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For the impatient, here's how to get a boilerplate Jekyll site up and running.

{% highlight bash %} ~ $ gem install jekyll ~ $ jekyll new myblog ~ $ cd myblog ~/myblog $ jekyll serve

=> Now browse to http://localhost:4000

{% endhighlight %}

That's nothing, though. The real magic happens when you start creating blog posts, using the front-matter to control templates and layouts, and taking advantage of all the awesome configuration options Jekyll makes available.

Redcarpet is the default Markdown engine for new sites

In Jekyll 1.1, we switched the default markdown engine for sites generated with jekyll new to Redcarpet

If you're running into problems, ensure you have all the requirements installed.