remote images for timeline - suggestion/workaround

[altsheets]

I am allowing external images in my timeline, then {{site.baseurl}} must not be prepended. My workaround is not the most elegant (that would be testing the variable "image" for "http(s)://") ... but it works. For remote images, I define a {{event.imageremote}} in _config.yml

events:
  - image: "https://media.giphy.com....gif" 
    imageremote: True

and insert a test into career.html

<img class="img-circle img-responsive" src="{% unless event.imageremote %}{{ site.baseurl }}{%endunless%}{{ event.image }}" alt="">

so all the other (=local) images do get {{ site.baseurl }} prepended.

It works, so I thought, why not share it with you guys.

Many many thanks for all the work you put into this. My new site looks great!

[le4ker]

I see, but I really believe that the images should be local, because if for example the remote image suddenly changes it can mess up your website, if for example is not a square 😉

Avoid taking dependencies, as always 😉

Thanks for the feedback!
I had no idea that the repo would be used by so many people, and that's great!
Let's make the web a better place 😉

[altsheets]

Thanks a lot! Yes, I get your point. Still, I want to link to external content. And already built that extension described above, anyways.

I had no idea that the repo would be used by so many people, and that's great!

Yes. Before I started, I compared a lot of different themes. And yours was closest to what I wanted to build. And beautiful, too.

Here, have a look: My new website is launched - http://altsheets.ddns.net/assetgraphs/v2/products/ - using your theme as the basis, and then going wild on modifying it.

Thank you so much for your theme. I worked a lot on it, to adapt it to my needs, and fix some problems - but your underlying design was already so great, that it looks quite nice, I think.

Let's make the web a better place

Yes. And a happy place :-)

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EDIT: The very last link at the bottom of my page links back to your github, to this theme repo. Is that appropriate like it is? Or should I mention your name, too?

[le4ker]

The credits are totally fine like this, don't worry 😉