📅 2025-08-02 — Session: Enhanced Quartz Explorer with Sidebar Customization
🕒 21:30–23:55
🏷️ Labels: Quartz, Explorer, Customization, Python, Javascript
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to enhance the functionality and usability of the Quartz Explorer component by addressing issues related to folder and tag expansion, and customizing the sidebar layout.
Key Activities
- Journal Site Review: Conducted a usability and design review for a journal site, identifying areas for improvement such as navigation, visual accessibility, and content clarity.
- Monthly Index Page Generation: Developed a Python script for automating the creation of monthly index pages in Quartz, organizing notes by month-year.
- Tag Normalization: Implemented a Python method for normalizing tag capitalization, ensuring consistency across session entries.
- Sidebar Customization: Modified the Quartz Explorer sidebar to include distinct sections for folders and frequently used tags, improving user navigation.
- Component.Explorer Fixes: Addressed issues with folder and tag expansion in the Component.Explorer, providing code fixes and configuration adjustments.
Achievements
- Successfully implemented a Python script for monthly index page generation, enhancing note organization.
- Improved the Quartz Explorer component by customizing the sidebar layout and resolving expansion issues, leading to better user experience.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing and validation of the Explorer component modifications in different environments to ensure robustness.
- Exploration of additional customization options for the Quartz sidebar to further enhance usability.