Blog for cantaloop.dk

A blog based on most simple components

• static content, no need for database or web server or dynamic rendering
• no hosting needed
• post using markdown
• versioning with git
• fully automated
• free and open source

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Ingredients

• GitHub personal account

• Github Pages

• Jekyll template

• Chirpy theme – simple and searchable

• Install and editing based on WSL2 Ubuntu 24.4

• Editing with VSCode

• Custom domain (blog.cantaloop.dk) pointing to GitHub Pages (teejay2018.github.io)
• Include SSL out of the box

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Learning the setup by following below video by Techno Tim.
Video notes here: Meet Jekyll - The Static Site Generator

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Stuff to know with Jekyll

Front Matter - the top of post
Here you fill in

• layout (default post)
• date (usually YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS +0200
  (skip HH:MM:SS +0200 if you just want 00:00 to be set)
  File name convention: Start with date like YYYY-MM-DD-post-with-docu.md

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• Jekyll home
• Chirpy home
• Chirpy git
• GitHub Pages docu
• MD Cheat Sheet