Jekyll Setup
Jekyll is a static site generator framework built in Ruby. Below are notes on setting up a new website using Jekyll.
Table of contents
Creating a New Site
Jekyll has a self-titled command: Jekyll
.
Serving the Site Locally
Jekyll has a built in server to generate and serve the site locally. Just like any Ruby executable, it’s best to execute the jekyll
command by prepending bundle exec
so that the gem versions specified in the project’s Gemfile are used instead of the global/local context.