engineering
GoDaddy Engineering Blog
Source code for GoDaddy's GitHub page at godaddy.github.io. Created and maintained by our engineers, this site contains blog posts about the technology and tools we're using at GoDaddy to create software which empowers small businesses around the world to build and market their digital identities.
Development
Develop in a fork of the repository. You can use the GitHub 'Fork' button to create your own fork.
Clone your forked repository.
git clone [email protected]:YOUR_USERNAME/godaddy.github.io.git
Ensure you have Ruby 2.7.1 installed. If you're using RVM you can do this with
rvm install 2.7.1
Install project dependencies.
bundle install
Build the site on the local preview server.
bundle exec jekyll serve
If building the site on a Windows box you may need to use the --force_polling option as shown below. To learn more see here.
bundle exec jekyll serve --force_polling
The local server listens on http://localhost:4000 by default.
To distribute a preview of your changes, enable GitHub Pages by going to the Settings of your forked repository and set the Source to the master branch. Within a minute you should be able to access it at https://YOUR_USERNAME.github.io/godaddy.github.io.
Theme Front Matter
In addition to the default page front matter, the following variables can be utilized:
Pages
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
hide |
Prevents the page from being included in the site navigation |
order |
Controls the page order for top navigation items |
slug |
Used to create unique body class selectors |
title |
Used in the document title, Open Graph and Twitter meta, site navigation, and masthead |
Posts
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
authors |
A list of authors who contributed to the post |
excerpt |
A brief description of the post, used in social previews and meta tags |
cover |
A featured image for the blog post |
options |
A list of features to enable: full-bleed-cover will render a full-width cover photo above the post title |