This is a note on how I start this blog.
1. Create a New Repository
Go to https://github.com and create a new repository named malikey.github.io.
(malikey is my git-hub ID.)
2. Get Jekyll-Bootstrap
Make sure you have install ruby and jekyll already and they work well first.
Enter these commands into terminal in a directory you want your blog to be:
$ git clone https://github.com/plusjade/jekyll-bootstrap.git myblog
$ cd myblog
$ git remote rm origin
$ git remote add origin git@github.com:malikey/malikey.github.io.git
After this step, you will get a directory with structure like so:
.
├── _config.yml
├── _drafts
├── _includes
├── _layouts
| ├── default.html
| ├── page.html
| └── post.html
├── _plugins
├── _posts
├── _data
| └── members.yml
├── _site
├── assets
├── index.html
├── README.md
. .
. .
└── sitemap.txt
_posts saves all of blogs in format of YEAR-MONTH-DAY-title.md. You can get a brief introduction at jekyll official website.
3. Configure
3.1 Install a Theme
The default theme is some like twitter. If you do not like it, you could get a new one from http://themes.jekyllbootstrap.com/ . Install a theme like so:
rake theme:install git="https://github.com/dhulihan/hooligan.git"
3.2 Update Author Attributes
In _config.yml remember to specify your own data:
title : Halt in Air
tagline: They lived happily ever after.
author :
name : Xin Ma
email : maxinnx@163.com
github : malikey
markdown: rdiscount
production_url : http://malikey.github.io
**Note: **rdiscount is a fast implementation of gruber’s markdown in C.
Install it manually. You may also need to install disqus, a comment plugin, if you
want to preview your site locally. Register disqus here.
3.3 Rewrite index.md
index.md is default home page of your blog site. Before rewriting it, strongly recommend you reading it first.
4. Push
Save changes and push it to github, and your blog will be available after several minutes at http://malikey.github.io .
$ git push -u origin master
Of course, if you can’t wait any longer (So do I ^_^), you can boot jekyll on your machine as an alternative.
$ jekyll serve
Your blog is now available at: http://localhost:4000/. Enjoy it!