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161 lines
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---
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title: Getting Started
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author: Cotes Chung
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date: 2019-08-09 20:55:00 +0800
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categories: [Blogging, Tutorial]
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tags: [getting started]
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pin: true
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---
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## Prerequisites
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Follow the [Jekyll Docs](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/) to complete the installation of `Ruby`, `RubyGems`, `Jekyll` and `Bundler`.
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## Installation
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There are two ways to get the theme:
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- **Install from RubyGems** - Easy to update, isolate irrelevant project files so you can focus on writing.
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- **Fork on GitHub** - Convenient for custom development, but difficult to update, only suitable for web developers.
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### Installing the Theme Gem
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Add this line to your Jekyll site's `Gemfile`:
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```ruby
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gem "jekyll-theme-chirpy"
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```
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And add this line to your Jekyll site's `_config.yml`:
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```yaml
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theme: jekyll-theme-chirpy
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```
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And then execute:
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```console
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$ bundle
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```
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Finally, copy the required files from the theme's gem (for detailed files, see [starter project][starter]) to your Jekyll site.
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> **Hint**: To locate the installed theme’s gem, execute:
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>
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> ```console
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> $ bundle info --path jekyll-theme-chirpy
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> ```
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Or you can [**use the starter template**][use-starter] to create a Jekyll site to save time copying files from theme's gem. We have prepared everything for you there!
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### Fork on GitHub
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[Fork **Chirpy**](https://github.com/cotes2020/jekyll-theme-chirpy/fork) on GitHub and then clone your fork to local. (Please note that the default branch code is in development. If you want the blog to be stable, please switch to the [latest tag](https://github.com/cotes2020/jekyll-theme-chirpy/tags) and start writing.)
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Install gem dependencies by:
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```console
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$ bundle
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```
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And then execute:
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```console
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$ bash tools/init.sh
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```
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> **Note**: If you don't plan to deploy your site on GitHub Pages, append parameter option `--no-gh` at the end of the above command.
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What it does is:
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1. Remove some files or directories from your repository:
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- `.travis.yml`
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- files under `_posts`
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- folder `docs`
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2. If you use the `--no-gh` option, the directory `.github` will be deleted. Otherwise, setup the GitHub Action workflow by removing extension `.hook` of `.github/workflows/pages-deploy.yml.hook`, and then remove the other files and directories in folder `.github`.
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3. Automatically create a commit to save the changes.
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## Usage
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### Configuration
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Update the variables of `_config.yml` as needed. Some of them are typical options:
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- `url`
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- `avatar`
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- `timezone`
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- `lang`
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### Running Local Server
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You may want to preview the site contents before publishing, so just run it by:
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```console
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$ bundle exec jekyll s
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```
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Or run the site on Docker with the following command:
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```terminal
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$ docker run -it --rm \
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--volume="$PWD:/srv/jekyll" \
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-p 4000:4000 jekyll/jekyll \
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jekyll serve
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```
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Open a browser and visit to _<http://localhost:4000>_.
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### Deployment
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Before the deployment begins, checkout the file `_config.yml` and make sure the `url` is configured correctly. Furthermore, if you prefer the [**project site**](https://help.github.com/en/github/working-with-github-pages/about-github-pages#types-of-github-pages-sites) and don't use a custom domain, or you want to visit your website with a base url on a web server other than **GitHub Pages**, remember to change the `baseurl` to your project name that starting with a slash, e.g, `/project-name`.
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Now you can choose ONE of the following methods to deploy your Jekyll site.
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#### Deploy on GitHub Pages
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For security reasons, GitHub Pages build runs on `safe` mode, which restricts us from using plugins to generate additional page files. Therefore, we can use **GitHub Actions** to build the site, store the built site files on a new branch, and use that branch as the source of the GH Pages service.
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Quickly check the files needed for GitHub Actions build:
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- Ensure your Jekyll site has the file `.github/workflows/pages-deploy.yml`. Otherwise, create a new one and fill in the contents of the [workflow file][workflow], and the value of the `on.push.branches` should be the same as your repo's default branch name.
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- Ensuer your Jekyll site has file `tools/test.sh` and `tools/deploy.sh`. Otherwise, copy them from this repo to your Jekyll site.
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And then rename your repoistory to `<GH-USERNAME>.github.io` on GitHub.
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Now publish your Jekyll site by:
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1. Push any commit to remote to trigger the GitHub Actions workflow. Once the build is complete and successful, a new remote branch named `gh-pages` will appear to store the built site files.
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2. Browse to your repo's landing page on GitHub and select the branch `gh-pages` as the [publishing source](https://docs.github.com/en/github/working-with-github-pages/configuring-a-publishing-source-for-your-github-pages-site) throught _Settings_ → _Options_ → _GitHub Pages_:
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3. Visit your website at the address indicated by GitHub.
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#### Deploy on Other Platforms
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On platforms other than GitHub, we cannot enjoy the convenience of **GitHub Actions**. Therefore, we should build the site locally (or on some other 3rd-party CI platform) and then put the site files on the server.
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Go to the root of the source project, build your site by:
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```console
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$ JEKYLL_ENV=production bundle exec jekyll b
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```
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Or build the site with Docker by:
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```terminal
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$ docker run -it --rm \
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--env JEKYLL_ENV=production \
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--volume="$PWD:/srv/jekyll" \
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jekyll/jekyll \
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jekyll build
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```
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Unless you specified the output path, the generated site files will be placed in folder `_site` of the project's root directory. Now you should upload those files to your web server.
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[starter]: https://github.com/cotes2020/chirpy-starter
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[use-starter]: https://github.com/cotes2020/chirpy-starter/generate
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[workflow]: https://github.com/cotes2020/jekyll-theme-chirpy/blob/master/.github/workflows/pages-deploy.yml.hook
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