About

This blog is a simple set of posts to share with family and friends.

The blog site Travelin’ On is hosted on GitHub; It was created using Jekyll, by me.

The Travelin’ On site:

• Is hosted on GitHub with images hosted on Turbify.
• Was created using Jekyll.
• Has a domain from Turbify.
• Supports comments using CommentBox.
• Provides search using lunr.js.
• Handles subscriptions using mailchimp.
• Tracks traffic using Google Analytics.
• Accepts crypto with Coinbase Commerce.
• Processes payments with PayPal.
• Adds posts sometimes using prose.io.
• And Embeds youtube links w/o plugin by jekyll-embed-video.
• And includes diagrams using Mermaid.

Jekyll is a blog-aware static site builder that:

• Performs text-to-html conversion with Markdown.
• Processes templates using Liquid.

Images are processed using a python script to create multiple sized copies.

The appropriate resolution image is selected for displaying in a blog post by the viewing device’s browser preferences (possibly based on screen resolution and network performance).

A full resolution image can be accessed by clicking on an image.