Anton BakulinObsidian Bases
Publish .base database views as filtered, sorted HTML tables — filename markers, filter syntax, and available fields.
Posts tagged inkstone
Media Embeds
Images, video, and audio embeds — lightbox, sliders, captions, inline illustrations, and width control.
Themes
Dark, light, and system mode toggle, CSS theme architecture, and how to select or create a theme.
Canvas
Publish Obsidian Canvas files as read-only visual boards — nodes, edges, arrows, file previews, and media embeds rendered from the .canvas JSON.
Note Templates & Authoring Workflow
How to create new notes with correct InkStone frontmatter — using QuickAdd or Obsidian's core Templates plugin.
Multilingual & UI Translations
Publish content in multiple languages and translate all fixed UI text — no template editing required.
Comments
Add a comment section to posts using Giscus — GitHub Discussions as a backend.
Social Links
Add social profile links to the footer — icon + handle, auto-detected from URL.
Branding
Favicon override, site icon beside the title, and per-section header title — all controlled from frontmatter.
Callouts
Obsidian callout boxes — all types, collapsible variants, and pinned-open behavior.
Code Blocks
Fenced code blocks with syntax highlighting, language labels, and a copy-to-clipboard button.
Math and Diagrams
LaTeX math via KaTeX and Mermaid diagrams — both rendered in the browser.
RSS and Sitemap
Site-wide and per-section RSS feeds, and the auto-generated sitemap.
SEO and Metadata
OpenGraph, Twitter Card, JSON-LD structured data, banner images, and author metadata.
Publishing and Privacy
How website:true publishes a note, what private notes are, and the private page placeholder.
Obsidian Syntax
Checkboxes, highlights, footnotes, and block IDs — Obsidian inline syntax rendered server-side.
Attachments
Media file resolution order — section _attachments/, vault root, and ATTACHMENTS_PATH fallback.
Note Transclusion
Embed another note's content inline with ![[Note Title]] or transclude a specific heading.
Hot Reload
The server detects vault file changes and reloads automatically — no restart needed.
Frontmatter Reference
Complete reference for all InkStone frontmatter fields.
Pagination
How listing pages paginate regular posts — page size, URL parameter, and featured post behavior.
Dataview
Server-side Dataview queries — TABLE, LIST, FROM, WHERE, SORT, GROUP BY, LIMIT, and inline expressions.
Search
Full-text search across all published posts, with optional tag filter.
Navigation
Auto-generated nav, menu_order pinning, breadcrumbs, prev/next post links, and related posts.
Wiki-Links
How to link between notes using Obsidian wiki-link syntax — all forms supported.
Tags
Frontmatter tags and inline #hashtags — archive pages, tag index, and Dataview filtering.
Post Types
The four note types: homepage, listing, book, and regular posts — what each does and when to use it.
Deployment
The recommended production setup: your Obsidian vault lives in its own private GitHub repo. Pushing to it triggers an instant content update — no container rebuild required. How it works The vault is…
Features
Editor compatibility InkStone reads standard .md files with YAML frontmatter — it works with any text editor. The features below are fully unlocked when writing in Obsidian. The closest alternatives…
Getting Started
Requirements: Python 3.11+ InkStone works with any Markdown editor — even a plain text editor. For the full experience (wiki-links, Dataview, callouts, transclusions), use Obsidian. Foam (VS Code) is…
Architecture
InkStone is a Flask app split across eight modules with a strict one-way import chain. Module structure graph LR config --> obsidian_syntax config --> dataview obsidian_syntax --> converters…