Editing Files That Are The Same Across Multiple Sites

After a long work day, I'm taking extra time to make sure my blogging system is up-to-date. I'm creating a list of common files to edit, as well as a list of files that need to be copied for each release. I'm also setting up an 'includes' directory and adjusting the release code to make sure everything is pushed properly. Ready to get your blogging system up-to-date? Read on to find out how!

Just Finished My Work Day and Taking Extra Time to Update Blogging System

By Michael Levin

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Okay, the work day is over. Let’s get a little more done on the blogging system. The main thing wrong is the inability to edit everything common to all sites at once and having them automatically pushed on the release. List all the common stuff:

_config.yml
default.html
favicon.ico
index.md
journal.md
post.html
style.scss
youtubePlayer.html

Okay, _config.yml doesn’t apply anymore and I’m going to want to customize favicon.ico for each site (first thing?). So which get copied every time? Oh, these do:

default.html
post.html
style.scss
youtubePlayer.html

Okay, get freer with creating includes, so make an includes directory, put the youtubePlayer.htm in here and adjust the release code to push everything from there into each site’s Jekyll _include folder. Done.

# PUBLISH SITES
figlet Publish Sites... -t
filename='./helpers/sites.txt'
n=1
while read line; do
    figlet $line -t
    cd $line
    cp ../helpers/templates/includes/* _includes/
    cp ../helpers/templates/style.scss assets/css/
    cp ../helpers/templates/default.html _layouts/
    cp ../helpers/templates/post.html _layouts/
    git add --all
    git commit -am "Updating all"
    git push
    cd ..
    n=$((n+1))
done < $filename

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