/jekyll-site-cookiecutter

This is a cookiecutter template project, whose output is a new repository structure ready to generate a Jekyll site

Primary LanguageRuby

Jekyll Site Cookiecutter

What's it for

This repository is a Python cookiecutter; that is, a template with placeholders to be replaced when processed.

This particular template is for a git repository contianing everything required for a basic website using Github-Pages. It is possible to theme the website using one of several white listed Jekyll themes, but uses minima by default.

Installation

Prerequisites

  • Python
  • cookiecutter 
    pip install cookiecutter

Usage

You can use this cookiecutter from the command line by calling

cookiecutter bill-richards/new-jekyll-site-cookiecutter

you will be presented with a series of prompts asking for the values to use when applying the template.

Ideally however, this cookicutter will be called by the Jekyll Site Template.