Octopress/Adding Non-Blog Content

Adding Pages

The rake file that comes with Octopress contains a set of rake commands that you can issue. One of these is the new page command.

bundle exec rake new_page['about']

This will create a Markdown file and tell you the name of the file. You can then edit the page with Markdown the same way you edit blog posts.

Adding Navigation Buttons

To add buttons to the navigation bar, you can edit the file:

source/_includes/custom/navigation.html

and add your button there.

Adding Side Panels

If you want to add side panels to your blog page, you can create an HTML file like this:

source/_includes/custom/asides/example.html

Then you can edit your _yconfig.yml, and it will be included on the side panel for all pages by adding the following text:

default_asides:
- custom/asides/example.html