This is my checklist for publishing a new post on my blog:
Preparation
- Finalize the posts name and sluggify it
- Pick a image if fitting
- Create a new post with
hugo new content/posts/<slug of post>.md - Move the draft from my current writing tool to this new file
- Fill in the generated front matter template
- If the post is ~1.000+ words enable the TOC
- Run spell-check in VSCode and fix things
Proofing
- Run local hugo server
hugo server -bind=0.0.0.0 - Wait at least an hour
- Open the locally served page on the iPad, grab a cup of tea and read it
- Make last changes and typo fixes as needed
- Place a `
` comment to get a good and readable preview in lists on the page (no code blocks, etc)
Publishing
git commit&git push- Wait for CI to publish the post
- Write a pitch-line for social posts
- Open the post on the live page at https://blog.marco.ninja and check that it looks alright
- Submit post to be indexed by Google in the search console https://search.google.com/search-console
- Post the link to LinkedIn with the pitch-line
- Go over to https://dev.to, the post should already show up there (RSS pull), polish and publish it there too
Notes
Dear future Marco, you’re probably thinking I could automate most of this!.
And while you probably could, please keep this in mind: https://xkcd.com/1319/