permalinksurls

Your Jekyll-Bootstrap blog can be configured by setting options within the ./_config.yml file. You’ll note the extensive documentation provided within the file itself. Let’s go over some of these in detail:

Blog Post Permalink Format

Jekyll provides extensive customization options as to how your blog post permalinks will be generated. You can consult the format table here: Jekyll Permalinks

Jekyll-Bootstrap ships with the traditional default format for blogs:

permalink: /:categories/:year/:month/:day/:title/

Any category structure specified on a post will be included within the url, then the date, and finally the post title.

Play around with what url configuration works best for you.

Set BASE_PATH

All post and page urls in Jekyll-Bootstrap expect to be prepended with BASE_PATH

The BASE_PATH configuration is for special scenarios in which your blog must run from a sub-directory. The main scenario being if your blog will be hosted on a GitHub Project Page. If you are deploying this website for one of your GitHub projects you must set BASE_PATH to the name of your GitHub project.

In any case, you can leave this blank if you have defined a CNAME for your site. More info is available at: http://pages.github.com

NOTE:
When in localhost, your site will run from root “/” regardless of BASE_PATH.

Enabling Comments

Jekyll-Bootstrap ships with widget codes that enable commenting for Disqus, Intense Debate, livefyre, and Facebook Comments.

To enable commenting for your blog you will need to have setup an account with one of these providers. In the _config.yml you should see a hash named comments as shown below:

# Settings for comments helper
# Set 'provider' to the comment provider you want to use.
# Set 'provider' to false to turn commenting off globally.
#
comments :
  provider : disqus
  disqus :
    short_name : jekyllbootstrap
  livefyre :
    site_id : 123
  intensedebate :
    account : 123abc
  facebook :
    appid : 123
    num_posts: 5
    width: 580
    colorscheme: light

Choose a Provider

Set provider to the provider you intend to use. Make sure to specify your account credentials for the relevant provider within the hash named for that provider.

In the example above, the disqus provider will be used and will be provided with jekyllbootstrap as the account short_name.

Use a Custom Provider

To use a custom provider, set provider: custom. Next create a file at this path:

./_includes/custom/comments

This file will load wherever the theme has included its comments so you can inject your own widget code via this file. If you have a provider I don’t know about, consider opening a GitHub Issue so I can include it!

Disable Comments

Set provider: false to disable comments globally.

Disable comments for individual pages/posts by specifying comments: false in the page/post YAML Front Matter:

---
layout: post
category : lessons
comments : false
tags : [yay]
---

Enabling Analytics

Jekyll-Bootstrap ships with website analytics codes for Google, and GetClicky.

To enable analytics for your blog you will need to have setup an account with one of these providers. In the _config.yml you should see a hash named analytics as shown below:

# Settings for analytics helper
# Set 'provider' to the analytics provider you want to use.
# Set 'provider' to false to turn analytics off globally.
#        
analytics :
  provider : google
  google : 
      tracking_id : 'UA-123-12'
  getclicky :
    site_id :

Choose a Provider

Set provider to the provider you intend to use. Make sure to specify your account credentials for the relevant provider within the hash named for that provider.

In the example above, the google provider will be used and will be provided with UA-123-12 as the account tracking_id.

Use a Custom Provider

To use a custom provider, set provider: custom. Next create a file at this path:

./_includes/custom/analytics

This file will load wherever the theme has included its analytics so you can inject your own widget code via this file. If you have a provider I don’t know about, consider opening a GitHub Issue so I can include it!

Disable Analytics

Set provider: false to disable analytics globally.

Disable analytics for individual pages/posts by specifying analytics: false in the post/page YAML Front Matter:

---
layout: post
category : lessons
analytics : false
tags : [yay]
---
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