0.18.0 `zola serve` requires restart to complete Getting Started Overview about zola HOT 5 CLOSED

I do think that the order in which pages and templates are created is wrong. The introduction creates the content first, then the template file. So you get:

Error: Failed to build the site
Error: Failed to render section '.../content/blog/_index.md'
Error: Reason: Tried to render `blog.html` but the template wasn't found

While creating the template then is recognized, it only reloads the template, not the content.

Change detected @ 2024-04-29 16:39:14
-> Template changed .../templates/blog-page.html
Reloading only template
Done in 2ms.

If you create the templates first and then the content, it will work without restarting.

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I am experiencing the exact same issue with Zola 0.18.0 on Windows 10 22H2 running Firefox 122.0.1. I can confirm that killing zola serve and restarting fixes the issue.

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Had the same issue with Zola 0.17.2* on Windows 11 23H2 running Firefox 128.0, the whole blog section would not load and gave a 404 until I tried @ulab's fix above.

For anyone else who's struggling to get through the tutorial, try creating all the templates first, then create the sections and pages under the content directory.

*I installed Zola with winget, so this must be the version it pulled, which feels a bit odd if the tutorial is meant for 0.17.X

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We should probably rewrite the getting started page to avoid those issues, anyone wants to take a crack at it?

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