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layout: docs
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title: Quick-start guide
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prev_section: home
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next_section: installation
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permalink: /docs/quickstart/
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---
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For the impatient, here's how to get a boilerplate Jekyll site up and running.
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{% highlight bash %}
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~ $ gem install jekyll
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~ $ jekyll new myblog
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~ $ cd myblog
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~/myblog $ jekyll serve
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# => Now browse to http://localhost:4000
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{% endhighlight %}
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That's nothing, though. The real magic happens when you start creating blog
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posts, using the front-matter to control templates and layouts, and taking
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advantage of all the awesome configuration options Jekyll makes available.
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<div class="note info">
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<h5>Redcarpet is the default Markdown engine for new sites</h5>
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<p>In Jekyll 1.1, we switched the default markdown engine for sites
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generated with <code>jekyll new</code> to Redcarpet</p>
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</div>
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If you're running into problems, ensure you have all the [requirements
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installed][Installation].
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[Installation]: /docs/installation/
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