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How I Build Jekyll On Github

This post will BRIEFLY tell you how I build the jekyll on the Github and use jekyll theme - Lanyon for my website. My operating system is Windows 8.1, so the whole process is base on the Windows OS.

0. Why I build this website

Occasionally found out there is a way host your personal blog in Github, I think it should be very cool thing to do, so I search the ways of buiding blog on Github and I made it !

1. get Github ready

  • First thing I need create Github account and download Github on Windows, Click Here can register an Github account and download the Github
  • After I get Github ready, just create new repository name hydjing.github.io
  • Install the Github on Windows and login
  • Clone the repository into somewhere in your hard driver, such as D:\myFolderName\. Github automatically create a folder name hydjing.github.io in D:\myFolderName\

2. install the jekyll theme

At the first, I was quite confused about the jekyll how to create a blog website. But I found out using Pool for easily create Jekyll blog website. And I decide use Lanyon Theme for my website.

  • After I understand what exactly I should do, I just download the Lanyon theme and unzip into D:\myFolderName\hydjing.github.io
  • Use Githun commit the changes and push it to Github

3. get local environment ready

  • install ruby
  • install jekyll
  • install highlighter, rough and python
  • run it!

https://github.com/bliker/cmder/issues/483

http://jekyll-windows.juthilo.com/