Ultimate Jekyll is a template that helps you jumpstart your Jekyll sites and is fueled by an intuitive incorporation of npm, gulp, and is fully SEO optimized and blazingly fast. You can sync this Template repo with your copy of the project to get all the updates!
Before getting started, be sure you are using Node.js v10 (higher versions may not work).
- Create a repo from the Ultimate Jekyll template.
- Rename the
templatebranch tomaster. - In the repo's settings add a secret called
GH_TOKENand paste a GitHub token that has write permissions for this repo. - Clone the repo to your local machine with the GitHub Desktop app.
- Run
npm run template:setupin Terminal to setup the template. - Run
npm startin Terminal to launch the website locally.
- Simply run
npm run template:updatein Terminal to get all the latest updates from the Ultimate Jekyll template.
- Change the
urlin_config.ymlto your domain. - Push your changes to GitHub using
npm run distin Terminal.
This repo will only ever receive changes to files located in master folders. You can safely customize any file in app folders. For example:
- You should NOT edit:
assets/_src/js/master/main.js - You should edit:
assets/_src/js/app/app.jsYou can always runnpm run template:updateto get all the latest updates from the Ultimate Jekyll template but be sure to check if there were any breaking changes.
- Execute:
npm run create:certnpm run prototype:https
- Press cmd + option + i on the webpage that opens.
- Go to Security tab and press Show certificate.
- Drag the certificate to your Desktop then double-click it
- Double-click it when it has opened in keychain
- Open the trust dropdown and change it to always trust