Detailed Change Log: GitHub Pages Build Fix

Detailed Change Log: GitHub Pages Build Fix

Date: 2026-05-19 Repository: YanWin/YanWin.github.io High-level entry: website-change-overview.md

Request

Assess the failing GitHub Pages build log, identify the root cause, and implement the minimal fix.

Context Map

Files Modified

FilePurposeChange
docs/visual-style.mdInternal style guide rendered by JekyllWrapped the homepage publication Liquid example in raw tags and corrected the sample include syntax so Jekyll no longer executes the example during build
docs/website-change-overview.mdHigh-level website change indexAdded the summary row for this build fix

Risks

  • Local Jekyll validation may still be limited on this Windows machine because the repo’s legacy GitHub Pages dependency stack has previously failed to install native gems.

Task Steps

  1. Confirm the exact GitHub Pages build failure from the provided log.
  2. Patch the smallest possible source change to stop Jekyll from evaluating the documentation example.
  3. Update the required website change log files.
  4. Run the narrowest available validation and note any limitations.

Implementation Plan

  • Keep the fix inside the documentation file that triggered the build failure.
  • Use Liquid raw tags so the example is rendered literally instead of executed by GitHub Pages.
  • Correct the example syntax while touching the block so the documentation stays copy-safe.

Progress Updates

  • Confirmed the fatal build error originated from a Liquid include example in docs/visual-style.md rather than from the teaching content shown in the build log.
  • Confirmed the failing syntax was incompatible with the repo’s pinned GitHub Pages stack (github-pages 232 / Jekyll 3.10 / Liquid 4).

Final Implementation Results

  • The homepage publication example in docs/visual-style.md is now wrapped in raw tags, so Jekyll will display it as documentation instead of trying to execute it.
  • The example now uses an assigned pub_id variable before the include call, which matches valid Liquid include syntax for this older GitHub Pages environment.

Verification Notes

  • get_errors reported no editor diagnostics in the touched Markdown files before and after the fix.
  • Source-level validation confirms the only Liquid include-with-filter pattern in the repository was removed from executable context.
  • A full local Jekyll rebuild was not attempted here because this environment has a known limitation with the repo’s older GitHub Pages gem stack on Windows.

Closure

  • The GitHub Pages failure was caused by documentation content being parsed as executable Liquid.
  • The minimal fix was applied in the owning file without changing site layout, content structure, or runtime behavior outside that documentation page.