Jekyll Travis CI Setup

Sean Nam

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Jekyll is a static site generator so only HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are loaded. Why bother with continuous integration, like Travis, at all? For the experience.

What sounds like a simple task took longer than expected. Here is what I did.

1) Connected Github account to Travis CI (already done since I’ve used Travis before).
2) Created a .travis.yml, which is what Travis uses for configuration. It’s fairly straightforward.

{% gist a2e0a2b4b9063139de3e3b43dd01dcaa .travis.yml %}

3) Added new variables to my _config.yml

username: seannam
repo: seannam.github.io
branch: master
destination: _site/
safe: false

Full file: {% gist 2faa268b21fb7593980daa7881959a60 _config.yml %}
4) Created a script file that will run htmlproofer, a Ruby Gem I’m using to test my site. It checks links and images.
{% gist 2a7536032393af4960da59df44513be9 cibuild %}
5) Added gem 'html-proofer' to my Gemfile.
{% gist 2cda06384d19e3c6c341874f1970fd52 Gemfile %}
6) Commit and push. Travis runs automatically.

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