Micro Essays
Create a lightweight page for short thoughts, status updates, and fragments.
Purpose
Create a lightweight page for short thoughts, status updates, and fragments.
Create the page
Create a page under source/essay/index.md and set a clear title.
---
title: Micro Essays
date: 2026-01-01
type: essay
---Create the data file
Put repeatable content in source/_data/brevity.yml.
items:
- name: Example item
description: Replace this with your own content.
link: https://example.comTheme configuration
Enable the page module in the theme configuration when the feature requires a switch.
pages:
essay:
enable: true
data: brevity.ymlFile structure
Blog Directory
source
_data
brevity.yml
essay
index.md
Field reference
name: display name.description: short explanatory text.link: optional external or internal URL.cover: optional image path when the page layout supports covers.tags: optional labels used for grouping or filtering.
Start with one or two items, confirm the page renders, then expand the data file.
