using github pages and Jekyll

building a site locally

  1. Open Terminal.
  2. Navigate to the folder where the source for the site is.
  3. Run the Jekyll site locally.
$ bundle exec jekyll serve
> Configuration file: /Users/octocat/my-site/_config.yml
>            Source: /Users/octocat/my-site
>       Destination: /Users/octocat/my-site/_site
> Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental
>      Generating...
>                    done in 0.309 seconds.
> Auto-regeneration: enabled for '/Users/octocat/my-site'
> Configuration file: /Users/octocat/my-site/_config.yml
>    Server address: http://127.0.0.1:4000/
>  Server running... press ctrl-c to stop.
  1. To preview your site, in your web browser, navigate to http://localhost:4000.

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