Jekyll is a gem based on Ruby and Rails. It's a framework-type thing that people use to create blogs quickly. Jekyll is great because it's simple, but powerful. Devs love it because working with and managing content using Jekyll is a lot like coding, so it's an environment we're all familiar with. Jekyll allows you to have a static site up and running in literal minutes.
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Initialize a github repo using this format: your-username.github.com. For me, it'll look like this: trisssss.github.io.
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In your local computer, install the Jekyll Gem (make sure you have Ruby and Rails installed beforehand) by typing:
gem install Jekyll
in your shell. -
After the gem has been installed, type
jekyll new your-folder-name
into the shell. You can replace "your-folder-name" with anything you want. -
Navigate into your new folder using
cd
. For example, I'll typecd your-folder-name
since "your-folder-name" was what I created by new Jekyll folder with.