quartize

Quartize is a Visual Studio Code extension that streamlines the process of creating blog posts for Quarto-based websites. It provides an intuitive interface for generating new blog posts with proper frontmatter, directory structure, and basic templates.

🎨 Two ways to create posts:
- Quick create through Command Palette
- Web View interface
🏷️ Category and author management
📸 Featured image support
🎯 SEO-friendly slug generation
🎨 Integrated with VS Code themes

Installation

Open VS Code.
Go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X)
Search for "Quartize"
Click Install

Requirements

Visual Studio Code 1.94.0 or higher
A Quarto blog project
Quarto CLI installed

Usage

The extension provides two main features: quick create and viewer interface. You can use the quick create feature to create a new post with minimal input, or use the viewer interface to fill out a form with more detailed information.

Quick Create (Command Palette)

Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+P (macOS)
Search for "Quartize: New Blog Post (Palette)"
Follow the prompts to enter:

Post title
Description
Categories

Voilà! Your new post is created with the proper frontmatter and directory structure.

Viewer Interface

Press Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+P (macOS)
Search for "Quartize: New Blog Post (Open Plugin)"
Fill out the form with:
- Title
- Date
- Author
- Categories
- Description
- Featured image
- Image alt text
Click "Create Post"

Configuration

You can configure the extension by setting the following options in your settings.json file:

Setting	Type	Description
`quartize.authors`	array	List of predefined authors
`quartize.categories`	array	List of predefined categories
`quartize.defaultAuthor`	string	Default author for new posts

[!TIP] You can access the settings.json file by pressing Ctrl+, (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+, (macOS) to open the Settings view, then clicking the "Edit in settings.json" link.

Or you can open the file directly by going to File > Preferences > Settings (Windows/Linux) or Code > Preferences > Settings (macOS) and clicking the "Open Settings (JSON)" button.

For example, to set up authors, categories, and a default author, add the following to your settings.json file:

{
  "quartize.authors": [
    "John Doe",
    "Jane Smith"
  ],
  "quartize.categories": [
    "tech",
    "programming",
    "data-science"
  ],
  "quartize.defaultAuthor": "John Doe"
}

License

This software is provided under a custom license that allows usage but prohibits modification. See the LICENSE file for full terms and conditions.

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