Locations of key files/directories
- Basic config options: _config.yml
- Top navigation bar config: _data/navigation.yml
- Single pages: _pages/
- Collections of pages are .md or .html files in:
- _publications/
- _portfolio/
- _posts/
- _teaching/
- _talks/
 
- Footer: _includes/footer.html
- Static files (like PDFs): /files/
- Profile image (can set in _config.yml): images/profile.png
 
Tips and hints
- Name a file “.md” to have it render in markdown, name it “.html” to render in HTML.
- Go to the commit list (on your repo) to find the last version Github built with Jekyll.
- Green check: successful build
- Orange circle: building
- Red X: error
- No icon: not built
 
 
Markdown guide
Blockquotes
Single line blockquote:
Quotes are cool.
 
Tables
Table 1
| John Doe | 2016 | Description of the item in the list | 
| Jane Doe | 2019 | Description of the item in the list | 
| Doe Doe | 2022 | Description of the item in the list | 
 
Table 2
| cell1 | cell2 | cell3 | 
| cell4 | cell5 | cell6 | 
| —————————– |  |  | 
| cell1 | cell2 | cell3 | 
| cell4 | cell5 | cell6 | 
| ============================= |  |  | 
| Foot1 | Foot2 | Foot3 | 
 
 
Definition Lists
- Definition List Title
- Definition list division.
- Startup
- A startup company or startup is a company or temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.
- #dowork
- Coined by Rob Dyrdek and his personal body guard Christopher “Big Black” Boykins, “Do Work” works as a self motivator, to motivating your friends.
- Do It Live
- I’ll let Bill O’Reilly explain this one.
 
Unordered Lists (Nested)
- List item one
- List item one
- List item one
- List item two
- List item three
- List item four
 
- List item two
- List item three
- List item four
 
- List item two
- List item three
- List item four
 
Ordered List (Nested)
- List item one
- List item one
- List item one
- List item two
- List item three
- List item four
 
- List item two
- List item three
- List item four
 
- List item two
- List item three
- List item four
 
Notices
Watch out! You can also add notices by appending {: .notice} to a paragraph. {: .notice}