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Script for Adding Creation Dates to Markdown Files This script is designed to add the creation date of each Markdown file in a directory to the file’s content and move the processed files to another directory. The creation date is added to the file’s front matter in ISO format. How to Use Place the date-adder-file.py script and the Markdown files you want to process in a directory. In the script, specify the name of the input directory that contains the Markdown files and the name of the output directory where the processed files will be moved....

Script for Exporting CSV Content to Files This script is designed to export the contents of a CSV file to individual files in a specified output directory. It can be useful when you have a large amount of content stored in a CSV file and you want to extract and save each piece of content as a separate file. How to Use Place the content.csv file in the same directory as the script....

Problem: Adding Dates to Markdown Files Keeping track of when a markdown file was created or updated can be important for various reasons such as historical reference, version control, or organizing files by date. However, adding the date manually to each file can be time-consuming and prone to errors. Solution: Automating the Process with Python We present a collection of four Python scripts that automate the process of adding dates to your markdown files....

Google Script for Automatically Adding Links to Spreadsheet Cells This Google Script allows you to automatically add <a href=""></a> tags to cells in a Google Spreadsheet when another cell in the same row becomes not empty. The script retrieves the search term and URL from a second sheet in the spreadsheet and adds the <a href=""></a> tags around the search term in the specified column of the first sheet. Prerequisites A Google account A Google Spreadsheet with at least two sheets: one for the target cells to be updated, and one for the search terms and URLs....

Image Processing Script - Resize and Convert Images to Webp Do you have a lot of images that need resizing and converting to webp format? Then look no further, as this Image Processing Script is here to help. With its simple yet effective approach, this script can process images in a folder called “processing”, resize them to a width of 720 pixels, and save them as webp format in a new folder called “img-output”....

Introduction If you’ve ever wondered how to think of topics for blog posts that rank quickly for terms people actually search for, this is the post for you. Over the years I’ve spent hours and hours brainstorming blog posts, but with new tech brings new opportunities to streamline your workflow–and I’m all about cutting back on repetitive work! Here’s how I can create thousands of unique blog topics in under an hour using simple tools available to everyone– a spreadsheet and google recommendations....

Useful resources: Getting started with Hugo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjD9jTi_DQ4 Markdown cheat sheet: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet Yml documentation to understand syntax Preparing your mac Brew.sh Go Git Hugo Visual studio code Netlify Fathom Install homebrew - /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" brew -v to see if it’s already installed Install git Install visual studio code, then open explorer and look for “Shell Command: Install ‘code’ command in PATH select. Install hugo - brew install hugo Steps to creating the site Create Hugo site cd into desired location Create the new site with Hugo in terminal: hugo new site {site name} -f yml Pick or create a theme and upload into the site’s themes folder with git clone (if picking, check docs to learn theme’s capabilities - e....

The Cornerstone Article Generation Process - A Step-by-Step Guide Are you looking for a way to generate cornerstone articles that drive traffic to your website and improve your search engine ranking? This guide will show you how! Here’s the process for generating cornerstone articles: Pick a keyword Search Google and open a few recommendations from the Google SERP Feed the name of your company, description of your website, and keywords to include to chat GPT Inform chat GPT that you are writing a blog on the previously mentioned keyword, from the perspective of your company, and writing to your audience Feed chat GPT the list of recommendations from Google and inform it that these will be the sub-headings and topics you will cover in the article Ask chat GPT for an outline of the blog Prompt chat GPT with a section at a time from the outline, paste the content together in a cell in the “Generator” spreadsheet Run the intrapage links script in the generator spreadsheet to add links Add a link to a relevant feature image Proofread, make improvements where necessary, and then publish the article on your website Update the sitemap in the search console and pass the link to the post into the “URL inspection” section to accelerate ranking....

Generate a Lightning-Fast Website in Minutes - A Step-by-Step Guide Are you tired of slow-loading websites that take forever to load? Want to create a website that is both fast and efficient? Look no further! This guide will walk you through the process of creating a website in just a few minutes using the latest tools and techniques. Follow these simple steps: Update your blog generator tool in Google Sheets Use chat GPT to generate a meta description from your primary keyword and categories Run the hugo-setup....

Introduction Do you have a large directory of markdown blog posts that you want to add cover images to? This script makes it easy to do just that. It inserts the cover image information into the front matter section of the markdown files, and also uses regular expressions to extract the subject and company of the image from the markdown file. Requirements To use this script, you will need to have Python and the os and re modules installed on your computer....