Useful Customizations

  1. place all your collections under a root my_collections folder

Instead of top-level folders following the _<coll_name> pattern, nest all of them under a configurable folder in your _config.yml:

collections_dir: my_collections
  1. <For default ‘minima’ theme users> List only the pages you want in the default site header navigation bar, instead of every page created.

The minima default includes header.html. This uses a header_pages site property that lets you set the header navigation bar using your chosen subset of pages. In config.yml, add:

header_pages:
  - blog.html
  - about.md