Change default config to use pathPrefix: "/" and then use `--pathprefix="/eleventy-base-blog/` for GitHub deploy command. Requires Eleventy v0.2.11

.eleventy.js

@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
       "css"
     ],
 
-    // if your site lives in a subdirectory, change this
-    pathPrefix: "/eleventy-base-blog/",
+    // If your site lives in a different subdirectory, change this.
+    // Leading or trailing slashes are all normalized away, so don’t worry about it.
+    // If you don’t have a subdirectory, use "" or "/" (they do the same thing)
+    // This is only used for URLs (it does not affect your file structure)
+    pathPrefix: "/",
 
     markdownTemplateEngine: "liquid",
     htmlTemplateEngine: "njk",

.travis.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ node_js:
   - 8
 before_script:
   - npm install @11ty/eleventy -g
-script: eleventy
+script: eleventy --pathprefix="/eleventy-base-blog/"
 deploy:
   local-dir: _site
   provider: pages

README.md

@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ DEBUG=* npx eleventy
   * `_includes/layouts/base.njk`: the top level HTML structure
   * `_includes/layouts/home.njk`: the home page template (wrapped into `base.njk`)
   * `_includes/layouts/post.njk`: the blog post template (wrapped into `base.njk`)
-* `_includes/postlist.njk` is a Nunjucks macro and is a reusable component used to display a list of all the posts. `index.njk` has an example of how to use it.
+* `_includes/postlist.njk` is a Nunjucks include and is a reusable component used to display a list of all the posts. `index.njk` has an example of how to use it.

css/index.css

@@ -153,5 +153,8 @@ pre {
 /* Warning */
 .warning {
 	background-color: #ffc;
-	padding: 0.375em 0.625em; /* 6px 10px /16 */
+	padding: 1em 0.625em; /* 16px 10px /16 */
+}
+.warning ol:only-child {
+	margin: 0;
 }

index.njk

@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ navtitle: Home
 ---
 
 <div class="warning">
-	Now edit the <code>_data/metadata.json</code> with your blog’s information—and delete this message from <code>index.njk</code>.
+	<ol>
+		<li>Edit the <code>_data/metadata.json</code> with your blog’s information.</li>
+		<li>(Optional) Edit <code>.eleventy.js</code> with your configuration preferences.</li>
+		<li>Delete this message from <code>index.njk</code>.</li>
+	</ol>
 </div>
 
 {% set postslist = collections.posts %}

package.json

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-base-blog#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@11ty/eleventy": ">=0.2.10",
+    "@11ty/eleventy": ">=0.2.11",
     "luxon": "^0.3.1",
     "prismjs": "^1.10.0"
   }