The Effortless Manager

This repository contains the Jekyll source for the Effortless Manager blog. It is built with the Mediator theme and published via GitHub Pages.

Local development

1. Install Ruby and Bundler.
2. Install dependencies:

   bundle install

3. Serve the site locally:

   bundle exec jekyll serve

   The site will be available at http://localhost:4000.

Creating a new post

Use the helper script to scaffold a new article:

./scripts/create_post.sh my-new-post

The script creates:

• a branch named after your slug,
• _posts/DATE-my-new-post.md with starter front matter,
• matching directories in assets/article_images/ and assets/excalidraw/ for images and diagrams.

Edit the generated file, commit your changes, and open a pull request.

GitHub Actions

The workflow .github/workflows/generate-tags.yml runs on pushes to master and regenerates tag pages. It installs Ruby dependencies, runs scripts/generate_tag_pages.sh, then commits and pushes any changes back to the repository.

Repository structure

• _posts/ – Markdown blog posts.
• assets/ – Images, diagrams, and other static assets.
• _layouts/ – Page templates.
• _includes/ – Reusable HTML snippets.
• _sass/ – Sass partials; compiled CSS lives in css/.
• scripts/ – Utility scripts for post creation and tag generation.
• _tag_pages/ – Template files used when generating tag pages.
• tags/ – Generated tag pages.
• .github/ – GitHub workflow configuration.
• initial_posts/ – Sample posts from the theme.

License

This site is released under the MIT License.