Chirpy is a minimalistic Jekyll theme designed for personal blogs. In this tutorial, we'll be discussing how to install Chirpy on MacOS.
Before we start, make sure you have the following installed on your MacOS system:
Open a terminal and run the following command to clone the Chirpy repository:
git clone https://github.com/cotes2020/chirpy-starter.git
Navigate to the cloned repository and run the following command to install the required gems:
bundle install --path vendor/bundle
Run the following command to build the site:
bundle exec jekyll build
Once the site has been built, run the following command to serve it:
bundle exec jekyll serve
This will start a local server at http://127.0.0.1:4000/. Open your web browser and navigate to this URL to see the website.
Chirpy has a number of configuration options that you can modify. Navigate to the _config.yml file in the root directory of the cloned repository and make any changes you'd like here.
In this tutorial, we outlined the steps to install Chirpy on MacOS. Once you've completed these steps, you can start customizing your website and adding your own content. Happy blogging!
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