docs: retire Insiders section

docs/blog/posts/the-past-present-and-future.md

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Furthermore, a large amount of time was invested into refactoring the code base
 to keep it in good shape. While the `mkdocs-material` package was released
 __55__ times, `mkdocs-material-insiders` was shipped __72__ times.
 
-  [Insiders]: ../../insiders/index.md
+  [Insiders]: insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
   [Admonition inline blocks]: ../../reference/admonitions.md#inline-blocks
   [Advanced search highlighting]: search-better-faster-smaller.md#accurate-highlighting
   [Anchor tracking]: ../../setup/setting-up-navigation.md#anchor-tracking

docs/plugins/projects.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ be used to split very large projects into smaller parts.
 
   [Material for MkDocs is in maintenance mode]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues/8523
   [Zensical]: ../blog/posts/zensical.md
-  [Insiders]: ../insiders/index.md
+  [Insiders]: ../blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
 
 ## Objective
 

docs/plugins/typeset.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ as defined in the page's content.
 
   [Material for MkDocs is in maintenance mode]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/issues/8523
   [Zensical]: ../blog/posts/zensical.md
-  [Insiders]: ../insiders/index.md
+  [Insiders]: ../blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
 
 ## Objective
 

material/overrides/hooks/shortcodes.py

@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ def _badge(icon: str, text: str = "", type: str = ""):
 # Create sponsors badge
 def _badge_for_sponsors(page: Page, files: Files):
     icon = "material-heart"
-    href = _resolve_path("insiders/index.md", page, files)
+    href = _resolve_path("blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md", page, files)
     return _badge(
-        icon = f"[:{icon}:]({href} 'Sponsors only')",
+        icon = f"[:{icon}:]({href} 'Former Insiders feature')",
         type = "heart"
     )
 
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ def _badge_for_version(text: str, page: Page, files: Files):
 # Create badge for version of Insiders
 def _badge_for_version_insiders(text: str, page: Page, files: Files):
     spec = text.replace("insiders-", "")
-    path = f"insiders/changelog/index.md#{spec}"
+    path = "blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md"
 
     # Return badge
     icon = "material-tag-heart-outline"
-    href = _resolve_path("conventions.md#version-insiders", page, files)
+    href = _resolve_path(path, page, files)
     return _badge(
         icon = f"[:{icon}:]({href} 'Minimum version')",
         text = f"[{text}]({_resolve_path(path, page, files)})" if spec else ""

mkdocs.yml

@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ plugins:
       separator: '[\s\u200b\-_,:!=\[\]()"`/]+|\.(?!\d)|&[lg]t;|(?!\b)(?=[A-Z][a-z])'
   - redirects:
       redirect_maps:
+        insiders/index.md: blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
+        insiders/getting-started.md: blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
+        insiders/upgrade.md: blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
+        insiders/changelog/index.md: blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
+        changelog/insiders.md: blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
+        sponsorship.md: blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
         philosophy.md: getting-started.md
         tutorials/index.md: setup/index.md
         tutorials/blogs/basic.md: setup/setting-up-a-blog.md
@@ -257,12 +263,6 @@ nav:
     - Lists: reference/lists.md
     - Math: reference/math.md
     - Tooltips: reference/tooltips.md
-  - Insiders:
-    - insiders/index.md
-    - Getting started: insiders/getting-started.md
-    - Changelog:
-      - insiders/changelog/index.md
-      - How to upgrade: insiders/upgrade.md
   - Community:
     - Contributing:
       - contributing/index.md

src/overrides/hooks/shortcodes.py

@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ def _badge(icon: str, text: str = "", type: str = ""):
 # Create sponsors badge
 def _badge_for_sponsors(page: Page, files: Files):
     icon = "material-heart"
-    href = _resolve_path("insiders/index.md", page, files)
+    href = _resolve_path("blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md", page, files)
     return _badge(
-        icon = f"[:{icon}:]({href} 'Sponsors only')",
+        icon = f"[:{icon}:]({href} 'Former Insiders feature')",
         type = "heart"
     )
 
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ def _badge_for_version(text: str, page: Page, files: Files):
 # Create badge for version of Insiders
 def _badge_for_version_insiders(text: str, page: Page, files: Files):
     spec = text.replace("insiders-", "")
-    path = f"insiders/changelog/index.md#{spec}"
+    path = "blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md"
 
     # Return badge
     icon = "material-tag-heart-outline"
-    href = _resolve_path("conventions.md#version-insiders", page, files)
+    href = _resolve_path(path, page, files)
     return _badge(
         icon = f"[:{icon}:]({href} 'Minimum version')",
         text = f"[{text}]({_resolve_path(path, page, files)})" if spec else ""