Is there any way how jekyll would convert .md (markdown) files automatically, without installing and using the jekyll-optional-front-matter plugin?
The weird thing is that I have one local site where this just happens: I have a bunch of .md files and jekyll serves them fine, but none of the files has a front matter section. I am really puzzled why that works. I thought it shouldn’t should it?
This is the site where this happens: https://gatenlp.github.io/gateplugin-LearningFramework/
If you add the .md extension to any of the non-directory URLs, or index.md to the directory URLs, you will see the original markdown file and that none of these files contains any YAML front matter.
1 Like
GitHub Pages using jekyll-optional-front-matter as a dependency. It’s loaded automatically, so that explains why having .md files without front matter work on your GitHub Pages hosted site.
1 Like
Also if the .md files aren’t working and they’re outside of normal Jekyll folders you’ll need to add them via the include array in your _config.yml file.
2 Likes
Ahh thanks that totally explains it! The other dependencies looks quite useful as well.
Is there any drawback of using the github-pages plugin for a site even if the site is not hosted on github?
1 Like
Only drawback would be if you want the bleeding edge version of Jekyll and/or need to use 3rd party plugins GH-pages doesn’t whitelist.
Though if you’re self-hosting I’d say go with Jekyll gem and add the plugins GH-pages uses in your Gemfile.
2 Likes