Latest Page in Markata
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I just implemented a latest blog post link in Markata by asking for the first post slug from the blog feed. The implementation uses the jinja_md plugin to...

Date: June 1, 2024

I just implemented a latest blog post link in Markata by asking for the first
post slug from the blog feed. The implementation uses the jinja_md plugin to
render jinja against the markdown and a tag to redirect.

``` markdown
My latest blog post is [[ {{ markata.feeds.blog.posts[0].slug }} ]]. Click the
link if you are not automatically redirected.

```

## Setting up the feed

Feeds are setup in `markata.toml` configuration. They provide a handy way to
create an html feed, rss feed, and quickly reference a filtered set of posts
like this.

``` toml
# you will need to enable the jinja_md plugin along with the defaults
[markata]
hooks = [
 "markata.plugins.jinja_md",
 "default",
 ]

# set up the blog feed
[[markata.feeds]]
slug = 'blog'
template = "feed.html"
filter = "date<=today and templateKey in ['blog-post'] and published"
sort = "date"
reverse = true
```

For more information on markata check out the full markata [1] post.

References:
[1]: /markata/