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Barry Clark 2014-04-26 18:20:31 -04:00
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![Step 1](/images/step1.gif "Step 1") ![Step 1](/images/step1.gif "Step 1")
1. Hit the fork button at the top right of the repository to fork a copy to your GitHub account. _Make to use yourgithubusername.github.io instead of souploaf.github.io!_
2. Click the Settings button on your new forked repository and change the repository name to yourusername.github.io (ensure that yourusername is replaced with your GitHub username).
3. Your site should be live immediately! (although it can take up to 10 minutes)
##### Step 2) Customize your site ##### Step 2) Customize your site
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![Step 3](/images/step3.gif "Step 3") ![Step 3](/images/step3.gif "Step 3")
1. Edit the Hello World post in the _posts folder, deleting the placeholder content and entering your own. _You can just hit the + icon in the _posts folder 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
2. Change the filename to include today's date and the title of your post. Jekyll requires posts to be named year-month-day-title.md
3. Update the Title. Those variables at the top of the blog post are called front-matter. In this case they specify which layout to use and the title of the blog post. There are [additional front-matter variables](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/) too, like permalink, tags, and category.
4. You can also create new blog posts without setting up local development, you can just hit the + icon in the _posts folder to create new content. Just remember to format the filename correctly and to include the front matter block to ensure that the file gets processed by Jekyll.
## Features ## Features