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Quickstart

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

1. Install a full Ruby development environment.
2. Install Jekyll and bundler gems.

   gem install jekyll bundler
   

3. Create a new Jekyll site at ./myblog.

   jekyll new myblog
   

4. Change into your new directory.

   cd myblog
   

5. Build the site and make it available on a local server.

   bundle exec jekyll serve
   

6. Browse to http://localhost:4000

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.