From 57afd5437302274ec6c56701850d260feec89540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Barry Clark Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 20:26:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Explain Jekyll and link to jekyll/jekyll at top of readme --- README.md | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5ef758d..4f8b45f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ # Jekyll Now -Jekyll Now makes it easier to create your Jekyll blog, by eliminating a lot of the up front setup. +**Jekyll** is static site generator that's perfect for GitHub hosted blogs ([Jekyll Repository](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll)) -- No need to touch the command line -- No need to install/configure ruby, rvm/rbenv, ruby gems (my favorite part!) -- No need to install runtime dependancies like markdown processors, Pygments, etc -- No cleanup, you can simply delete your repository if you don't like it +**Jekyll Now** makes it easier to create your Jekyll blog, by eliminating a lot of the up front setup. -In just a couple of minutes you'll be set up with a blog like this one - [**Theme Demo**](http://jekyllnow.com) +- You don't need to touch the command line +- You don't need to install/configure ruby, rvm/rbenv, ruby gems :relaxed: +- You don't need to install runtime dependancies like markdown processors, Pygments, etc +- Easy to delete, you can just delete your forked repository if you don't like it -Spend less time installing dependancies and more time making your Jekyll blog look awesome! +In just a couple of minutes you'll be set up with a minimal, responsive blog ([**Theme Demo**](http://jekyllnow.com)). Spend less time getting set up and more time making your blog look awesome! ## Quick Start @@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ You can easily turn on Google Analytics tracking, Disqus commenting and social i ### Step 3) Publish your first blog post -Edit /_posts/2014-3-3-Hello-World.md to publish your first blog post. Need a markdown primer? [Markdown Cheatsheet](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet) is great. +Edit `/_posts/2014-3-3-Hello-World.md` to publish your first blog post. [Markdown Cheatsheet](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet) might come in handy. ![First Post](/images/first-post.jpg "First Post") -To add additional posts you can hit the + icon in /_posts/ to create new content. Just make sure to include the [front-matter](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/) block at the top of each new blog post and make sure the post's filename is in this format: year-month-day-title.md +To add additional posts you can hit the + icon in `/_posts/` to create new content. Just make sure to include the [front-matter](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/) block at the top of each new blog post and make sure the post's filename is in this format: year-month-day-title.md ## Moar!