# Hello World example does not work

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**Created:** [May 1, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/hello-world-example-does-not-work/4339 "2020-05-01T20:46:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Belteshazzar89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@Belteshazzar89](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/Belteshazzar89)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/hello-world-example-does-not-work/4339/1 "2020-05-01T20:46:29Z")

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I’m trying to learn Jekyll, so I am following along with the Hello World example.  
When I add the front matter and liquid tags, Jekyll no longer builds my site.  
Instead, in the \_site folder, I see the default index.html with “Your awesome title” and all the default content.

Why can’t I add my own front matter in my index.html?  
I have Jekyll serve running, and as soon as I add front matter, my page is gone and we’re back to Your awesome title"

Not so awesome, Jekyll.

Edit: I found that the index.markdown file which came with the project should be deleted if I wanted my own front matter in my index.html file.

This was not mentioned in the tutorial. I suggest that this information be added.

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**Author:** ![MichaelCurrin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/michaelcurrin/32/2340_2.png) [@MichaelCurrin](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/MichaelCurrin)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/hello-world-example-does-not-work/4339/2 "2020-05-20T08:06:05Z")

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I think the tutorial expectation was you would edit the existing index file and not try and add have two index pages.

Also markdown is far more common for jekyll pages than .html

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**Author:** ![TerminalAddict](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/terminaladdict/32/1300_2.png) [@TerminalAddict](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/TerminalAddict)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/hello-world-example-does-not-work/4339/3 "2020-05-21T02:43:49Z")

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> **[Jekyll Getting Started](https://terminaladdict.com/linux/jekyll/bash/development/2018/10/17/Jekyll-Getting-Started.html)**
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> So my web development has taken an interesting path, not that different to some others.I start back in 1907 doing hand coded html, then moved to hand coded php, then dreamweaver, then CMS.Eventually making it to Wordpress then back to PHP, and now to...

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**Author:** ![MichaelCurrin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/michaelcurrin/32/2340_2.png) [@MichaelCurrin](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/MichaelCurrin)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/hello-world-example-does-not-work/4339/4 "2020-05-21T15:21:29Z")

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@TerminalAddict 1970 or 1907?

Thanks for sharing. Though using linux, node and SCSS is probably beyond the scope of the average beginner who is probably on windows or mac

So I’d recommend following using the jekyll docs quickstart here. Under requirements it covers installing Ruby for each OS

> **[Quickstart](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/)**
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> Jekyll is a static site generator. You give it text written in your favorite markup language and it uses layouts to create a static website. You can tweak how you want the site URLs to look, what data gets displayed on the site, and more.