Published 2020-10-03. Last modified 2023-11-21.
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jekyll_plugin_logger

Formerly known as logger_factory, jekyll_plugin_logger is a Jekyll plugin packaged as a Ruby gem that provides colored console logs.

All of my plugins use jekyll_plugin_logger for notifying the user that the plugin has loaded and for generating log messages. I wrote it up separately.

Installation

To A Jekyll Website

Add the following to your Jekyll website’s Gemfile:

Gemfile

group :jekyll_plugins do
  gem 'jekyll_plugin_logger'
end

Install all the dependent gems of your Jekyll website by typing:

Shell

$ bundle

To A Jekyll Plugin Packaged As A Gem

Add the following to your Gem’s .gemspec:

.gemspec

Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
  spec.add_dependency 'jekyll_plugin_logger'
end

Install all the dependent gems of your Jekyll website by typing:

Run the Demo

Run the demo by typing:

Shell

$ demo/_bin/debug -r

See what happens to the console output when you edit the logging levels in the plugin_loggers section of _config.yml. You will have to restart the demo and touch demo/index.html after each modification to _config.yml to see the output change.

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