Wiring Up Dynamic Content & Routing

Devlog — 2025-12-21

Today I focused on the infrastructure of the site—ensuring that content flows dynamically from the _posts directory without breaking navigation.

What I Accomplished

I explored the Jekyll documentation and used AI as a thought partner to understand the underlying backend of the platform:

• Dynamic Rendering: Learned how Jekyll automatically pulls content from the _posts folder.
• Liquid Logic: Implemented Liquid for loops to iterate over posts and render them automatically.
• Path Resolution: Diagnosed why links were routing to GitHub’s 404 page (missing base URL context).
• Content Design: Built out content for all the DevLogs recorded so far.

The Key Fix

The breakthrough was realizing that my paths weren’t respecting the site’s subfolder structure. I updated the _config.yml and forced the links to include the baseurl:

<a href=""></a>

Linked to a custom domain:

url: "https://jordanschilling.me"
baseurl: ""