Static Websites with Jekyll

This course walks you through the basics of building a website with Jekyll. We start by walking through how Jekyll works, installing Jekyll, and then, piece-by-piece, we build a basic content site. At the end, we learn how to deploy a Jekyll site to Github Pages.

Jekyll is a static site generator that takes template and content files and outputs a completely static site. It requires no database or special server software. That means your content isn't locked up in a database schema you don't know or a CMS you don't understand. You can run Jekyll on any server that supports serving static HTML, CSS, and image files -- so, pretty much anywhere! This course walks you through the basics of building a website with Jekyll. We start by walking through how Jekyll works, installing Jekyll and then, piece-by-piece, we build a basic content site. At the end, we learn how to deploy a Jekyll site to Github Pages.

• Introduction 3mins
• What We're Building 2mins
• Installing Jekyll 4mins
• How Jekyll Works 5mins
• Configuring the Site 8mins
• Building the Templates 27mins
• Deploying to Github Pages 12mins