Art Publishing Automation Setup

Directory Structure

Your site now supports two ways to display art:

1. Art Slideshow (Existing - Unchanged)

• Location: art/img/
• Purpose: Automatic gallery slideshow at /art/
• How it works: All images in art/img/ are automatically collected into collections.images and displayed in a PhotoSwipe gallery
• Status: ✅ Keep using this as-is

2. Art Blog Posts (New)

• Location: blog/art/post-name/index.md
• Purpose: Individual art posts with descriptions, newsletter content, and social sharing
• How it works: Posts with tags: ["post", "art"] appear in collections.art and collections.post
• Status: ✅ Ready to use

Integration with Your Site

Collections

• collections.images: Still pulls from art/img/ for the slideshow (unchanged)
• collections.art: New collection for art blog posts (posts with tags: ["post", "art"])
• collections.post: Art posts automatically included (they have tags: ["post", "art"])

RSS Feed

• Your existing art RSS feed (/art-feed.xml) now uses collections.art
• It will include both old art posts (like snow-barn) and new ones from blog/art/

URLs

• Art posts follow your existing permalink pattern: /blog/art/post-name/
• Slideshow remains at /art/

Creating an Art Post

1. Create directory: blog/art/my-artwork/
2. Create index.md with front matter (see blog/art/README.md for template)
3. Add image to blog/art/my-artwork/img/artwork.jpg
4. Reference image in front matter: image: img/artwork.jpg
5. Set blueskyPost: true and/or includeInNewsletter: true if you want automation
6. Commit and push

Automation Setup

Step 1: Add GitHub Secrets

Go to your GitHub repo → Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions, add:

• BLUESKY_USERNAME: Your full Bluesky handle (e.g., username.bsky.social)
• BLUESKY_PASSWORD: Your Bluesky app password
• BUTTONDOWN_API_KEY: Your Buttondown API key

Step 2: Update Site URL

Edit .github/workflows/publish-art.yml and update:

SITE_URL: 'https://wescarr.com'  # Your actual site URL

Step 3: Test

1. Create a test art post in blog/art/test-post/
2. Set blueskyPost: false and includeInNewsletter: false initially
3. Commit and push
4. Verify the post appears on your site
5. Then set the flags to true and push again to test automation

Workflow

Daily Art Publishing

1. Create art
2. Save image to blog/art/post-name/img/artwork.jpg
3. Create blog/art/post-name/index.md with details
4. Set blueskyPost: true and/or includeInNewsletter: true
5. git add, git commit, git push
6. Check Bluesky - post is live automatically!
7. Go to Buttondown, review draft, hit send when ready

Quick Art (Slideshow Only)

• Just drop images in art/img/ (existing workflow, unchanged)

Files Created

• .github/workflows/publish-art.yml - GitHub Action workflow
• .github/scripts/publish-art.js - Publishing script
• blog/art/README.md - Detailed documentation
• blog/art/example-post/index.md - Example template (delete when ready)

Notes

• Art posts use your existing blog.liquid layout
• They appear in your blog navigation and RSS feeds
• The slideshow at /art/ continues to work independently
• Both systems can coexist - use slideshow for quick dumps, blog posts for featured pieces