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+module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
+
+	eleventyConfig.addCollection("characters", function(collection) {
+		return collection.getFilteredByGlob("characters/*.md").sort((a,b) => {
+			if(a.data.title < b.data.title) return -1;
+			if(a.data.title > b.date.title) return 1;
+			return 0;
+		});
+	});
+
+	eleventyConfig.addShortcode('excerpt', article => extractExcerpt(article));
+
+	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("css");
+
+};
+
+// https://keepinguptodate.com/pages/2019/06/creating-blog-with-eleventy/
+function extractExcerpt(article) {
+	if (!article.hasOwnProperty('templateContent')) {
+	  console.warn('Failed to extract excerpt: Document has no property "templateContent".');
+	  return null;
+	}
+   
+	let excerpt = null;
+	const content = article.templateContent;
+
+	// The start and end separators to try and match to extract the excerpt
+	const separatorsList = [
+	  { start: '<!-- Excerpt Start -->', end: '<!-- Excerpt End -->' },
+	  { start: '<p>', end: '</p>' }
+	];
+   
+	separatorsList.some(separators => {
+	  const startPosition = content.indexOf(separators.start);
+	  const endPosition = content.indexOf(separators.end);
+   
+	  if (startPosition !== -1 && endPosition !== -1) {
+		excerpt = content.substring(startPosition + separators.start.length, endPosition).trim();
+		return true; // Exit out of array loop on first match
+	  }
+	});
+	return excerpt;
+  }
+  
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