Adding Features to Jekyll

2016-09-17 00:00:00 -0600

Recently I upgraded from Jekyll 2.x to 3. When I did the upgrade the plugin I was using to create category pages started reporting depreciation errors. I started looking into creating the category pages a different way, and If I could create them without a plugin, I decided that would be the best way to do it.

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Jekyll Deploy Script

2016-09-15 00:00:00 -0600

When I began using Jekyll to build my websites with I started developing this script to help me manage the build, and upload of new posts.

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Email Server Management Script

2016-09-15 00:00:00 -0600

I set up a mail server using this guide. After creating the mail server, and setting it up to track information via a MariaDB database, I decided to write a script to let me manage the email information.

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Creating Two Networks Which Share an Internet Connection

2016-09-11 00:00:00 -0600

Recently, I decided to create a second network in my home for testing computer systems. I wanted to keep these systems from being able to access my main network. After doing some research I decided to make use of another router, and a different subnet mask to accomplish this. My previous setup already has a second router plugged into our Google Fiber box. Many people find the Fiber box to be extremely limiting, and our Fiber box also has a wifi radio, which does not quite reach to the back of our apartment. I added a Linksys 1200AC router to help overcome this. Off of this router I have been running a network on the 10.18.57 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. I have its DNS servers pointed to the OpenDNS server IPs.

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Wordpress is Not So Bad

2016-08-28 00:00:00 -0600

Wordpress is used by the majority of websites, some of the reasons for this are:

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