# Jekyll-Github Noob makes progress but…

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-github-noob-makes-progress-but/7261>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 23, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-github-noob-makes-progress-but/7261 "2022-04-23T22:52:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![frscottb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/frscottb/32/4595_2.png) [@frscottb](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/frscottb)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-github-noob-makes-progress-but/7261/1 "2022-04-23T22:52:21Z")

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Hi again  
I got the Hacker theme to apply to a trial markdown file! But it looks off on the very top… do I not need the:

```auto
- - -

- - -

```

If the file is a mark down file?  
Here is a pic

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jekyllrb/original/2X/a/a286877fec7ae4f8b70c16f9ce9ad1819bffdb60.jpeg)

As I type this - not sure if you can see it…

Ok i removed the set of - - -  
But i still have that header showing  
How do I fix that?

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**Author:** ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-github-noob-makes-progress-but/7261/2 "2022-04-24T01:13:29Z")

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any file that you want jekyll to process needs the front matter dashes - which need to not have spaces between them, like so:

```auto
---
---

```

yours looks like you put a space between each dash which probably won’t work.

links to the live site and a repo are always helpful.

Juts looking at your screen shot I have no idea what it should look like, maybe

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**Author:** ![frscottb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/frscottb/32/4595_2.png) [@frscottb](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/frscottb)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-github-noob-makes-progress-but/7261/3 "2022-04-24T01:24:44Z")

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I guess what I am asking is how do I remove the header totally so if someone goes to the site they dont see the header area and the button to go to githib at all

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**Author:** ![michaelbach](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/michaelbach/32/2151_2.png) [@michaelbach](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/michaelbach)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-github-noob-makes-progress-but/7261/4 "2022-04-24T04:17:00Z")

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In the site files _generated by Jekyll_ the dashes and the content between is removed.

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**Author:** ![BillRaymond](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/billraymond/32/5963_2.png) [@BillRaymond](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/BillRaymond)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-github-noob-makes-progress-but/7261/5 "2022-04-25T21:03:40Z")

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The header is there because the theme developer put it there.

Looking at your repo, I see a folder that contains the layouts from your theme:

```auto
./pages-themes-hacker-4c94250/layouts/default.html

```

In that file, you will see the code for the header:

```auto
default.html

```

```auto
...HTML code...
    <header>
      <div class="container">
        <a id="a-title" href="{{ '/' | relative_url }}">
          <h1>{{ site.title | default: site.github.repository_name }}</h1>
        </a>
        <h2>{{ site.description | default: site.github.project_tagline }}</h2>

        <section id="downloads">
          {% if site.show_downloads %}
            <a href="{{ site.github.zip_url }}" class="btn">Download as .zip</a>
            <a href="{{ site.github.tar_url }}" class="btn">Download as .tar.gz</a>
          {% endif %}
          <a href="{{ site.github.repository_url }}" class="btn btn-github"><span class="icon"></span>View on GitHub</a>
        </section>
      </div>
    </header>
...more HTML code..

```

I would go ahead and delete that code and see if it provides the result you are looking for.