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Using Jekyll 2.5.3, I've tried to set default values in _config.yml (I'm just playing around to get a feel for it right now). I'm trying to set a default layout right now on a site I'm serving locally. I have set --watch and that's working fine. When I set any YAML defaults in _config.yml, Jekyll does not apply the defaults at all.
Here's the config file I'm currently using:
name: jekyll test
description: test server
url: "http://localhost:4000"
markdown: rdiscount
permalink: pretty
defaults:
-
scope:
path: ""
values:
layout: "default"
The default layout is not applied to any page. I've tried with the title as well, with the same result.
My index.md:
---
title: index
----
{{ page.title }}
My default.html:
<style>
body {
background-color: black;
color: white;
font-family: "Helvetica", Arial, sans-serif;
}
</style>
<body>
{{ content }}
</body>
The default layout works fine when put into the YAML Front Matter of the index page itself, the main reason I'm looking for this is so I can apply default.html to 404 pages. The other elements in config.yml aren't giving me any trouble. Is there something I've done wrong?
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Fixed it myself - --watch does not listen for changes to files that aren't included in the site itself (namely _config.yml, which is used to generate pages at runtime). To apply changes to the site configuration, I just had to restart Jekyll and feel a little stupid.
Bottom line: I have learned my lesson. If changes don't appear to be saving, turn it off and on again before asking.
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