Site root: Github Pages vs. `jekyll --server`

Question

When I run jekyll --server my site is available at http://localhost:4000/, but when I deploy to GitHub Project Pages, it\'s available at http

Answer 1

In the latest version of jekyll (1.1.2) I found it's best to create a separate configuration file from the original. The only difference? The url (or baseurl variable).

The default _config.yml has:

url: myurl.com

The new config (lets call it _preview_config.yml):

url: localhost:4000

This will reassign all your absolute links depending on what configuration you use. Now to run the server with the preview config use:

jekyll serve -w --config _preview_config.yml

A full explanation is on my blog.