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#### Jekyll Now lets you create your Jekyll blog in minutes, without touching the command line.
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## 3 Step Setup
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##### Step 1) Fork Jekyll Now to your GitHub User Repository
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1. Walk
2. Through
3. The --- Host on your GitHub Pages User repo
4. Video ---
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##### Step 2) Personalize your blog
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##### Step 3) Publish your first post
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## Features
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✓ Fully responsive and mobile optimized theme ([Theme Demo](http://jekyllkickstart.com))
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✓ Workflow using GitHub.com to create, customize and post to your blog
✓ Host on your free GitHub Pages user site
✓ Blog in markdown!
✓ Syntax highlighting
✓ Disqus commenting
✓ Google Analytics integration
✓ Optional Grunt workflow for local development using SASS
✘ No setting up local development
✘ No installing dependancies
✘ No configuring plugins
✘ No need to spend time on theming
✘ No setting up hosting
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✘ More time to code other things! ... wait that's a ✓
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## More things you can do without touching the command line
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#### Publish new content
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To publish new blog posts, go into the _posts folder and click the New File button. Name your post in this format: year-month-day-Title.md, save it, and you're set!
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(You can also publish new content via command line by git cloning down your repo, and pushing up your new markdown files)
#### Set up your domain name
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Follow the latest [GitHub Pages Custom Domain Guide ](https://help.github.com/articles/setting-up-a-custom-domain-with-pages ) to set up your custom domain name. I've created the CNAME file already, so that you can easily edit it within the repository.
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## Looking for a more in depth walkthrough?
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Check out my article [Getting Started With Jekyll ](# ).
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## Any questions?
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[Open an Issue ](https://github.com/barryclark/jekyll-now/issues/new ) and let's chat!
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## Get notified when I release new themes
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If you'd like me to let you know when I release a new theme, just [drop me your email for updates ](http://getresponse.com ). I'm currently working on a personal portfolio site Jekyll Now theme.
## Credits
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- SVG icons
- Code/design reviewers
- Jekyll!
