Prerequisite
- Cloudflare free account
- Free GitHub account (optional)
- Jekyll installed on your pc
Installing jekyll
to create a jekyll site you need to install jekyll first in your pc locally.
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sudo apt install ruby-full build-essential zlib1g-dev
Avoid installing RubyGems packages (called gems) as the root user. Instead, set up a gem installation directory for your user account. The following commands will add environment variables to your ~/.bashrc file to configure the gem installation path:
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echo '# Install Ruby Gems to ~/gems' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export GEM_HOME="$HOME/gems"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/gems/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
Finally, install Jekyll and Bundler:
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gem install jekyll bundler
That’s it! You’re ready to start using Jekyll.
For Other distros: Jekyll
create new jekyll site
to create a jekyll site:
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jekyll new {jekyll-site-name}
OR
Fork from github theme repo
Pick up a theme
Deploy jekyll site in cloudflare pages
In order proceed you need to have cloudflare Free account.
After you create cloudflare account follow the steps
- click create project
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- Connect Github account
- Select Forked GitHub repo
- Select The Frameset as Jekyll
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Click Deploy and the site will be ready you can add your custom domain