---
chapter: "Jekyll"
cover: true
layout: hydeside
title: YAML
tags:
  - "pages/jekyll"
---

* Jekyll uses a simple format called [YAML](http://www.yaml.org/) to communicate page properties
* YAML (or _YML front matter_ as it is more specifically called) often lives at the top of a file surrounded by three or more `-` characters on the lines above and below.
