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

* Any text-based file, regardless of the filetype, can be supplemented with YML front matter.
* Jekyll will strip the YML front matter before serving the file via GitHub pages.
* YML front matter can control the file's presentation and is available within the template (more to come).
