skills-github-pages

# GitHub Pages _Create a site or blog from your GitHub repositories with GitHub Pages._

Step 2: Configure your site

You turned on GitHub Pages! :tada:

We’ll work in a branch, my-pages, that I created for you to get this site looking great. :sparkle:

Jekyll uses a file titled _config.yml to store settings for your site, your theme, and reusable content like your site title and GitHub handle. You can check out the _config.yml file on the Code tab of your repository.

We need to use a blog-ready theme. For this activity, we will use a theme named “minima”.

:keyboard: Activity: Configure your site

  1. Browse to the _config.yml file in the my-pages branch.
  2. In the upper right corner, open the file editor.
  3. Add a theme: set to minima so it shows in the _config.yml file as below: 
    theme: minima
  4. (optional) You can modify the other configuration variables such as title:, author:, and description: to further customize your site.
  5. Commit your changes.
  6. (optional) Create a pull request to view all the changes you’ll make throughout this course. Click the Pull Requests tab, click New pull request, set base: main and compare:my-pages.
  7. Wait about 20 seconds then refresh this page (the one you’re following instructions from). GitHub Actions will automatically update to the next step.
This site is open source. Improve this page.