A listing of local and online electronics & hardware retailers specifically for Toronto-area makers.
This site was put together by Pearl Chen to make sure that you can find hobby electronics supplies in Toronto.
The retailers listing is part of a Github repo and I accept pull requests. For minor changes, go ahead and submit the PR. For more major ones, please open up a Github issue for discussion.
Install Jekyll (requires Ruby):
$ gem install jekyll
Run the Jekyll server:
$ jekyll serve --watch
Go to http://localhost:4000.
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Create a new Markdown (.md) file in either the _toronto_retailers or _toronto_hardware_misc folder. Give it a file name representing the store's name (all in lowercase, separate spaces with an underscore). If a store has several locations, consider making an entry for each location so there's a snazzy Google Map for each one.
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All local retailers have this format for their template:
---
layout: default
name: "STORE NAME"
website: "http://STOREWEBSITE.com"
address: "STORE ADDRESS, Toronto, ON"
phone: "(STORE) PHONE NUMBER"
---
BLURB ABOUT THE STORE GOES HERE.
IT CAN BE MULTIPLE PARAGRAPHS BUT BEST TO BE SHORT & SWEET. (AND NO... IT SHOULDN'T BE WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS.)
If a retailer doesn't have a website, just remove that line.
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Create a new Markdown (.md) file in the _online_retailers folder. Give it a file name representing the store's name (all in lowercase, separate spaces with an underscore).
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All online retailers have this format for their template:
---
layout: default
name: "STORE NAME"
website: "http://STOREWEBSITE.com"
---
BLURB ABOUT THE STORE GOES HERE.
IT CAN BE MULTIPLE PARAGRAPHS BUT BEST TO BE SHORT & SWEET. (AND NO... IT SHOULDN'T BE WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS.)
- Add CI to automatically deploy contents of _site folder to gh-pages branch
- Add ability to sort listings in non-alphabetical ways
- Rewrite some content so be less opinionated and more factual