Lighthouse Configuration

This document describes the repository-local configuration and content conventions used by the Lighthouse site.

Table of Contents

• Jekyll Config
• Collections
• Shared Data
• Automation-Owned Paths
• Build Exclusions

Jekyll Config

The canonical site configuration is:

• _config.yml

Important settings include:

• title, description, timezone
• markdown: kramdown
• permalink: pretty
• collection output for photos and automated_posts

Collections

Current collections:

• photos Source: _photos/ Layout default: photo
• automated_posts Source: _automated_posts/ Layout default: page

The automated_posts collection is machine-owned and should not be edited manually.

Shared Data

Shared site metadata and navigation live under _data/:

• _data/site.yml
• _data/navigation.yml

These files feed the site header, footer, and homepage content blocks.

Automation-Owned Paths

The deployment pipeline may rewrite the following paths on every run:

• _automated_posts/
• assets/generated/

All other paths are treated as manual source by default.

Build Exclusions

The repository excludes non-public paths from the Jekyll build through _config.yml. That exclusion list currently covers:

• docs and repo-only notes
• vendored dependencies
• Git metadata
• Bundler local state