Jekyll

A static site generator which renders pages written in HTML or Markdown using a Ruby-based core rendering with a liquid templating engine

1. Overview

Jekyll has become quite a popular solution for managing blogs and other types of website without the overhead costs, update requirments and complications of managing a database.

2. Getting started with Jekyll

First of all consider the type of hosting you will use for a Jekyll-based website.

  • GitHub Pages provides a quick-start setup to handling the hosting of a Jekyll-based site.

It's helpful to have a setup that incorporates ready-made templates with features like Microformats.

  • Minima is a Jekyll theme incorporating some simple Microformat features to get you started.

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