MDX pipeline smoke test
An English-only post used to verify that hreflang sibling matrices correctly omit absent locales.
Mark Kim1 min readThis post exists in English only. It is intentionally not translated, so
that we can verify the hreflang sibling matrix omits ko, de, and fr
when those locale files do not exist.
Things this post checks
next-mdx-remote/rscrenders body to SSR HTML.rehype-slugadds id to this heading.rehype-autolink-headingswraps headings in anchors.rehype-pretty-codehighlights the snippet below.
export function hello(name: string): string {
return `Hello, ${name}!`;
}Tables work too
| Locale | Sibling exists? |
|---|---|
| en | yes |
| ko | no |
| de | no |
| fr | no |
That's all this post is for.
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