diff --git a/docs/_docs/collections.md b/docs/_docs/collections.md index 3b01d28c..f951564e 100644 --- a/docs/_docs/collections.md +++ b/docs/_docs/collections.md @@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ collections: Create a corresponding folder (e.g. `/_staff_members`) and add documents. Front matter is processed if the front matter exists, and everything after the front matter is pushed into the document's `content` attribute. If no front -matter is provided, Jekyll will not generate the file in your collection. +matter is provided, Jekyll will consider it to be a [static file](/docs/static-files/) +and copy it to the destination (e.g. `_site`) without processing. If front matter +is provided, Jekyll will process the file in your collection but will not write to disk +unless `output: true` is set in the collection's metadata. For example here's how you would add a staff member to the collection set above. The filename is `./_staff_members/jane.md` with the following content: