Generating the blog with Jekyll

Static Site Generator-generated!

We are now up and running with static site generator Jekyll!

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I wanted to start experimenting with some static website tools. A few hours research today and we’re good (I think). This is what’s been done:

• Decided to try out Jekyll as a static site generator (it has been round for long and the documentation is good)
• Research
• Install Ruby (Jekyll is written in Ruby). I’m on Windows so I used the installer package: Ruby
• With Ruby installed, proceeded to install Jekyll:

> gem install jekyll

• Created a new Jekyll site:

> jekyll new C:/my-path

• Followed the official Jekyll guide on converting a site to Jekyll

And it seems smooth! I like being able to re-use footer and html head without any hassle, just by using layouts.