• Getting Started
• Constituents
  • Metadata
  • Sidebar Links
  • Sections
  • 404

The metadata.html and scripts.html includes accommodate injection of additional metadata (i.e style sheets) and scripts into the document head respectively.

For instance, the file _includes\scripts.html embodying the following HTML snippet links jQuery JavaScript library.

Whereas, the file _includes\metadata.html embodying the following HTML snippet sets the site’s favicon and links Font Awesome vector icons library.

The Jekyll Sidebar Links facilitates external link placement on the navigation bar for external resources via the data file links.yaml.

The data file mandates the following structure; a YAML list composing of YAML associative arrays where each associative array corresponds to a single link to be placed on the navbar.

For instance, the GitHub link placed on the navigation bar utilises the following YAML snippet.

The preceding YAML snippet yields a HTML element equivalent to the following;

The Jekyll Sidebar Sections serve as the basic blocks for standalone content. The placement of a Jekyll Page in the root directory will yield a section with a corresponding navbar entry.

The Jekyll Sidebar includes a built-in 404 page to assist ease set-up with minimal exertion.