Blog Upgrade in 2023

After… I can’t even remember how many years, my blog has been upgraded again. The theme is still Volantis, which is simple to use but comes with many powerful features!

Update Content

1. Upgraded Volantis to the latest stable version 5.7.7.
2. Updated the “About” page according to the theme upgrade method, and now it can properly display links for two friends (frenemies) .
3. Enabled the comment plugin utterances, which allows users to leave messages after logging into their Github accounts!
4. Installed a plugin to enable internal article links.
5. Installed a plugin to change Bilibili video link format (from embedded player to card).
6. Installed a plugin to change Github Repo display format (card style).
7. Updated the “About Me” page, using various theme tags to slightly beautify it.
8. Added a pronunciation plugin similar to萌娘百科, just to have some fun and make myself happy~

New Plugins Used

1. Utterances Comments

The Volantis theme provides 14 different comment systems. After configuring according to the documentation in _config.volantis.yml, it can be used.

Originally, I planned to use the localized version of utterances called beaudar, but encountered problems that I couldn’t understand. So, I gave up.

When configuring for the first time, Github will prompt you to install the utterances Github App to use it. I don’t know if I need to install it once as the owner or if each commenter needs to install it…

2. Bilibili Video Card

I have previously inserted some of my own videos into the blog, but the playback window is very restricted. Clicking a few times will still redirect to Bilibili. It’s better to use links instead. Using hexo-bilibili-card makes the links look nicer and is easier to insert:

• Before:

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<iframe src="//player.bilibili.com/player.html?aid=91147423&cid=155618081&page=1" width="700" height="500" scrolling="no" border="0" frameborder="no" framespacing="0" allowfullscreen="true"> </iframe>

• Now:

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{% bilicard av91147423 %}

3. Github Repo Card

On the “About Me” page… I have very simply displayed a few of my not-so-impressive repos…. So, using the theme’s built-in tags to achieve it:

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{% ghcard 'SilenWang/silenwang.github.io' %}

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{% githubrepo 'SilenWang/silenwang.github.io' %}