A fixture article that intentionally uses loosely-formatted frontmatter (unquoted dates, a single category instead of a list, and messy tags) to confirm the loader normalizes it correctly.
This fixture exists to catch regressions in frontmatter normalization, not to be a real article. It intentionally mimics common CMS authoring mistakes:
Why this fixture exists
dateandupdatedare unquoted YAML date scalars, which parse to nativeDateobjects rather than strings -- the exact shape that previously broke the published date on the live site.categoriesis written as a single bare value, not a YAML list.tagsincludes leading/trailing whitespace, a case-insensitive duplicate, and an empty string, all of which should be cleaned up.
What a passing build confirms
If the build succeeds and this page renders a real date and a single "Guides" category badge with two deduplicated, trimmed tags, the frontmatter normalization fix is working correctly.
Tagged#Wood Fences#stain
Ready to start your fence project?
Request a free, no-obligation estimate from Hines Iron today.

