@ -11,17 +11,16 @@ Host your second brain and [digital garden](https://jzhao.xyz/posts/networked-th
5. Support for both Markdown Links and Wikilinks
## Get Started
> 📚 [Setup your own digital garden using Quartz](notes/setup.md)
> 📚 Step 1: [Setup your own digital garden using Quartz](notes/setup.md)
Not convinced yet? Look at some [community digital gardens](notes/showcase.md) built with Quartz, or read about [why I made Quartz](notes/philosophy.md) to begin with.
## Content Lists
If you prefer browsing the contents of this site through a list instead of a graph, you can find content lists here too:
Returning user? Figure out how to [[notes/updating|update]] your existing Quartz garden.
- [All Notes](/notes)
- [Setup-related Notes](/tags/setup)
### Content Lists
If you prefer browsing the contents of this site through a list instead of a graph, you see a list of all [setup-related notes](/tags/setup).
## Troubleshooting
### Troubleshooting
- 🚧 [Troubleshooting and FAQ](notes/troubleshooting.md)
- 🐛 [Submit an Issue](https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz/issues)
Quartz runs on top of [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) so all notes are written in [Markdown](https://www.markdownguide.org/getting-started/).
### Obsidian
I recommend using [Obsidian](http://obsidian.md/) as a way to edit and grow your digital garden. It comes with a really nice editor and graphical interface to preview all of your local files.
This step is **highly recommended**.
🔗 [How to setup your Obsidian Vault to work with Quartz](notes/obsidian.md)
### Ignoring Files
Only want to publish a subset of all of your notes? Don't worry, Quartz makes this a simple two-step process.
❌ [Excluding pages from being published](notes/ignore%20notes.md)
### Folder Structure
Here's a rough overview of what's what.
**All content in your garden can found in the `/content` folder.** To make edits, you can open any of the files and make changes directly and save it. You can organize content into any folder you'd like.
**To edit the main home page, open `/content/_index.md`.*
**To edit the main home page, open `/content/_index.md`.**
To create a link between notes in your garden, just create a normal link using Markdown pointing to the document in question. Please note that **all links should be relative to the root `/content` path**.
@ -40,6 +29,8 @@ Example image (source is in content/notes/images/example.png)
You can also use wikilinks if that is what you are more comfortable with!
### Front Matter
Hugo is picky when it comes to metadata for files. Make sure that your title is double-quoted and that you have a title defined at the top of your file like so. You can also add tags here as well.
@ -48,22 +39,28 @@ Hugo is picky when it comes to metadata for files. Make sure that your title is
title: "Example Title"
tags:
- example-tag
enableToc: false # do not show a table of contents on this page
---
Rest of your content here...
```
### Obsidian
I recommend using [Obsidian](http://obsidian.md/) as a way to edit and grow your digital garden. It comes with a really nice editor and graphical interface to preview all of your local files.
This step is **highly recommended**.
> 🔗 Step 3: [How to setup your Obsidian Vault to work with Quartz](notes/obsidian.md)
## Previewing Changes
This step is purely optional and mostly for those who want to see the published version of their digital garden locally before opening it up to the internet. This is *highly recommended* but not required.
@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ Make sure that your `baseURL` has a trailing `/`!
baseURL = "https://<YOUR-DOMAIN>/"
```
If you are using this under a subdomain (e.g. `<YOUR-GITHUB-USERNAME>.github.io/quartz`), include the trailing `/`.
If you are using this under a subdomain (e.g. `<YOUR-GITHUB-USERNAME>.github.io/quartz`), include the trailing `/`. **You need to do this especially if you are using GitHub!**
@ -27,3 +28,5 @@ Inserting front matter everytime you want to create a new Note gets annoying rea
**If you decide to overwrite the `/content` folder completely, don't remove the `/content/templates` folder!**
Head over to Options > Core Plugins and enable the Templates plugin. Then go to Options > Hotkeys and set a hotkey for 'Insert Template' (I recommend `[cmd]+T`). That way, when you create a new note, you can just press the hotkey for a new template and be ready to go!
If you are running into an error saying that `command not found: hugo-obsidian`, make sure you set your `GOPATH` correctly! This will allow your terminal to correctly recognize hugo-obsidian as an executable.
@ -32,7 +27,9 @@ Hugo is the static site generator that powers Quartz. [Install Hugo with "extend
$ cd <location-of-your-local-quartz>
# Start local server
$ hugo server
$ make serve
# View your site in a browser at http://localhost:1313/
Great! Now you have everything you need to start editing and growing your digital garden. If you're ready to start writing content already, check out the recommended flow for editing notes in Quartz.
✏️ [Editing Notes in Quartz](notes/editing.md)
> ✏️ Step 2: [Editing Notes in Quartz](notes/editing.md)
Having problems? Checkout our [FAQ and Troubleshooting guide](notes/troubleshooting.md).
## Updating
Haven't updated Quartz in a while and want all the cool new optimizations? On Unix/Mac systems you can run the following command for a one-line update! This command will show you a log summary of all commits since you last updated, press `q` to acknowledge this. Then, it will show you each change in turn and press `y` to accept the patch or `n` to reject it. Usually you should press `y` for most of these unless it conflicts with existing changes you've made!
```shell
make update
# or, if you don't want the interactive parts and just want the update
make update-force
```
Or, manually checkout the changes yourself.
> ⚠️ **WARNING** ⚠️
>
> If you customized the files in `data/`, or anything inside `layouts/`, your customization may be overwritten!
> Make sure you have a copy of these changes if you don't want to lose them.
Haven't updated Quartz in a while and want all the cool new optimizations? On Unix/Mac systems you can run the following command for a one-line update! This command will show you a log summary of all commits since you last updated, press `q` to acknowledge this. Then, it will show you each change in turn and press `y` to accept the patch or `n` to reject it. Usually you should press `y` for most of these unless it conflicts with existing changes you've made!
```shell
make update
```
Or, if you don't want the interactive parts and just want to force update your local garden (this assumed that you are okay with some of your personalizations been overriden!)
```shell
make update-force
```
Or, manually checkout the changes yourself.
> ⚠️ **WARNING** ⚠️
>
> If you customized the files in `data/`, or anything inside `layouts/`, your customization may be overwritten!
> Make sure you have a copy of these changes if you don't want to lose them.
Jacky Zhao
2 years ago