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Jekyll Data Files

39 points by AJAlabs 13y ago

pault 13y ago
Also works in middleman if you don't need a blog baked in: http://middlemanapp.com/advanced/local-data/ http://middlemanapp.com/advanced/local-data/
- straws 13y ago
  But also if you do: https://github.com/middleman/middleman-blog https://github.com/middleman/middleman-blog
avolcano 13y ago
Not sure why OP linked to the Github file instead of the file on the site (w/ syntax highlighting, etc.): http://jekyllrb.com/docs/datafiles/ http://jekyllrb.com/docs/datafiles/ It's also worth noting that you could already do this in _config.yml, this just lets you split that up.
philip1209 13y ago
This is great. I've found myself frustrated by the Liquid templating system, though. For instance, the print was inserting a line break that was messing with meta tags on my website.
- straws 13y ago
  Could you speak more about the things you dislike in Liquid? It's one of my favorite templating systems, especially if you're treating it in the same way as you would mustache templates, i.e., using a view-model or decorator to prep data from a model. If you're using a lot of `assign` or `capture` tags, it's horrible.
  - philip1209 13y ago
    Specifically, the error I couldn't figure out how to remedy was the line break caused by the included statement that was in this commit: https://github.com/philipithomas/www.philipithomas.com/commit/62c76ce7eaf23fff3049934012a027976fb92d81 https://github.com/philipithomas/www.philipithomas.com/commi...
- homosaur 13y ago
  I wonder if the reason you were having trouble with Liquid is that you were using it incorrectly. It's definitely meant to be secure over simple. Was the issue you were having a bug or did you find a way to fix the encoding?
  - philip1209 13y ago
    See the below comment, but it was the "include" here causing a line break that I couldn't figure out: https://github.com/philipithomas/www.philipithomas.com/commit/62c76ce7eaf23fff3049934012a027976fb92d81 https://github.com/philipithomas/www.philipithomas.com/commi...
swanson 13y ago
Hi - I wrote the docs for this. It is a really awesome feature, but be aware that it is targeted at Jekyll 1.3 - which is not quite released yet (https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/issues?milestone=14&state=open https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/issues?milestone=14&state=...), nor deployed to GitHub Pages yet :) You can check here: https://github.com/github/pages-gem/blob/master/github-pages.gemspec https://github.com/github/pages-gem/blob/master/github-pages... to find out when Pages will be updated to 1.3.X
kevinSuttle 13y ago
Mixture handles this in a slightly more elegant and flexible way via models and collections. http://mixture.io http://mixture.io https://github.com/teammixture/mixture-collections https://github.com/teammixture/mixture-collections As mentioned, Middleman can use JSON or YML. http://middlemanapp.com/advanced/local-data/ http://middlemanapp.com/advanced/local-data/

39 points by AJAlabs 13y ago

pault 13y ago

Also works in middleman if you don't need a blog baked in: http://middlemanapp.com/advanced/local-data/ http://middlemanapp.com/advanced/local-data/

straws 13y ago
But also if you do: https://github.com/middleman/middleman-blog https://github.com/middleman/middleman-blog

avolcano 13y ago

Not sure why OP linked to the Github file instead of the file on the site (w/ syntax highlighting, etc.): http://jekyllrb.com/docs/datafiles/ http://jekyllrb.com/docs/datafiles/ It's also worth noting that you could already do this in _config.yml, this just lets you split that up.

philip1209 13y ago

This is great. I've found myself frustrated by the Liquid templating system, though. For instance, the print was inserting a line break that was messing with meta tags on my website.

straws 13y ago
Could you speak more about the things you dislike in Liquid? It's one of my favorite templating systems, especially if you're treating it in the same way as you would mustache templates, i.e., using a view-model or decorator to prep data from a model. If you're using a lot of `assign` or `capture` tags, it's horrible.
- philip1209 13y ago
  Specifically, the error I couldn't figure out how to remedy was the line break caused by the included statement that was in this commit: https://github.com/philipithomas/www.philipithomas.com/commit/62c76ce7eaf23fff3049934012a027976fb92d81 https://github.com/philipithomas/www.philipithomas.com/commi...
homosaur 13y ago
I wonder if the reason you were having trouble with Liquid is that you were using it incorrectly. It's definitely meant to be secure over simple. Was the issue you were having a bug or did you find a way to fix the encoding?
- philip1209 13y ago
  See the below comment, but it was the "include" here causing a line break that I couldn't figure out: https://github.com/philipithomas/www.philipithomas.com/commit/62c76ce7eaf23fff3049934012a027976fb92d81 https://github.com/philipithomas/www.philipithomas.com/commi...

swanson 13y ago

Hi - I wrote the docs for this. It is a really awesome feature, but be aware that it is targeted at Jekyll 1.3 - which is not quite released yet (https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/issues?milestone=14&state=open https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/issues?milestone=14&state=...), nor deployed to GitHub Pages yet :) You can check here: https://github.com/github/pages-gem/blob/master/github-pages.gemspec https://github.com/github/pages-gem/blob/master/github-pages... to find out when Pages will be updated to 1.3.X

kevinSuttle 13y ago

Mixture handles this in a slightly more elegant and flexible way via models and collections. http://mixture.io http://mixture.io https://github.com/teammixture/mixture-collections https://github.com/teammixture/mixture-collections As mentioned, Middleman can use JSON or YML. http://middlemanapp.com/advanced/local-data/ http://middlemanapp.com/advanced/local-data/