Project Instructions

Creating New Posts/Pages

When creating a new post or page in any collection (_embedded, _linux_networking, _linux_general, _yocto):

• Always include a preview image. Every post must have a picture field in the front matter. If no project-specific image exists, download one (e.g. YouTube thumbnail, GitHub social preview) and save it to assets/images/ before adding the front matter reference.
• The thumbnail plugin (_plugins/post_thumbnail_generator.rb) will fail the build if picture references a file that doesn’t exist. Always verify the image file is present before building.
• If the picture key is omitted entirely (not present in front matter), no thumbnail is generated and the build won’t fail — but this is not preferred. Every post should have a preview.

Front Matter Template

---
layout: default
title: "Post Title"
short_description: "One-line description"
status: "Done"           # Done, In Progress, or Pending
picture: "assets/images/filename.jpg"
latest_release: "Description of latest change"
index: 0                 # Sort order within collection (lower = first)
publish: true
---

Build

bundle exec jekyll build
bundle exec jekyll serve   # local preview