Example Post

2022-02-23

This file is from content/post/2021-02-09-example/index.Rmd. I made it by running blogdown::new_post("example", ext = ".Rmd") in the console.

Note that images like the one above are stored in static/images in your project folder.

Just like an RMarkdown

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library(tidyverse)
msleep %>%
  group_by(vore) %>%
  summarize(`average body weight` = mean(bodywt))

## # A tibble: 5 × 2
##   vore    `average body weight`
##   <chr>                   <dbl>
## 1 carni                  90.8  
## 2 herbi                 367.   
## 3 insecti                12.9  
## 4 omni                   12.7  
## 5 <NA>                    0.858

… or a nicer table …

vore	average body weight
carni	90.75111
herbi	366.87725
insecti	12.92160
omni	12.71800
NA	0.85800

… or make a plot.

ggplot(msleep, aes(x = sleep_total, y = bodywt)) +
  geom_point() + scale_x_log10() + scale_y_log10()

Figure 1: Wow captions too!

I can even put in some math \(e^x\) or a displayed equation \[e^{\pi i} + 1 = 0.\]

Creating a new post

To create a new post you can run

blogdown::new_post("Post title", ext = ".Rmd")

Alternatively, you can use the “Addins” menu.

Just make sure to select .Rmd for the format so you can include and run R code.

I can’t see my updates

When you want to see how the changes or additions you made will look on the website, you need to run blogdown::serve_site() which will knit Rmd files as they change and create a local web server that you can use to preview the site.

If you are not seeing the changes you were hoping for:

Check to make sure you are not getting any knitting errors. In the Console, you might something like Error : Failed to render content/post/2021-02-09-example/index.Rmd You should look above that for any errors. Usually it will say something like Quitting from lines 83-84 (index.Rmd) which can help you to isolate where the error is. (Note, it might not be in the file you have been editing if an error was introduced by a team mate).
If you don’t see any errors, it might be that serve_site() hasn’t yet recognized the changes you’ve made. To force it to compile you can add a small change to the .Rmd files, like a line break. This will update the modification time on the file which should cause the file to be knitted. Another option is to use Addins -> Touch File (see screenshot above).

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