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+title: 'Eleventy Excellent 2.0'
+description: I created this starter after I saw Andy’s talk and studied the source code for buildexcellentwebsit.es. I quickly came to the conclusion that this is the way I want to build all my websites from now on! It's so great. I know many of you feel the same way.'
+date: 2024-02-01
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+
+I changed so much, that documenting everything will be hard. I will try and name the most important changes in the next few weeks.
+
+## Maybe a quick "why" first
+
+I created this starter after I saw [Andy's talk](https://eleventy-excellent.netlify.app/about/#watch-the-talk) and studied the source code for buildexcellentwebsit.es.
+
+I quickly came to the conclusion that this is the way I want to build all my websites from now on! It's so great. I know many of you feel the same way.
+
+I had already accumulated a lot of opinions, files and basic settings from my previous Eleventy projects, and to make it easier for me to start a new project in the future, I combined everything in this starter. The name is a tribute to its origin:
+
+> "Go Forth And Build **Excellent** Websites"!
+
+When that was finished, I thought it was only fair to make it easily accessible to others, and at the end of 2022 I registered the starter with the [official stater projects](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/starter/).
+
+What I didn't count on, however, was _how many_ people would actually go and use the starter.
+
+So many of you have also contacted me or contributed something.
+
+## I wanted to make the starter better
+
+I have since made sure that everything stays fairly updated, fixed a few bugs and added a few features - but I haven't quite dared to change the base too much, now that so many others were involved.
+
+The thing is, I have learned **lots of new things** and changed my mind about other stuff like naming or organization in the last year and a half. Whenever I begin a project now, I still turn to this starter - but I modify _a lot_ before I get started. This goes above all for the organization and naming of files and folders, modern CSS, and better accessibility.
+
+You will see that many things are new and different, but better! And that the basic character is still the same.
+
+I will try and take some time to document important changes so you can upgrade more easily.
+
+I have kept v1 in a separate branch.
+
+## Plans for the future
+
+- I will change everything to ES modules as soon as Eleventy v3 with ESM support is stable.
+- I might bring back the drawer menu as something to opt in.
+- Lots of small fixes, no doubt.
+
+**Thank you and let's build more excellent websites!**