#GITHUB PAGES THEME UPDATE#

Run bundle info -path followed by the name of the theme’s gem, e.g., bundle info -path minima for Jekyll’s default theme. To locate a theme’s files on your computer: To replace layouts or includes in your theme, make a copy in your _layouts or _includes directory of the specific file you wish to modify, or create the file from scratch giving it the same name as the file you wish to override.įor example, if your selected theme has a page layout, you can override the theme’s layout by creating your own page layout in the _layouts directory (that is, _layouts/page.html). However, you can override any of the theme defaults with your own site content. Jekyll themes set default data, layouts, includes, and stylesheets. The goal of gem-based themes is to allow you to get all the benefits of a robust, continually updated theme without having all the theme’s files getting in your way and over-complicating what might be your primary focus: creating content. Any new files or updates the theme developer has made (such as to stylesheets or includes) will be pulled into your project automatically.

#GITHUB PAGES THEME UPDATE#

Or you can run bundle update, replacing with the theme name, such as minima, to just update the theme gem. If you have the theme gem, you can (if you desire) run bundle update to update all gems in your project.

When there’s an update, theme developers push the update to RubyGems. Gem-based themes make it easier for theme developers to make updates available to anyone who has the theme gem. The Gemfile and Gemfile.lock files are used by Bundler to keep track of the required gems and gem versions you need to build your Jekyll site. In the case of Minima, you see only the following files in your Jekyll site directory: Yet all of the necessary directories will be read and processed during Jekyll’s build process. With gem-based themes, some of the site’s directories (such as the assets, _data, _layouts, _includes, and _sass directories) are stored in the theme’s gem, hidden from your immediate view. When you create a new Jekyll site (by running the jekyll new command), Jekyll installs a site that uses a gem-based theme called Minima. You can find and preview themes on different galleries: Jekyll themes specify plugins and package up assets, layouts, includes, and stylesheets in a way that can be overridden by your site’s content. Jekyll has an extensive theme system that allows you to leverage community-maintained templates and styles to customize your site’s presentation.

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