Jason's Blog

Welcome to My Blog! This is a simple and powerful Middleman application that does amazing things.

Getting started

To get started with my blog, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.

git clone https://github.com/jasoncypret/jasonblog.git

2. Navigate to the project directory.

cd jasonblog

3. This site runs on asdf. Make sure you have that installed with ruby and run:

asdf install

4. Once run you can bundle like normal.

bundle install

Run the site

1. Run the Middleman server

bundle exec middleman server

2. Open your web browser and visit http://localhost:4567 to see the app in action. Visit http://localhost:4567/__middleman to see the config settings.

Write a New Post

bundle exec middleman article "Launching my blog"

Test Build before Publishing to GitHub Pages

bundle exec rake build # Compile all files into the build directory

Publish to GitHub Pages

Clear/delete build folder before this step

rm -rf build/ && bundle exec rake publish ALLOW_DIRTY=true # Build and publish to Github Pages

Configuration

You can configure My Blog by modifying the config.rb file in the project root directory. Make sure to update the necessary settings before running the application.