Sweeter searches with Pagefind

• markdown-it

  55 17,130 8.5 JavaScript

  Markdown parser, done right. 100% CommonMark support, extensions, syntax plugins & high speed

  

In Eleventy, a footnote’s HTML begins like this if one is using the most typical footnotes-ready Markdown setup, i.e., the markdown-it parser combined with the markdown-it-footnote plugin:

• markdown-it-footnote

  3 192 4.8 JavaScript

  Footnotes plugin for markdown-it markdown parser

  

In Eleventy, a footnote’s HTML begins like this if one is using the most typical footnotes-ready Markdown setup, i.e., the markdown-it parser combined with the markdown-it-footnote plugin:

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• goldmark

  12 3,336 6.8 Go

  :trophy: A markdown parser written in Go. Easy to extend, standard(CommonMark) compliant, well structured.

As for Hugo with its built-in goldmark Markdown parser and included Footnote extension, a footnote’s HTML begins like this (here, it’s the first footnote in a page):

• chroma

  14 4,175 8.8 Go

  A general purpose syntax highlighter in pure Go (by alecthomas)

In Hugo and its built-in Chroma syntax highlighting, a code block begins with:

• hugo-site

  12 32 9.9 CSS

  This is the repository from which the Hugo-generated version of https://www.brycewray.com is built.

Fortunately, while there are limits to how much you’ll be able to improve your experience with online search in general, you can optimize your own website’s search capabilities. That’s assuming, of course, that your website is built with a static site generator (SSG), as I’ve recommended on my own website over the years, and has search capabilities in the first place. If it lacks search, you can fix that readily enough with the free Pagefind tool about which I wrote earlier this year.

• pagefind

  26 2,975 9.2 Rust

  Static low-bandwidth search at scale

  

Fortunately, while there are limits to how much you’ll be able to improve your experience with online search in general, you can optimize your own website’s search capabilities. That’s assuming, of course, that your website is built with a static site generator (SSG), as I’ve recommended on my own website over the years, and has search capabilities in the first place. If it lacks search, you can fix that readily enough with the free Pagefind tool about which I wrote earlier this year.

• Hugo

  548 72,452 9.8 Go

  The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

  

As newer versions of Pagefind appear, its powers grow; and one of those enhancements has enabled me to make my site’s search results better — specifically, by cutting out stuff which really didn’t belong. I’ll give a couple of examples herein, explaining the respective procedures for my two favorite SSGs, Eleventy and Hugo.

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

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