Github
Set up your github repo
- Make sure you have Git installed. You can download and install Git for Windows here and Git for Mac here. If you’re on a Mac, chances are you might already have git installed. You can check by opening up a terminal and typing
which git
. - Go to Github.com and sign up for an account.
- Click the + button in the upper-right corner and select New repository.
- Name the repository something like mydoctheme.
- Type a description..
- Select the Initialize this repository with a README check box.
- Add a license if desired.
- Leave the other options at the defaults and click Create repository.
- Click the Settings button.
- Go to your repository’s home page, and click the branch drop-down menu.
- Create a new branch called gh-pages.
- Click Settings and change the default branch to gh-pages
- Go back to your repository’s homepage. With the gh-pages branch selected, copy the https clone url:
- Open a terminal, browse to a convenient location for your project, and type
git clone https://github.com/tomjoht/myreponame.git
, replacing thehttps://github.com/tomjoht/myreponame.git
with your repository’s https clone URL that you copied. - Move the jekyll theme files into this new folder that you just created in the previous step.
- Open the _config.yml file and add the following:
url: tomjoht.github.io
baseurl: /myreponame
Change the url to your github account name, and the baseurl to your repo name.
Install Bundler
Bundler is a package manager for Ruby that will install all dependencies you might need to build your site locally.
gem install bundler
Add the github pages gem
- In terminal, browse to your Jekyll project directory.
- Type
bundle init
. This creates a Gemfile and Gemfile.lock in your project. - Type
open gemfile
. This opens the gemfile in your default text editor. - Add the following in the gemfile (replacing the existing contents):
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'github-pages'
- Run
bundle install
. - Add the new jekyll files to git:
git add --all
. - Commit the files:
git commit -m "committing my jekyll theme"
. - Push the files up to your github repo:
git push
.
Github Pages will now automatically build your site. Wait a minute or two, and then visit tomjoht.github.io/yourreponame, replacing this path with your github account and branch