Blog

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Configuration

The blog files are located in the content/ directory.

Authors are defined in JSON files located in the authors/ directory.
Categories are defined in JSON files located in the categories/ directory.
Posts are defined in JSON files located in the post/ directory.

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Frontmatter Configuration

Each blog post must include a frontmatter section at the top of the MDX file with the following properties:

---
title: string # The title of the blog post
description: string # A brief description of the post content
publishDate: string # Publication date in "DD Month YYYY" format
live: boolean # Whether the post is published
author: string # Reference to author file (without .json extension)
image: string # Featured image URL
category: string[] # Array of category references (without .json extension)
---

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Working with MDX

MDX supports regular markdown syntax plus React components. Launch Express uses the next-mdx-remote libary to process MDX files.

# Heading

Regular markdown content...

<CustomComponent prop="value">Component content</CustomComponent>

- List item 1
- List item 2

\`\`\`javascript
// Code block
console.log('Hello, world!');
\`\`\`

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Media Integration

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YouTube Integration

<YouTube id="your-video-id" />

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Twitter Integration

<Twitter tweetId="tweet-id" theme="light | dark" />

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Reddit Integration

<Reddit url="your-reddit-post-url" />

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Loom Integration

<Loom
	id="your-loom-video-id"
	hideOwner="true | false"
	hideTitle="true | false"
	hideShare="true | false"
	hideEmbed="true | false"
/>

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Images

You can include images in two ways:

1. Local Images

   • Place images in the public/images/ directory
   • Reference images using the /images/ path

   ![Alt text](/images/image.jpg)
   

2. External Images

   • Reference images using the full URL

   ![Alt text](https://example.com/image.jpg)
   

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RSS Feed Support

The blog system includes an RSS feed that is automatically generated from the blog posts. The feed is available in the RSS 2.0, Atom, and JSON format.

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SEO Considerations

1. Metadata

   • Write descriptive titles
   • Include meaningful descriptions
   • Use appropriate categories

2. URLs

   • Generated from file names
   • Keep them short and descriptive
   • Use hyphens for word separation

3. Images

   • Include alt text
   • Optimize for web
   • Use descriptive file names