Question: using remote_theme doesn't seem to be working on Github
ChristopherA opened this issue · 3 comments
I've followed the docs on how to use remote_theme with this theme, and I've tried to use it as a github pages remote_theme, but my posts are not being generated, but I'm not getting any error from Github when I push updates The page build completed successfully
My github site is: https://github.com/BlockchainCommons/www.blockchaincommons.com
The website is: https://www.BlockchainCommons/
The index.html is properly being generated, but when I go to Posts link I get a 404 error.
Has this theme been tested with remote_theme lately? I'd rather not fork.
I figured out the problem. You must have the posts.md in the root of your repo. It is not copied with the remote_theme.
You should consider adding this to your documentation.
Installing the theme as a gem or remote_theme does just that... Installs the theme.
posts.md and any of the other files are "content". The theme doesn't copy them, that's up to you too decide what you need and how to structure.
I still think it would be a good idea since you talk about how to do remote theme, to tell what files they still need to have locally to fully implement the theme. More and more non-Jekyll users (i.e. they are entirely relying on Github's resources for Jekyll and are not installing it locallu) are using GitHub pages these days to host their pages, and yours is one of the better ones, much better than the default GitHub themes.