Host Your Own Site

PT.2 Theming your webbed site

• Before changes were made to GitHub Pages interface, it was possible to pick a theme using a built-in GUI
• Currently we need to set the theme using a _config.yml file. This will tell Jekyll how to transform the text in the README file and generate a styled website.
• Select Add File > Create New File

• On the new page opened under Name your file... enter _config.yml
• Add the following contents to _config.yml file

title: Your Name
theme: jekyll-theme-minimal

• A full list of supported themes can be found here
• Save your changes by Committing changes...

• A build should be automatically triggered
• Progress can be tracked under the repository’s Actions tab

• Once deployment is done, the site we created from the previous PT.1 Webbed Site Repository should now be themed