- Syntax highlighting

- Disqus and Google Analytics integration

Click the fork button at the top right of the repository.

After forking, click the Settings button on your new repository and change the repository name to username.github.io -- make sure that username is replaced with your GitHub username!

Hosting your Jekyll blog on your GitHub user account takes care of a LOT of the hard work for us. You'll see shortly.

You can now go to http://username.github.io and you'll see your site live! This can take up to 10 minutes to update, but often it's there right away.

You can quickly update a lot by simply editing the configuration file. Go to the base directory and open up _config.yml. In there you'll be able to edit your:

- Disqus comments code

- Google Analytics code

Go to the _posts folder and simply edit the one that's there to create your first blog post! Jekyll pulls the date of the post from the filename, so you can edit that to today's date.

Ok, so writing your blog post might take more than 5 minutes, but once you've got it written you're set!

Follow the latest [GitHub Pages Custom Domain Guide](https://help.github.com/articles/setting-up-a-custom-domain-with-pages) to set up your custom domain name. I've created the CNAME file already, so that you can easily edit it within the repository.

Alternative flow for publishing content, without needing Local Development Environment

If you're just looking to make a couple of quick theme changes, then this might do the trick for you.

I'm working on a portfolio site theme right now, and more to come after that. If you'd like me to let you know when I release a new theme, just [drop me your email for updates](http://getresponse.com).

This wasn't what you were looking for? Here are some other Jekyll starting points that might hit the spot: