How to Layout

These “templates” show a couple of different, opinionated page layouts. They strive to not include any unnecessary characters to cherish the minimalistic Gemini approach and use Gemtext sparingly.

Due to the explosive nature of having every possible combination of navigation, dates, prefixes, and postfixes, only a subset of these are linked here. Especially the author is missing, but most likely the majority of gemlogs are single-author only.

No Home Link

Home Link Top

Home Link Bottom

Home Links Top and Bottom

Home Links Top and Bottom for a Hierarchy

Date for Gemlog Posts

No Home Link, Date Above Title

No Home Link, Date Below Title

No Home Link, Date Emoji Below Title

No Home Link, Date Emoji and Reading Time Below Title

No Home Link, Date Emoji and Reading Time Seperately Below Title

No Home Link, Date Below Content

No Home Link, Date Updated Below Title

No Home Link, Date Updated Below Content

No Home Link, Date Updated with Tilde Below Content

Links After Paragraphs

Links After Content

Footers

Footer With E-Mail Reply Only

Takeaway

All those options lead to some best practices.

Gemtext Layout Best Practices