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Updated README with new instructions on forcing your site live

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@ -15,17 +15,19 @@ In a few minutes you'll be set up with a minimal, responsive blog ([**Theme Demo
### Step 1) Fork Jekyll Now to your User Repository
Fork this repo, then rename the repository to yourgithubusername.github.io.
Fork this repo, then rename the repository to yourgithubusername.github.io.
Your Jekyll blog will then be live at that URL: <http://yourgithubusername.github.io> (it's generally live immediately, but can occasionally take up to 10 minutes)
Your Jekyll blog will often be viewable immediately at <http://yourgithubusername.github.io> (if it's not, you can force it to build by completing step 2)
![Step 1](/images/step1.gif "Step 1")
### Step 2) Customize your site
### Step 2) Customize and view your site
Enter your site name, description, avatar and many other options by editing the _config.yml file. You can easily turn on Google Analytics tracking, Disqus commenting and social icons here too.
> There are 2 different ways that you can make changes to your blog's files from here onwards. Feel free to pick whichever suits you best:
Making a change to _config.yml (or any file in your repository) will force GitHub Pages to rebuild your site. After making a change your updates will be viewable a few seconds later at <http://yourgithubusername.github.io>
> There are 2 different ways that you can make changes to your blog's files:
> 1. Edit files within your new username.github.io repository in the browser at GitHub.com (shown below)
> 2. Clone down your repository and make updates locally, then push them to your GitHub repository