va-big-data-genomics.github.io

GitHub Pages site for VA Big Data Genomics group

Create a blog post

(Optional) Clone the repo

Clone the repository to your local machine so that you can make edits and see how they will look on a local deployment of the blog. If you aren't concerned with that, you can create new posts directly through the GitHub web interface.

git clone git@github.com:va-big-data-genomics/va-big-data-genomics.github.io.git

(Optional) Install Jekyll in your local environment

If you want to deploy a local version of the blog to see what it looks like, before deploying to production (recommended), follow the Jekyll docs to install it on your local machine. Note: I found this process to be kind of hairy.

Create your post markdown file

To create a blog post, add a markdown file to the _posts director. Post file names should include the date and post name according to the convention yyyy-mm-dd-your-post-name.markdown. For example: _posts/2023-01-14-my-first-post.markdown.

Add a header to your post

Add a header to your file with relevant metadata including title, date, and author. Format the information in a block like the following and put it at the top of your markdown file.

---
layout: post
title:  "My first post!"
date:   2023-01-14 10:10:02 -0800
author: Ameer Researcher
categories: jekyll update
---

Note that your post won't show up on the blog until the date/time you specify here.

Use markdown to write your post.

You can refer to this style guide for markdown syntax: https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/. If you use Visual Studio Code as your editor, you can also view the rendered markdown document as you type.

Deploy the blog locally

To see your new post on the blog, refer back the Jekyll docs to launch a local server.

Push your commits to the main branch

Once you are happy with your post, push all your changes to the main branch of the repository. Changes will automatically be deployed to the blog site.

Add images to your post

Coming soon!