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GitHub pages is now running Jekyll 3

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Re: GitHub pages is now running Jekyll 3

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Post by minimaxir »

benbalter wrote: post #10
minimaxir wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't easily do pull requests on a GitHub Pages static file. (You'd have to edit the source.)

They work just like any other Markdown file, and you can include a link in the rendered site to edit. See http://ben.balter.com/2015/09/13/github-pages-edit-button/ .

Ah, I am referring to the use case where the site is rendered clientside via Jekyll, then uploaded to the x.github.io repo. (which lets you use plugins, among other things, which is why I thought that was the more frequent use case). Not the loading-markdown-directly workflow.

Re: GitHub pages is now running Jekyll 3

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Post by marblar »

z1mm32m4n wrote: post #12

I was a little surprised to see that GitHub is essentially playing favorites with Markdown rendering engines. Is there a discussion somewhere that outlines some of the reasoning behind this pick?

I think the wikipedia page for Jekyll gives a pretty big hint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_(software)

Re: GitHub pages is now running Jekyll 3

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Post by maaku »

jcxplorer wrote: post #9
Relys wrote: post #8

Absolutely love Jekyll and GitHub Pages for hosting project documentation and personal websites. Just wish GH Pages would support SSL. :(

You can always add CloudFlare in front of it. They also provide free SSL certificates.

That's.. not the same.

Re: GitHub pages is now running Jekyll 3

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Post by benbalter »

z1mm32m4n wrote: post #12

I was a little surprised to see that GitHub is essentially playing favorites with Markdown rendering engines. Is there a discussion somewhere that outlines some of the reasoning behind this pick?

> Is there a discussion somewhere that outlines some of the reasoning behind this pick?

Yes. The decisions was actually made on the open source GitHub Pages Gem repo, based on both user feedback and actual usage stats: https://github.com/github/pages-gem/issues/179.

Re: GitHub pages is now running Jekyll 3

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Post by scrollaway »

Hmm, I hate to be a downer but this is a bit of a disappointing announcement for a major upgrade - basically, one very minor addition and a bunch of features removed - not that they were needed/widely used, but there's nothing else to show for it. Am I missing something?

Also it's a bit unfortunate there's still no easy way to do site translation in Jekyll.

Anyway, well done on the upgrade. Love jekyll.

Re: GitHub pages is now running Jekyll 3

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Post by programminggeek »

Jekyll 3 is pretty great. If you need any help getting your site hosted, I'm working on a hosting setup that is way easier than S3 or any other option out there.

http://www.statichosting.co

We are in private beta and are looking for people to try it out and give us feedback. We think it's great and are looking for early adopters who want an awesome static hosting experience.

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