1. Create new posts in _posts

2. Name the post YYYY-MM-DD-<Name>.md

3. At the top of the file, use the following format. Feel free to omit fields that are not needed.

        ---
        title: "Markup: Text Readability Test"
        excerpt: "A bunch of text to test readability."
        categories:
            - Post Formats
        tags:
            - sample post
            - readability
            - test
        ---
   

4. Upload to repo.

1. Place new pages in _pages directory.

2. In the newly created .md file, use the following header.

        ---
        title: <page name>
        layout: collection
        permalink: /<page name>/
        collection: <desired_collection>
        entries_layout: grid
        classes: wide
        ---
   

3. In _config.yml create a new entry under defaults for the newly created page.

        defaults:
            # _<page name>
            - scope:
                path: ""
                type: <page name>
                values:
                layout: single
                author_profile: true
   

4. Update repo.

1. Update the _config.yml by adding the following under collections. permalink_ will stay the same as shown here.

        collections:
            <collection name>:
                output: true
                permalink: /:collection/:path/
   

2. In _config.yml create a new entry under defaults for the newly created page.

        defaults:
            # _<collection name>
            - scope:
                path: ""
                type: <collection name>
                values:
                layout: single
                author_profile: false
                share: true
   

3. Make a <name>.md file in the _pages folder. Place this at the top of the file. Update the appropriate fields to match the name of the new collection.

        ---
        title: <collection name>
        layout: collection
        permalink: /<collection name>/
        collection: <collection name>
        entries_layout: grid
        classes: wide
        ---
   

4. Create a new directory _<collection_name>.

5. Add content to the newly created _<collection_name> directory.

Post

• Organized reverse chronologically.
• Live in _posts directory.

Page

• Documents that don't have a relationship with one another (i.e. index.html, aboutme.html, etc).

Collection

• Used to sort content that aren't dated (like posts), but have a set relationship with one another.