I know that jekyll can auto generate site after files changes with jekyll build --watch. But can I execute bash scripts after the site generated?
With the help of a jekyll plugin you can do anything during site generation.
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Before we start, I do know custom hooks are not executed by Github pages, I'm suffering this issue locally(bundle exec jekyll serve).
I manage my own Github pages, and I found a great post about Jekyll hook that I wanted to try it out by myself.
I followed the instruction, first created _plugins folder at the root of my repo,
and created my own *.rb file.
But my hook is not executed at all!
I even downloaded the source file of the example blog, but I couldn't notice any difference that might cause this issue.
FYI, local serve of the example blog worked well with all the hooks executed.
If you can help me on this issue, it would be very much appreciated. Here is the WiP commit of my blog.
Thank you.
In order for me to view the site, it looks like I need to run bundle exec jekyll serve and open the server address in my web browser.
How do I go about having the viewing the site without running the command. I've went into the _site and clicked on the index.html file without running the server and noticed this.
Do you have any suggestions on how to go about this? There is no styling and none of the links works.
Is it possible to just place the .md file in posts folder and be able to view it without having to run a server still styled?
Any help would be appreciated.
You can build your static files using bundle exec jekyll build, then all your files will be in _site.
Now you need a server to serve theses static files. You can install something like nginx or apache.
Once it's done you'll want to copy your static files that are inside _site under /var/www/html/ and make sure your server is started with a command like:
sudo service nginx start
I am working with Jekyll on a new project. I created a new project by running jekyll new [folder name] then ran bundle exec jekyll serve. However every time I run that command files from a former jekyll project get put in the folder! I am not using this project anymore (more of me learning jekyll on my own) so I even deleted the folders. Still, this old site files get loaded.
I even tried serving the site over a different port number (4001, not 4000), and uninstalling and reinstalling the jekyll gem. What is going wrong? Thanks!
This is resolved.
I ended up creating a blank default index file in the root. When I did this and ran jekyll serve, the index file of the former site ceased to be generated. Still generated another page from the site, but I am assuming I can prevent that the same way.
Which commands do I need to use to start and stop a jekyll site?
I am trying to use
jekyll build
or
jekyll serve
but I only get build and serve folders created instead.
Both commands create a folder containing your website files already processed and ready to make them available using a web server, with the difference that serve also starts a server that should be used only for development only at http://localhost:4000.
So you can "start" a Jekyll site with jekyll build and then using a server to make those files "available" or you can use jekyll serve and then access http://localhost:4000 to browse your website while you develop it.
A few months ago, I set up a site using jekyll and it's hosted on github pages here: http://sethxd.github.io. Originally, I just figured I'd let github pages handle the building because I wouldn't need to use plugins.
Well, now I'd like to use plugins. I've tried to follow a few tutorials online to set up a separate source branch, but I keep running into git errors and conflicts. I'd also like to set up a rakefile or other tool to build and deploy this automatically in the future.
I'm on Windows, running Jekyll 3.0.
GitHub Pages doesn't allow using most of Jekyll plugins for security reasons, but some can be used. The only way to deploy a Jekyll website to GitHub that uses plugins is via _site folder. You only upload the content of this folder, so GitHub won't build the site for you, it will display it as simple html.