archive.txt

I looove markdown and I use it to organize most of my life with it. Sometimes I create extensive Zettelkasten styled archives based on a bunch of markdown files and I'm to lazy to create yet another website. So I created archive.txt. It enables me to throw said bunch of files into the archive folder and then put it on a php-enabled webserver. Problem solved.

It's incomplete… and mostly based on my own practice. You'll find a running example of this system here https://archive.things.care. I personally like Obsidian a lot and I realy heavily on Wikilinks. They have this format [[Wikilinks]]. So the thing in between the double square brackets is the title of the file you want to link to. archive.txt automatically creates a hyperlink out of that.

Setup

• Put files on webserver and execute composer install
• Add your markdown files to the archive folder

Features

• Wikilinks!
• no hassle setup
• Blogging
• Caching

Blogging

The following markdown content would render into a blog overview.

---
title: Research Log
template: blog
source: log
---
# Research Log
The research log is a reflection on the process of this project, as well as mentionable events and findings.

After the content, it would render a list of all the files in the source folder.

Folder structure example according to the blog overview above.

- archive
    Research Blog.md
    - log
        Blog Entry 1.md
        Blog Entry 2.md
        …
…

The list would be sorted after date and render some things found in the blog entry meta. As an example.

---
title: Prototyping I
date: 2021-10-22
description: "A brief overview, documentation and reflection of the prototyping."
header: "/assets/images/Screenshot_2021-10-24_at_11.11.50.png"
---
# Prototyping I
…

Quirks

• archive.txt doesn't do to well with spaces for path to images. I usually keep my images in a folder close to root and organize the rest in consise label folders anyway.
• If you want to customize A N Y T H I N G grab any of your buddies who know code. I have absolutely no niceties in place for customization like templates and things.