Jekyll Static Site Builder 👶

The website html was made using Jekyll, a free open source static sites generator, using klisé, one of its many available themes.

The website can be deployed seemlessly on a number of platforms for free. This site is hosted on github which has support for jekyll. It is also deployable on netlify.

If you have experience with markdown or html, you can setup the site yourself. You do have to learn github basic, but this is useful anyway if you write any code or even if you want version control for academic writing.

All the services are free, source code the site was placed on my github repository and intergration with ~~netlify~~ service, another service that you can use is github page for hosting your own static site.

Let’s do this

So, before we start create a site, you need some tools, you can self paced for how to installing each tools, on this guide i’m just want to show you how to install jekyll and deploying in netlify, but make sure you have each tools below.

Prerequisites

Requirements before we doing magic show.

Ruby programming language
Git (version control)
Netlify and Github account
Bundler

Installation

First, you need some SSG, there are many kind ssg, but in case i’m using Jekyll cause i’m already familiar with it, open your terminal and type command on below

$ bundle install jekyll # installing jekyll in your machine
$ jekyll new my-site && cd my-site # create new jekyll project
$ jekyll s # run jekyll server

Now, jekyll is running on your local machine, open your browser and go to localhost:4000 is default address from jekyll, press CTRL + C to stop the jekyll server.

Adding remote repository

Before we adding remote repository, you must have github repository, if already have repository, just add github remote address to your local folder, with the following commands

$ git init # initializing project folder
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-REPO.git # change UPPERCASE with your own!
$ git add -A && git commit -m "Initialize" && git push -u origin master # push code to github

Now check your github repository, make sure the files is uploaded correctly.

Deploying to netlify

Go netlify dashboard, and following this step.

click new site from git, then choose Github.
then choose your repository where is the jekyll sources uploaded.
netlify smart enough to configuring, we just need’s are hosting’s are hosting’s are hosting’s are hosting to click Deploy site button.

Wait for moment, and voila..! your site’s are hosting and using .netlify.com tld, if your website wants to look professional, just buy a domain from your favorite domain store. or if you the first time, I advice using namecheap.com(isn’t sponsor) *based on my experienced it provides good service and have various TLDs.

So, what you waiting for, just create your own website for free.