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Jekyll is a static site generator. You give it text written in your favorite markup language and it uses layouts to create a static website. You can tweak how you want the site URLs to look, what data gets displayed on the site, and more.
Prerequisites
See requirements.
Instructions
- Install a full Ruby development environment.
- Install Jekyll and bundler gems.
gem install jekyll bundler
- Create a new Jekyll site at
./myblog
.
jekyll new myblog
- Change into your new directory.
cd myblog
- Build the site and make it available on a local server.
bundle exec jekyll serve
- Browse to http://localhost:4000{:target="_blank"}
If you encounter any errors during this process, see the troubleshooting page. Also, make sure you've installed the development headers and other prerequisites as mentioned on the requirements page.