Maws Vault v1 - Obsidian Vault Template

A comprehensive Obsidian vault template designed for me but can be optimized for your workflow too.It features a beautiful interface with custom themes, powerful organization systems, and productivity-enhancing plugins.

Features

• Organization Systems: Pre-configured folders for Articles, Projects, School, Job Applications, and more
• UI: Velocity theme with custom banners, covers, and styling
• Dynamic Views: Multiple bases views including charts, timelines, calendars, and feeds
• Task Management: task tracking with progress visualization and heatmaps using dataview and tasknotes
• Content Management: Bases CMS for managing notes like a content management system
• Quick Note Creation: Templates for projects, ideas, classes, and daily notes
• Powerful Search: Omnisearch plugin for finding anything instantly
• Flashcards: flashcard plug-in with learning modes

Required Plugins

Core Plugins (Enable in Obsidian Settings)

• Daily notes
• Templates
• File explorer
• Search
• Graph view

Community Plugins (Auto-installed)

Essential:

• Templater - Dynamic templates
• Dataview - Query and display data
• Tasks - Task management
• Homepage - Custom homepage
• Any Block - Create complex layouts like tabs without CSS
• Sentinel - Logs modified time of notes for accurate recently updated lists

UI & Organization:

• Pretty Properties - Enhanced properties UI
• Notebook Navigator - Side pane navigation
• Hider - Hide UI elements
• Style Settings - Customize styles

Productivity:

• QuickAdd - Quick note creation
• Flashly - Flashcards with spaced repetition
• Omnisearch - Advanced search
• Folder Notes - Folder-level notes

Bases & Views:

• Bases Charts - Chart views
• Bases CMS - Content management
• Dynamic Views - Card views
• Calendar Bases - Calendar view

See Meta/Documentation.md for the complete plugin list with descriptions. Some of these are in beta so if you worry about that you should take a look at this there's links to take to you to the githubs for these.

Getting Started

1. Download the Vault

   git clone https://github.com/Maws7140/Maws-vault-v1
   cd "Maws vault v1"

2. Open in Obsidian

   • Launch Obsidian
   • Click "Open folder as vault"
   • Select the "Maws vault v1" folder

3. Install Community Plugins

   • When prompted, click "Trust author and enable plugins"
   • Or go to Settings → Community Plugins → Turn on community plugins
   • The vault will automatically install all required plugins

4. Set Homepage (Optional)

   • Go to Settings → Community Plugins → Homepage
   • Set homepage to: Meta/Dashboards/Home..md

Vault Structure

Maws vault v1/
├── Articles/          # Blog posts and articles
├── Ideas/             # Quick ideas and brainstorming
├── Job applications/  # Job search tracking
├── Meta/              # Vault configuration and dashboards
│   ├── Dashboards/    # Custom home pages
│   ├── Templates/     # Note templates
│   ├── Bases/         # Base configurations
│   └── Documentation.md
├── Projects/          # Project management
├── Quick notes/       # Miscellaneous notes
├── Resources/         # Reference materials
├── School/            # Academic notes and assignments
└── TaskNotes/         # Task tracking

Themes

This vault uses the Velocity Theme. The theme is included and will be automatically applied when you open the vault.

Configuration

Customizing Templates

Templates are located in Meta/Templates/. You can customize:

• newprojecttemp.md - New project template
• ideatemp.md - Idea note template
• newnotetemp.md - General note template

Modifying Dashboards

Main dashboards are in Meta/Dashboards/:

• Home..md - Main homepage with search and navigation
• Notion style home.md - Alternative Notion-style homepage

Adjusting Bases Views

Base configurations are in Meta/Bases/ and can be customized to display your data differently.

Usage Tips

1. Daily Notes: Use Ctrl/Cmd+P → "Open today's daily note" to start your day
2. Quick Capture: Use the buttons on the homepage to quickly create new notes
3. Search: Press Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+O for Omnisearch
4. Tasks: Create tasks with - [ ] Task name 2024-12-31 syntax
5. Templates: Use Ctrl/Cmd+P → "Templater: Insert template" anywhere

Contributing

Feel free to customize this vault for your needs! If you make improvements you'd like to share:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Submit a pull request

License

This vault template is provided as-is for personal and educational use.

Credits

This vault features a bunch of amazing community plugins. See Meta/Documentation.md for the full list of plugins and their creators.

Support

If you find this vault useful and want to support its development, you can buy me a coffee on Ko-fi! ☕

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