html - {{ content }} Liquid tag not showing blog posts -

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i coding portfolio site, link blog. processed portfolio site sits in _site/index.html contains link blog (fully processed link exists in _site/blog.html)

blog.html @ root of repo has in front matter layout of "bl", defined in layouts folder under "bl.html".

"bl.html" layout want blog page, contains includes etc. contains {{ content }} liquid tag.

if thinking right way, posts being parsed (i think right terminology) "post.html" - has front matter "layout: bl", parsed "bl.html", , both have {{ content }} in each files.

now posts showing correctly (i think) within _site/(year)/(month) etc. however, not ending being parsed through "blog.html" file, , visible on webpage. how know processed "blog.html" file not have of posts in them.

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{{ content }} refers content in file being converted html code.

for example, if passing blog post on 'what jekyll' layout has {{ content }} tag, text other yaml front matter put in place. content of post. can limit scope using {{ post.content }}, see variables more info here.

so liquid {{ content }} variable works intended.

looking @ website, believe you're trying display posts in blog.html file, you're asking why aren't posts being displayed (not parsed) in blog.html file, hence not visible on webpage.

the reason because shouldn't use {{ content }} tag that, want instead snippet of code as mentioned in jekyll docs, grab posts, , display them post title, link post. here's code display list of posts. (taken website linked you)

<ul> {% post in site.posts %}     <li>       <a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>     </li>   {% endfor %} </ul> 

so swap out {{ content }} in bl.html layout code snippet , you've got want.

additionally, if also want display content/excerpt in list of posts, add liquid tag {{ post.content }} or {{post.excerpt}} so:

<ul> {% post in site.posts %}     <li>       <a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>       {{ post.content }} /* or post.excerpt */     </li>   {% endfor %} </ul> 

of course, edit html accordingly preference. read documentation on how set post excerpts here, uses <!--more--> comment separator excerpts.

i recommend reading jekyllrb documentation more information, it's lot read , not understandable, keep referring , you'll understand more in no time.