Unable to build to Github Pages

Question

I have a Jekyll blog that I am able to build locally with bundle exec jekyll serve but am unable to build on Github Pages. I forked a theme, followed the setup instructions but cannot figure out what the issue is.

The error message does not provide any detailed information:

The page build failed for the `master` branch with the following error:

Page build failed. For more information, see https://help.github.com/articles/troubleshooting-github-pages-builds/
.

For information on troubleshooting Jekyll see:

  https://help.github.com/articles/troubleshooting-jekyll-builds

I went through each of their suggestions and none seem to apply to my situation.

My account and email are verified and I have built several other Github Pages from it without a problem.

The only plugins I use are:

gems:
  - jekyll-sitemap
  - jekyll-paginate
  - jekyll-gist
  - jekyll-feed

which are all officially supported.

All of the files in the repo are about 9 MB, far below the 1 GB limit.

There is no overriding of the source in _config.yml.

I am building from the master branch, so it has nothing to do with a missing /docs folder.

I don't believe I'm using any submodules.

I have tried leaving the URL in _config.yml blank, making it https://<user_ID>/<repo_name>/, and making it https://<user_ID>/ with a baseurl of <repo_name>/, none of which have worked.

What can I try to figure out what the problem is?

Try to debug locally with only gem 'github-pages' in your Gemfile. There is a problem with feed plugin. My advise is to find another, more simple, theme, this one is far from perfect. — David Jacquel

marcanuy marcanuy · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-19T16:44:25

In your title you have:

title:            Julius' Site

enclose it with double quotes to correctly process it as a string

title:            "Julius' Site"

Then fix urls:

url: "https://jss367.github.io/"
baseurl: "/hpstr-jekyll-theme"

update

The plugin that generates feed.xml expects that the image element in front matter posts just specify the image filename, but your repo has more keys in it:

image:
  feature: abstract-3.jpg
  credit: dargadgetz
  creditlink: http://www.dargadgetz.com/ios-7-abstract-wallpaper-pack-for-iphone-5-and-ipod-touch-retina/

when it should be:

image:
  feature: abstract-3.jpg

The solution is to fix posts using image in the above way, if you want to attach metadata to images use jekyll data files.

Or simple remove:

_posts/2011-03-10-sample-post.md
_posts/2012-05-22-readability-post.md
_posts/2013-05-23-readability-feature-post.md
_posts/2013-08-16-code-highlighting-post.md

Unable to build to Github Pages

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