Visual Studio Code Extension for Creating Jekyll Posts

This extension makes it easier to create new blog posts for Jekyll-based websites using the Visual Studio Code editor.

Using this extension, a user can create new post file with pre-filled "front matter". The template for front matter can either be provided by the user or the extension will use its built-in template.

Usage instructions

If a user wants to provide a template file for new posts, they should create a file: .post-template in the Jekyll project root directory.

Here's an example of the template file:

$ cat $PROJECT_ROOT/.post-template
---
layout: post
title: This is a new article
author: User
summary: Summary of the article
---

If no template is provided, the extension will use its built-in template for new posts. The default template is as follows:

---
layout: post,
title: This is a new article
date: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM
category: Category
author: User
tags: [tag1, tag2]
summary: Summary of the article
---

To create a new post, a user must right click on a directory in the explorer menu and select the "New Post" option. Then, a dialog box prompts the user to provide the name of the file.

Features

• Adds a new explorer context menu option to create new blog posts
• Sets up the file name automatically in the format expected by Jekyll (YYY-mm-dd-*.*)
• Ability to provide a template file for new posts in the Jekyll project root directory
• If no template file is provided, the extension uses a pre-defined template for new posts. The Tab key can be used to move between and edit the different attributes/fields in the front matter.

Requirements

This has only been tested on the latest release (v.1.34.0) of Visual Studio Code. It may or may not work on earlier releases.

Extension Settings

There are no extension-specific settings for now.

Todo

• [ ] Location and name of post template file should be configurable
• [ ] Tab-based navigation with user-provided post template