Hegepedia Technical Documentation

This entry explains how Hegepedia works.

Most of it is yet to be written.

Terminology

Let’s start out with some terminology.

Hegepedia entry, or entry for short

A page in the Hegepedia (like this one).

Entry ID

The part of the entry’s URL that come after /hegepedia/, excluding the final slash. For example, the ID of this entry is example.

Entry metadata

Data about the entry itself, such as when it was published and who wrote it.

Entry link

A link from one entry in the Hegepedia to another.

Gallery

The gallery of images and videos, which is a part of the Hegepedia.

Gallery item

An image or video in the gallery.

Gallery item ID

The part of the gallery item’s URL that comes after /hegepedia/gallery/. For example the gallery item at /hegepedia/gallery/2026/hege/ has the ID 2026/hege.

Gallery item metadata

Data about the gallery item, such as the name of the artist, and the date it was created.

Gallery item page, or gallery page for short

A special type of entry in the Hegepedia that shows detailed information about a gallery item.

Markdown

The markup language that Hegepedia entries are written in.

Hugo

The name of the underlying framework that the entire Hegecoin website is built upon.

Shortcode

A special syntax in Hugo that lets you easily insert custom HTML code.

Tag

An entry can have zero or more tags that categorize the entry.

Gtag

Internally, tags in the gallery are called gtags, to separate them from regular entry tags. Beside the different name, they work the same way.

OpenGraph image

The image that will be used when you share an entry or a gallery item to a social media platform.