Please note that this version of the site is no longer being updated. All content has been merged with my IT Blog "Much Ado About IT". Click here to see this page on the other site. I've found that using Jekyll to be too fragile and complex. GitHub pages are too limited. The blog site was on WordPress (self-hosted) but that was too slow and clunky. The revamped blog now uses Hugo and is published using Netlify
Hints and tips on using Jekyll for publishing to GitHub Pages
Some reference sites and links for Jekyll, Liquid and GitHub Pages.
Reference, help and tips
- Jekyll Official Documentation
- Jekyll Discussion Groups
- Liquid Reference on GitHub
- Liquid Reference - the official documentation for Liquid which is used by Jekyll
- CloudCannon Academy - getting started with Jekyll
- Jekyll Codex - General information plus snippets that require not plugins (useful for GitHub Pages).
- Jekyll & Liquid Cheatsheet - “A list of the most common functionalities in Jekyll”
Cloud services
- CloudCannon - Build and host Jekyll websites Free for test sites with GitHub and Dropbox source syncing. Can use this to do the donkey work of compiling the static site which can then be hosted anywhere. More options than GitHub Pages.