creating page showing list of files for collection

[benslack19]

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Environment informations

• Minimal Mistakes version: 4.9
• Jekyll version:
• GitHub Pages hosted: yes
• Operating system: Mac OSX

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Expected behavior

Hi again Michael, I’m trying to create a page that has links to all of my markdown files in a certain folder. (The folder also contains Jupyter notebooks from which the markdown files were created.)

It sounds like I’m making a collection, so I’ve been following this, your example with recipes here, while also looking at the structure of your test unit here.

This is what I’ve done (note that my “mynotes” is akin to your “recipes”):

• Updated my _config.yml to show: # Collections collections: mynotes: output: true permalink: /:collection/:path/
• Also added this to the default section of _config.yml: ` # _mynotes
  • scope: path: "" type: mynotes values: layout: single author_profile: false share: true `
• Put all my markdown files in a directory named “_mynotes”
• Created a mynotes.html file with archive layout that is a clone of your recipes.html file here

From these sources, I think I’ve done everything I needed to do, yet the page where I expect my list of linked markdown files is empty as shown below.

My repository is here for reference.

Any tips or advice would be very much appreciated!

[mmistakes]

Doesn't look like a theme issue to me. You're better off asking for general Jekyll related help on their talk forum.

It looks to me like you don't have any valid collection documents in _mynotes. Jekyll will only process files with YAML Front matter. I didn't see any files in that folder that meet that requirement. Even though there are .md files I believe Jekyll still needs the --- front matter to do is thing.

That's why your collection index page appears empty.

[benslack19]

an, ok! i overlooked a simple fix. adding yaml to my markdown files was all i needed. thanks!