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--livereload does not work in a barebones project #7279

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behrangs-sportsbet opened this issue Sep 27, 2018 · 3 comments
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--livereload does not work in a barebones project #7279

behrangs-sportsbet opened this issue Sep 27, 2018 · 3 comments
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frozen-due-to-age support This is a question about Jekyll's usage.

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  • Create a new folder
  • Create a sample index.html file (e.g. the one from the Jekyll tutorial)
  • Run jekyll serve --livereload
  • Open localhost:4000

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Operating System Ubuntu 18.04
jekyll Latest

Expected Behaviour

Changes to index.html should automatically be reflected in the browser.

Current Behavior

Changes to index.html are not automatically reflected in the browser.

Code Sample

  • Create a new folder
  • Create a sample index.html file (e.g. the one from the Jekyll tutorial)
  • Run jekyll serve --livereload
  • Open localhost:4000

index.html

<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Home</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello World!</h1>
  </body>
</html>
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@behrangs-sportsbet There are two things required for --livereload to work:

  • <head></head> markup tag in the main layout or index.html
  • Front matter dashes in the source file.

In your case, the index.html is missing front matter dashes. So, Jekyll sees index.html as a static_file instead of a page..

@ashmaroli ashmaroli added the support This is a question about Jekyll's usage. label Sep 27, 2018
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Thanks! Adding the front matter made livereload kick in.

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Closing this ticket now..

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