Sample Blog Post Template

Use this sample post as a starting point when adding new updates to the lab blog. Create a Markdown file in _posts named YYYY-MM-DD-your-post-title.md, update the front matter, and replace the sample text and image with your own content.

Overview

This template demonstrates the minimum setup needed for a blog post to appear on the blog page:

• place the file in /_posts
• use the YYYY-MM-DD-your-post-title.md filename format
• set title, image, and any tags in the front matter
• replace the sample body content with the real post text
• save the file and Jekyll will include it automatically on the Blog page

Reusing this template

1. Copy this file.
2. Rename it using the publication date and post title slug.
3. Update the front matter and body content.
4. Delete the file from _posts when you want to remove the post from the site.