How to use Jekyll theme? Jekyll blog theme installation tutorial

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What is a Jekyll theme?

The Jekyll theme is a pre-built Jekyll website that you can use as a starting point for building your own website.

The theme includes all the code, styles, and templates you need to get started.

How to install Jekyll blog theme?

OnChoose an excellent and simple Jekyll themeFinally, you can start building your website by following these steps:

1. Install Jekyll

• Make sure you have Ruby installed.
• Install Jekyll using the following command:

gem install jekyll

2. Create a new Jekyll website

• Create a new Jekyll website using the following command:

jekyll new site1

3. Copy the article file

• Copy the article file you selected to_postsfolder.

4. Configure your website

• Edit site1/_config.yml file to configure your website.

• You need to configure the following settings:

  • site.name: Your website name.
  • site.description: A description of your website.
  • baseurl: Your website URL.

5. Add your content

• create new Markdown file to add your content.
• Markdown files can contain text, images, code, and other content.

6. Preview your website

• Preview your site using the following command:

jekyll serve

• This command is slow and needs to run a local server and preview locally.

7. Build your website

• Build your website using the following commands:

jekyll build

• This command is faster and only needs to generate static files and deploy the website.

8. Deploy your website

• will _site Deploy the folder to your web server.

How to install Jekyll theme on local computer using git clone command?

need to use git clone To deploy the Jekyll theme on your local computer, you can follow the steps below:

1. Open a command line or terminal.

2. Navigate to the folder where you want to deploy the theme.

3. Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/melangue/dactl.git

• This command will clone the Jekyll theme repository to the current folder.

4. Navigate to the cloned theme folder.

5. Run the following command:

jekyll serve

• This command will start the Jekyll server and start hosting your website locally.

You can view your website by visiting the following URL:

• http://localhost:4000

Here are some additional tips:

• you can use --branch Options specify the branch to clone. For example, to clone master branch, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/melangue/dactl.git --branch master

• you can use --depth Option specifies the depth of commit history to clone. For example, to clone the last 10 commits, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/melangue/dactl.git --depth 10

Hope these steps help you deploy the Jekyll theme on your local computer!