Building My Site/Blog (Parr 1)

Today, I successfully set up this site/blog.

As a Python enthusiast, I used Pelican, a static site generator, to create and deploy this site/blog to GitHub Pages.

The process was both fun and informative, and I'll be documenting it here.

To get started, you'll need the following:

1. A GitHub account.
2. A Linux environment (I used Termux on my phone since I don't have a laptop).
3. Python installed.

Let's begin by creating a repository on GitHub named:

<username>.github.io

Initialize it with a .gitignore file that includes the following entries:

venv/ and output/

Next, create two branches:

master amd gh-pages

In the repository settings, go to Pages and set gh-pages as the branch to serve your static files.

In your Linux environment, clone the repository you just created:

git clone <URL>

Navigate into the newly cloned repository and create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv

Activate it with:

source venv/bin/activate

Now, it's time to install Pelican. Run the following command:

pip install pelican markdown tzdata ghp-import

To save your dependencies, run:

pip freeze > requirements.txt

That's all for today. In the next post, we'll generate our site and publish it to GitHub Pages.