Obsidian setup for personal note

setup

Summary: Previously, I have used Notion to write documents. However, as the number of contents is getting bursty, it is hard to organize them. Also, another problem is that I have some private documents. I want to publish public docs while hiding private ones. Thus, I start this blog + resume site using Jekyll.

In writing a paper summary / blog post, my choice is using Obsidian, a markdown editor. I share you my setting making Obsidian capable of Jekyll site.

1. Jekyll configs

⚠️ Before use this, please make your repository private.

  1. Add the below lines to your _config.yml file.
exclude:
  -  _posts/private
  1. Make the following folders
  • _posts/private
  • assets/post_images

A simpler way to setup your posts private is setting front matters published: false. However, in my case, my focus is on excluding all the posts in a specific folder when page building. - To show your private posts locally, run bundle exec jekyll serve --unpublished. ## 2. Obsidian Setting

3.1. Go preference - file/link

  • Turn off Use [[Wikilinks]] .
  • New link format: Relative to file
  • Default location for new attachments: In the folder specific below
  • Attachment folder path: assets/post_images

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2.2. Useful Plugins & Theme

  1. Daily note: This plugin enables us to created formatted post.

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2.3. Tips

Your obsidian configuration is saved in .obsidian. So, I recommend do not add .obsidian in .gitignore .