problem testing locally: "Page Not Found" and hyperlinks go to the github server instead of the local version

[chcorbato]

Trying to review Pull request #6 locally the behavior of the website is that hyperlinks refer to the github server, see screenshot:

I explored this error as a potential cause: GitHub Metadata: No GitHub API authentication could be found. Some fields may be missing or have incorrect data. I think I solved that error following part of these instructions: https://idratherbewriting.com/documentation-theme-jekyll/mydoc_install_jekyll_on_mac.html#githuberror Concretely, I added the token to my .bashrc (I could not do the other part with a file) However, the issue persists.

have you tested locally @EGAlberts ? How do you do it?

[EGAlberts]

If I remember correctly, for some reason during development the hyperlinks go to the live website, therefore as the software page does not exist, it will give you a page not found. However, if you manually type in /software after the localhost:4000 URL, you will get the page I developed. Seeing as accepting the pull request would cause a kaslab/software page to exist, I figured while live the error resolves itself as the hyperlink now goes to an existing page

[chcorbato]

However, if you manually type in /software after the localhost:4000 URL, you will get the page I developed.

Somehow this was not working for me either. I just tested by switching the settings in the repo to use the software branch and then merged your Pull request.

I keep this issue open because it would be helpful if someone figures out how to properly test our website updates.

[Rezenders]

To test locally you should run the webpage with this command:

bundle exec jekyll serve

Instead of:

bundle exec jekyll liveserve

with this, the base url becomes localhost:4000

[chcorbato]

Wonderful! Thank you @Rezenders , I have committed the fix of the README 6b4802b