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# Jekyll Now
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**Jekyll** is a static site generator that's perfect for GitHub hosted blogs ([Jekyll Repository](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll))
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**Jekyll Now** makes it easier to create your Jekyll blog, by eliminating a lot of the up front setup.
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- You don't need to touch the command line
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- You don't need to install/configure ruby, rvm/rbenv, ruby gems :relaxed:
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- You don't need to install runtime dependancies like markdown processors, Pygments, etc
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- If you're on Windows, this will make setting up Jekyll a lot easier
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- It's easy to try out, you can just delete your forked repository if you don't like it
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In a few minutes you'll be set up with a minimal, responsive blog like the one below giving you more time to spend on writing epic blog posts!
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## Quick Start
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### Step 1) Fork Jekyll Now to your User Repository
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Fork this repo, then rename the repository to yourgithubusername.github.io.
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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)
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### Step 2) Customize and view your site
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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.
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Making a change to _config.yml (or any file in your repository) will force GitHub Pages to rebuild your site with jekyll. Your rebuilt site will be viewable a few seconds later at <http://yourgithubusername.github.io>
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> There are 3 different ways that you can make changes to your blog's files:
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> 1. Edit files within your new username.github.io repository in the browser at GitHub.com (shown below).
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> 2. Use a third party GitHub content editor, like [Prose by Development Seed](http://prose.io). It's optimized for use with Jekyll making markdown editing, writing drafts, and uploading images really easy.
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> 3. Clone down your repository and make updates locally, then push them to your GitHub repository.
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### Step 3) Publish your first blog post
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Edit `/_posts/2014-3-3-Hello-World.md` to publish your first blog post. This [Markdown Cheatsheet](http://www.jekyllnow.com/Markdown-Style-Guide/) might come in handy.
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> You can add additional posts in the browser on GitHub.com too! Just 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
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## Local Development
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1. Clone down your fork `git clone git@github.com:yourusername/yourusername.github.io.git`
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2. Install Jekyll `gem install jekyll`
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3. Install plug-ins that we use `gem install jemoji jekyll-sitemap`
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4. Serve the site and watch for markup/sass changes `jekyll serve --watch`
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5. View your website at http://0.0.0.0:4000
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6. Commit any changes and push everything to the master branch of your GitHub user repository. GitHub Pages will then rebuild and serve your website.
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## Moar!
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I've created a more detailed walkthrough, [**Build A Blog With Jekyll And GitHub Pages**](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/08/01/build-blog-jekyll-github-pages/) over at the Smashing Magazine website. Check it out if you'd like a more detailed walkthrough and some background on Jekyll. :metal:
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It covers:
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- A more detailed walkthrough of setting up your Jekyll blog
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- Common issues that you might encounter while using Jekyll
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- Importing from Wordpress, using your own domain name, and blogging in your favorite editor
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- Theming in Jekyll, with Liquid templating examples
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- A quick look at Jekyll 2.0’s new features, including Sass/Coffeescript support and Collections
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## Jekyll Now Features
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✓ Command-line free _fork-first workflow_, using GitHub.com to create, customize and post to your blog
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✓ Fully responsive and mobile optimized base theme (**[Theme Demo](http://jekyllnow.com)**)
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✓ Sass/Coffeescript support using Jekyll 2.0
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✓ Free hosting on your GitHub Pages user site
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✓ Markdown blogging
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✓ Syntax highlighting
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✓ Disqus commenting
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✓ Google Analytics integration
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✓ SVG social icons for your footer
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✓ 3 http requests, including your avatar
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✓ Emoji in blog posts! :sparkling_heart: :sparkling_heart: :sparkling_heart:
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✘ No installing dependancies
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✘ No need to set up local development
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✘ No configuring plugins
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✘ No need to spend time on theming
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✘ More time to code other things ... wait ✓!
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## 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 my 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://eepurl.com/XUZpT). I'm currently working on a hacker portfolio site theme.
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## Other forkable themes
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You can use the [Quick Start](https://github.com/barryclark/jekyll-now#quick-start) workflow with other themes that are set up to be forked too! Here are some of my favorites:
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- [Hyde](https://github.com/poole/hyde) by MDO
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- [Lanyon](https://github.com/poole/lanyon) by MDO
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- [mojombo.github.io](https://github.com/mojombo/mojombo.github.io) by Tom Preston-Werner
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- [Left](https://github.com/holman/left) by Zach Holman
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- [Minimal Mistakes](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes) by Michael Rose
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- [Skinny Bones](https://github.com/mmistakes/skinny-bones-jekyll) by Michael Rose
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## Credits
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- [Jekyll](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll) - Thanks to it's creators, contributors and maintainers.
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- [SVG icons](https://github.com/neilorangepeel/Free-Social-Icons) - Thanks, Neil Orange Peel. They're beautiful.
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- [Solarized Light Pygments](https://gist.github.com/edwardhotchkiss/2005058) - Thanks, Edward.
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- [Joel Glovier](http://joelglovier.com/writing/) - Great Jekyll articles. I used Joel's feed.xml in this repository.
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- [David Furnes](https://github.com/dfurnes), [Jon Uy](https://github.com/jonuy), [Luke Patton](https://github.com/lkpttn) - Thanks for the design/code reviews.
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## Get Hired as a Web Developer
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Check out my [free web development career newsletter](http://www.barryclark.co/newsletter) if you're interested in improving your chances of landing the job you want.
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