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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 like, what data gets displayed on the site, and more.

Prerequisites

See requirements.

Instructions

  1. Install a full Ruby development environment.
  2. Install Jekyll and bundler gems.
gem install jekyll bundler
  1. Create a new Jekyll site at ./myblog.
jekyll new myblog
  1. Change into your new directory.
cd myblog
  1. Build the site and make it available on a local server.
bundle exec jekyll serve
  1. 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.