s from isn’t that far from where Olaf Tufte, the multiple Olympic Gold winner is from.

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Ddanielson
Ddanielson

@pimoore @odd Interesting! My grandfather also came through North Dakota, and applied for citizenship there. A couple of uncles were born there.

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pimoore
pimoore

@odd Apparently my obsession with Norway continues then. 😂 I also learned that the correct pronunciation of his last name is actually TUFF-tee, so I learned even more new things today.

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odd
odd

@Pilchuck That was a starting point for many of the people going west, wasn’t it? If I remember correctly, some of my relatives went on to Minnesota from there.

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odd
odd

@pimoore 😂 Olaf pronounce his last name “TUFF-teh”. He’s a really tuff guy. Tuff, but nice, (from what I’ve seen on TV, don’t know him personally).

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@pimoore I would not have used double ff or ee to describe the pronunciation of that name. Unless you want to do the most American version possible 🤠

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Ddanielson
Ddanielson

@pimoore @odd @hjertnes I went to one of his classes, and that how he pronounced it. Tuff-tee. Leave it to America.

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@Pilchuck you can get North Dakota citizenship?

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Ddanielson
Ddanielson

@JohnPhilpin You’re channeling my 9th grade English teacher. Add the word “while” before “there”. 😂

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Ddanielson
Ddanielson

@odd My grandparents had a long emigration/immigration. My grandfather came to Ellis Island in 1893, then worked on ships between Norway and the U.S. My grandmother and the oldest children came over in 1906. Then a stop in North Dakota. My Dad was the last of 8 children, and was born in 1917 after they had moved to the Seattle area.

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odd
odd

@Pilchuck This was maybe a common occurrence, to have long immigration, because it must have been steep rent prices with all the immigrants coming in at that time?

On my mothers side, my grandfather was born in the late 1800s too, and I think it’s odd to think about only two generations up, and we’re back when there were practically no cars or electric appliances around.

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pat
pat

@pimoore 👏😃

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pat
pat

@Ron Been a really rough year but I just saw this now. I love that people are expanding on it and making it accessible to more people! I just wish I’d been sent an email about it just so I had something to make me smile while things haven’t been so… smile inducing.

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Ron
Ron

@pat Hi Pat, Yes it would have been good manners for folks to thank you from the start! I don't know what made it so popular recently. There are a lot of experimenters here who are constantly making changes on their blogs. I suppose their focus is on how their blogs are looking.

My condolences to you for the loss of your father. These have been very rough times for so many, in so many ways. My best wishes to you & hope this is a sign that times have now changed for the better for you.

🙏

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Ron
Ron

@pimoore Maybe reach out to @pat, who was the original creator of Hitchens many moons ago. Like many, he's been having a bit rough time of it lately. 🙏

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pat
pat

@Ron Thank you, Ron. I appreciate your kind words. I didn’t mean to sound upset. I am blown away by @pimoore’s work and grateful for being credited in his post announcing the project. Wishing to see an email was just my selfish desire to feel this joy a few days sooner 😊

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pimoore
pimoore

@pat How on Earth did I miss you here on Micro.blog to not reach out sooner‽ Hitchens is a beautiful theme, and I’m honoured to carry on the legacy of your beautiful work on this, and bring it to Micro.blog with some extra twists. It will no doubt be coming to my blog in either full, or at least part as a hybrid with my current theme.

So very sorry about the loss of your father, my heart goes out to you and your family. After losing mine as well near the end of last year, I feel every bit of the sadness and grief you’ve experienced. These are the times that drawing strength from the happy memories and time we got to spend with our fathers, slowly but surely will heal the wounds.

// @ron

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pat
pat

@pimoore You've done an outstanding job with it. I tried at one point to figure out a migration path from Jekyll to Hugo, but I didn't have the time at the time to see it through.

I'm sorry about your dad, too. I'm grateful that I was able to spend almost the entire last year caring for and spending time with Dad. I expect the grieving process to take years; heck, my dad's death brought up feelings about my mom's death 7 years prior. I'm thankfully in a stable place with family nearby which really helps.

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pimoore
pimoore

@pat I feel the same, it will be some time before I fully heal from the loss. My wife has been truly loving and supportive right from the moment I receive the phone call, and I’m planning on making the most of my life that he would be proud of. Don’t be afraid to reach out if you ever need to talk about it, or share some laughs over happy memories.

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pat
pat

@pimoore Thanks for the kind words, Pete. I will keep your offer in mind 😊

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jasraj
jasraj

@pimoore this is a great write-up, with useful install instructions for a non-techie, thanks Pete. A lovely theme this, @pat, thank you. :)

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pimoore
pimoore

@jasraj That’s great to read, Jas, thanks for the feedback! I tried to make the documentation for both this and Tufte accessible for everyone regardless of tech-level. // @pat

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jasraj
jasraj

@pimoore I had thought installation would be much trickier than it appears to be from reading your post... and that I'd need Hugo or something. I might give it a shot. Thanks again =]

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jemostrom
jemostrom

@pimoore I'm a bit late and probably dense, but how do I change colors? Do I need to clone the plugin and change it there? Or is there a better way?

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pimoore
pimoore

@jemostrom That’s changing now in the plug-in architecture, whereby theme plugins are no longer editable. You can pick a template to edit (in this case the CSS file) and a copy will be created that you can modify. This is good because your changes won’t be overridden with a plug-in update.

To change the colours for Hitchens that can be done using the variables, with the exception of the quill dividers. For example, if you want to change the yellow background to something else, you’d change the —body-bg hex value to the colour you want. For more information about the variables see this section of the README, and let me know if you have more questions.

To read more about the plug-in changes see this article in the help forum.

// @manton

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Sylari
Sylari

@pimoore Awesome! Just the help forum article I needed.

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