Basic template with Eleventy, Liquid & Simple CSS framework

Folder structure

• pages in /src
• layouts in /_layouts
• includes in /_includes
• Json files in /_data
• Simple CSS in /assets/css
• images in /assets/images

Page layout

• _layouts/base.liquid
• _includes/header.liquid
• _includes/footer.liquid

Primary navigation

• add tags in frontmatter: primary

Package.json scripts

• "start": "npx @11ty/eleventy --serve",
• "build": "eleventy",
• "debug": "DEBUG=* eleventy"

Dependencies

• "@11ty/eleventy": "^2.0.1"

eleventy.config.js

module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
    eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("src/assets"); // Scss, JS, and images files
    return {
        dir: {
            input: "src", // Set the source for 11ty to the /src directory
            output: "_site", // This is the default
            includes: "_includes", // All UI partials
            layouts: "_layouts" // Base page layouts
        },
        templateFormats: ["html", "md", "liquid"]
    };
};

Links to docs

• Eleventy
• LiquidJS
• Simple.css