Add Replication Network Blog with 158 posts under Replication Hub #496

Copilot · 2025-11-04T17:01:05Z

Adds the Replication Network Blog archive (158 posts, 191 webp images) to the Replication Hub menu as requested in #[issue_number].

Changes

Content

Added 158 blog posts to /content/replication-hub/blog/ with proper front matter (title, date, author, tags)
Added 191 images to /static/replication-network-blog/ in optimized webp format
All image references in blog posts updated to use webp extensions

Image Optimization

Converted all 192 original images (jpg, png, gif) to webp format
Achieved ~30% reduction in total image size (from ~6MB to 4.2MB)
Maintained image quality while improving page load performance

Hugo Implementation

Created blog layouts (/layouts/blog/list.html, /layouts/blog/single.html) for listing and individual post views
Added menu entry under Replication Hub (weight 70) in config/_default/menus.toml
Blog accessible at /replication-hub/blog/

Bug Fix

Fixed pre-existing navbar URL validation bug that prevented builds:

<!-- Before: fails when .URL length < 4 -->
{{ if and (gt (len .URL) 3) (eq (slicestr .URL 0 4) "http") }}

<!-- After: properly guards slicestr -->
{{ if ge (len .URL) 4 }}
  {{ if eq (slicestr .URL 0 4) "http" }}

This bug affected menu items with empty URLs (e.g., parent "About FORRT" menu) and blocked the entire site build.

[!WARNING]

Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<filter_complete></filter_complete>

<issue_title>Add replication project blog</issue_title>
<issue_description>Add Replication Network Blog under the Replication Hub menu. All blog posts and images are in the attached file.

blog_posts.zip</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

Fixes Add replication project blog #495

Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Add replication project blog</issue_title>
<issue_description>Add Replication Network Blog under the Replication Hub menu. All blog posts and images are in the attached file.

blog_posts.zip</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

Fixes Add replication project blog #495

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Co-authored-by: LukasWallrich <60155545+LukasWallrich@users.noreply.github.com>

github-actions · 2025-11-04T22:42:01Z

⚠️ Image files/references in png/jpg format detected

Note that we generally rely on webp format for this webpage, so please consider converting these images to WebP format and updating references accordingly.

References to image files:

content/replication-hub/blog/reed-post-hoc-power-analyses-good-for-nothing.md: ![Equation2.jpg
content/replication-hub/blog/reed-post-hoc-power-analyses-good-for-nothing.md: Distribution.jpg

LukasWallrich · 2025-11-05T09:58:25Z

@copilot convert all images to webp and adjust the references to them

Co-authored-by: LukasWallrich <60155545+LukasWallrich@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot · 2025-11-05T10:07:56Z

@copilot convert all images to webp and adjust the references to them

Done! All 192 images have been converted to webp format and all references updated. The conversion reduced total image size from ~6MB to 4.2MB (~30% reduction). Changes committed in fb24383.

Summary:

Converted 191 images (38 jpg, 149 png, 5 gif) to webp
Updated image references in 38 blog posts
Removed original image files
All Hugo builds successful with webp images

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

esm.ubuntu.com
- Triggering command: /usr/lib/apt/methods/https (dns block)
publish.twitter.com
- Triggering command: hugo --gc (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)

LukasWallrich · 2025-11-05T10:22:21Z