How to setup your blog using github and jekyll

References

• GitHub Pages
• jekyll

Steps

1. Create a git repository using your github account

• For example, my new github repository name is blog.

2. Install jekyll

• https://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/

3. Find a blog website template on Start Bootstrap

• My blog’s template is jekyll-TeXt-theme
• Download the template file.

4. Start jekyll serve and review jekyll-TeXt-theme blog website

$ cd ~/jekyll-TeXt-theme
$ bundle exec jekyll serve

In _config.yml file: baseurl: /blog

Using the browser open the server address: http://127.0.0.1:4000/blog

5. Deploy your site using GitHub for free

$ cd ~/jekyll-TeXt-theme
$ git init
$ git add .
$ git commit -am "first commit"
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/tanmengwen/blog.git
$ git push

You will see jekyll-TeXt-theme files in your github repository.

Done!!! Blog address is https://tanmengwen.github.io/blog/.

If you still have some questions, there is a good video How to Install Jekyll Themes which shows how to setup the blog step by step.