The Edmunds Technology Blog

If this is your first time looking through a Jekyll site, start at the _config.yml file. Then check out index.html and _layouts/default.html. Next, look any of the files in _posts/ and the _layouts/post.html file.

There is also a template post in the _drafts/ directory, which has examples of markdown syntax for many basic html elements.

Directory Structure

• _includes/ - reusable chunks of html included with the following syntax:

{% include foo.html %}

• _layouts/ - reusable markup (jekyll layouts) used by including the following metadata at the top of file:

---
layout: bar
---

• _posts/ - .md or .html files containing the a post's content
• _sass/ - .scss files containing the css for the site
• _sass/ - .scss files containing the css for the site
• public/ - a directory containing public assets (currently images, icons, and fonts)
• tag/ - a directory that contains the html files for each 'tag' on the site (ie. big-data, tips-and-tricks)

Other Files in the Root Directory

• .gitignore - the project's .gitignore file
• 404.html - the 404 file for the site
• _config.yml - contains jekyll variables and options
• about.md - the /about/ page (not to be confused with _includes/about.html that is used throughout the site)
• atom.xml - the template for generating the Atom file
• index.html - the homepage for the site
• README.md - readme document for the blog (you're reading it now!)
• styles.scss - the sass file defining the imports for the site

Official Jekyll Documentation

Jekyll Documentation

Running Jekyll Locally

jekyll serve --watch

jekyll serve --watch --drafts