Create your Jekyll blog in minutes, without needing to set up local development.
Click the fork button at the top right of the repository.
After forking, click the Settings button on your new repository and change the repository name to username.github.io -- make sure that username is replaced with your GitHub username!
You can now go to http://username.github.io and you'll see your site live! This can take up to 10 minutes to update, but often it's there right away.
You can input your details by simply editing the configuration file. Go to the base directory and open up _config.yml. In there you'll be able to input your:
- Blog name
- Description
- Avatar
- Social links
- Disqus comments code
- Google Analytics code
Go to the _posts folder and simply edit the one that's there to create your first blog post! Jekyll pulls the date of the post from the filename, so you can edit that to today's date.
Follow the latest GitHub Pages Custom Domain Guide to set up your custom domain name. I've created the CNAME file already, so that you can easily edit it within the repository.
Alternative flow for publishing content, without needing Local Development Environment
If you're just looking to make a couple of quick theme changes, then this might do the trick for you.
If you'd like me to let you know when I release a new theme, just drop me your email for updates.
Next up: A Jekyll based portfolio site theme to showcase projects and content.
Open an Issue and let's chat!
This wasn't what you were looking for? Here are some other Jekyll starting points that might hit the spot:
- Left by Zach Holman - Jekyll theme with a sidebar
- Hazelnut by Mig Reyes - Includes sweet Pow workflows
- Octopress by Brandon Mathis - Another established starting point with lots of options
- mojombo.github.io by Tom Preston-Werner - TPW's original Jekyll theme