_config.yml

The most important part of configuring a Jekyll site

Pre W19 Courses

W19 and later (new remote Jekyll theme)

The first part of the file specifies the plugins being used, and the name of the remote Jekyll Theme.

The _config.yml file for all course repos should contain this:

plugins:
  - jekyll-remote-theme
  - jekyll-include-cache

remote_theme: ucsb-cs-course-repos/course-repo-jekyll-theme

Main Site

url: https://ucsb-cs111.github.io # the base hostname & protocol for your site
baseurl: "/"  # the subpath of your site, e.g. "/blog"

course: "CS111"
course_title: "Introduction to Computational Science"

Course Instance

url: https://ucsb-cs111.github.io # the base hostname & protocol for your site
baseurl: "/s19"  # the subpath of your site, e.g. "/blog"

course: "CS111"
course_title: "Introduction to Computational Science"
title: "UCSB CS111 S19"
github_url: https://github.com/ucsb-cs111/s19
qtr: "S19"
quarter: "Spring 2019"