Jekyll

Setup

Install Ruby

Jekyll is built on Ruby. See Install Ruby.

Install Jekyll

sudo gem install jekyll

Initialize

Initialize Jekyll in repo:

cd <path/to/repo>
jekyll new . --force

Config

_config.yml:

title: Site Title
description: Site Descr
theme: minima
collections:
  content:
    output: true
    permalink: /:content/

Gems

To prevent perms errors, configure bundler to install gems in '$HOME' dir:

bundle config set --local path 'vendor/bundle'

Theme

Install default theme:

bundle install

Dev Server

Build site and start dev server:

bundle exec jekyll serve